LOCAL TRAVEL INFORMATION

Driving Directions to the Skirvin Hilton Hotel

Oklahoma City is serviced by the Will Rogers International Airport, which is located 10 miles from the conference/hotel location.

Oklahoma City is served by a number of commercial and commuter airlines including:

• American/American Eagle

• Champion Air

• Continental

• Delta

• Delta Connection/ Comair/ASA

• Express Jet

• Frontier

• Northwest

• Southwest

• United/United Express

• US Airways/America West

Directions from Will Rogers International Airport to the conference/hotel location:

Drive north on Terminal Drive (this becomes South Meridian Avenue). Take the ramp towards I-44/Downtown. Merge onto Airport Road. Merge onto I-44E/OK-3W/OK-74N via exit on left. Merge onto I-40E/US-270E via exit 120B towards Fort Smith. Take exit 150A and left onto South Walker Avenue. Turn right onto Colcord Drive and keep to the right (the street becomes Park Avenue). Park Avenue will dead-end. The Skirvin Hilton Hotel is located on the left.

Transportation to and from Will Rogers International Airport:

Ground transportation from the airport and around Oklahoma City is provided by numerous taxi, limousine, shuttle, and rental car companies.

Taxis (www.flyokc.com/index.aspx?page=transport&id=42) are located at the Transportation Plaza accessed from the baggage claim (lower) level. Rates are posted in the cabs or passengers can obtain rate information from the cab driver. Average fare from the airport to downtown is $20.00.

• A-1 Taxi Service Tel (405) 326-6405
• Checker Cab Tel (405) 239-7710
• Yellow Cab Tel (405) 232-6161

Airport Express and Metro Express (www.flyokc.com/index.aspx?page=transport&id=41) provide shuttle services between Will Rogers International Airport and hotels and businesses. The average fare from the airport to downtown is $17.00.

• Airport Express; Tel (405) 681-3311; www.taxivan.com
• Metro Express; Tel (405) 681-3311

Car rental agencies (www.flyokc.com/index.aspx?page=rental) at the airport are:

• Advantage Rent-A-Car
• Alamo Tel (405) 681-6373; toll free 800-GO-ALAMO
• Avis Tel (405) 685-7781; toll free 800-831-2847
• Budget Tel (405) 681-4977; toll free 800-527-0700
• Dollar Tel (405) 681-0151
• Enterprise Tel (405) 685-4193
• Hertz Tel (405) 685-2341; toll free 800-654-3131
• National Tel (405) 685-7226; toll free 800-CAR-RENT
• Thrifty Tel (405) 682-5433; toll free 800-367-2277

Oklahoma City is served by Amtrak via the Heartland Flyer:

Oklahoma City's Amtrak station is known as the Santa Fe Depot. The train station is an Art Deco facility located in downtown Oklahoma City at 100 South E. K. Gaylord Boulevard. Station hours are: daily 08:00-10:00 am, 9:40-11:40 pm. For accessibility information call 1-800-USA-RAIL (1-800-872-7245).

www.cwrr.com/Amtrak/w_hrtlnd.html

Local transportation (in addition to that listed above):

There are lots of ways to get around Downtown OKC! Walk aboveground, walk Underground, ride on a trolley, or take a cab, pedicab, water taxi, or a horse and carriage.

Cabs and taxis:

• ABC Cab Company Tel (405) 619-3460
• Matheny Taxi Service Tel (405) 789-7888
• Metro Cab Company Tel (405) 619-7977
• R& M Cabs Tel (405) 278-9558
• Sooner Taxi Tel (405) 619-3434

Alternative transportation:

• Brickshaw Tel (405) 923-1082; the only operating pedicab company in Oklahoma City
• D & J Carriage Company Tel (405) 235-1303; horse and carriage rides in front of the Spaghetti Warehouse
• OKC Carriage Company Tel (405) 361-5499; horse and carriage rides in front of the ballpark
• Oklahoma Spirit Trolley Tel (405) 235-7433; designed in the style of an American Heritage Streetcar, the trolleys are a great way to explore Downtown. Trolley lines operate on a 10 - 20 minute schedule and rides cost only $.25.

www.gometro.org/metro_transit%20folder/metro_transit/maintrolleypage.htm

 

Water Taxi Tel (405) 234-8294; on the Bricktown Canal

www.watertaxi.com

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