Why まで and not に?


So I'm reading Chapter 12 (of Minna no Nihongo I) and ran across this
sentence:

> 空港 **まで** バスと電車とどちらが速いですか。

It's translated as:

> Which is the faster way to get to the airport, by bus or by train?

Why isn't the sentence written this way?

> 空港 **に** バスと電車とどちらが速いですか。




In this type of sentence, `まで` means "all the way to ～" with emphasis on the
journey. The question is asking which is faster to get **to** the airport, but
in order to judge this, you have to consider the whole route. xref [this
post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/80/78) for more information.




In this type of sentence, `まで` means "all the way to ～" with emphasis on the
journey. The question is asking which is faster to get **to** the airport, but
in order to judge this, you have to consider the whole route. xref [this
post](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/80/78) for more information.

