"We hope our research helps travellers prepare for safe, fun and budget-friendly travel in whatever ride best suits them," he said.
Herald research shows its costs from less than NZ$50 by Uber to more than NZ$80 by taxi to travel from the CBD to the airport. SkyBus costs from NZ$17 one-way and NZ$30 return. Auckland does not have rail to the airport.
The Carspring figures were based on averaging the cost at peak and off-peak times using a popular model of car. In Auckland's case, it was a Holden Commodore.
It is more expensive to travel from Auckland to the airport than it does in Sydney US$38.22 (NZ$50.96), but Sydney Airport is 9km south of the city, compared to 20km in Auckland.
A better comparison is Melbourne, a distance of 22km, where the cost of a taxi from the city to the airport is US$35.62 (NZ$47.49).
Many third world countries have cheap taxi rides from the city to the airport. Cairo is the cheapest US$0.55 cents (NZ$0.73 cents), followed by Mumbai US$1.40 (NZ$1.91) and Tunis US$1.62 (NZ$2.21).
The Carspring survey was done in US dollars and NZ figures have been converted by the Herald using current exchange rates.