The quickest way from Kutaisi Airport to the sea: about 2.5 hours by bus, with departures from the airport and from the city
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Kutaisi Airport lies outside the city, and the bus to Batumi leaves right by the exit from the arrivals hall. Three bus companies have desks there: Georgian Bus, Omni Bus and Metro Georgia. The Batumi buses run for the evening flights, and they also meet arrivals between 02:00 and 04:00, so a night landing does not leave you stuck.
A ticket costs 30 GEL and the trip takes about 2.5 hours. You can buy it online or at the desk in the arrivals hall, but the desk can sell out on a full flight. If you land on a busy evening, buy the seat before you fly.
Need a night in Kutaisi first? A shuttle bus runs between the airport and the city centre around the clock, roughly every two hours, takes about 40 minutes and costs 5 GEL - by bank card only, no cash.
From the city, marshrutkas to Batumi leave the central bus station near McDonald's and Grand Mall every 30-60 minutes from 06:30 until about 20:30. 2026 travel guides give about 20 GEL and 2.5 hours; there is no official timetable, and a marshrutka leaves when it is full.
By road it is about 150 km. The route runs west across the lowlands of Guria to the coast and then along the sea through Kobuleti to Batumi, with no mountain passes. The time depends on how many stops the driver makes, not on the road itself.
The Tbilisi - Batumi train stops at Kutaisi International Airport station, 1.8 km from the terminal; a free shuttle takes you there. From the station the train runs to Batumi-Central, with stops in Ureki and Kobuleti. Details are in our guide to trains in Georgia.
Arriving with children or a lot of luggage, or on a flight that lands when the bus has gone? A car with driver meets you at the airport and drives you to your hotel; the price is for the whole car, and the driver takes cash. Check the price of a car from Kutaisi Airport to Batumi (opens in a new tab) - from 200 GEL per car.
Yes. Buses to Batumi also meet flights that land between 02:00 and 04:00.
30 GEL, and the trip takes about 2.5 hours.
It is safer: the desk in the arrivals hall can run out of seats when a full plane lands. Online, cards from any country work.
Marshrutka drivers in the city take cash in lari (GEL, the Georgian currency). The airport shuttle to Kutaisi city takes cards only.
The airport has a left-luggage room.
Once you are settled in Batumi, see our day trips from Batumi - including Prometheus Cave and Martvili Canyon near Kutaisi, if you flew in without time to see them.