اقصر طريق للمطار بياخد تقريبا ساعة اذا ما في زحمة.

Yes. اقصر is an elative form, and in Arabic that same form can express either a comparative idea, like shorter, or a superlative idea, like shortest.

Here, اقصر طريق للمطار is understood as the shortest route to the airport because the context makes it clear. There is no explicit comparison between two routes in the sentence, so English naturally translates it as shortest.

In more standard spelling, yes, it would be أقصر.

In informal Levantine writing, people often leave out the hamza sign and write اقصر instead of أقصر. That is very common in texting, chat, and casual writing. So:

• أقصر = more standard spelling
• اقصر = very common informal spelling

Both represent the same word.

In Levantine Arabic, لـ often does the job of English to, especially in everyday speech. So للمطار means to the airport.

Also, لـ joins with ال:

• ل + المطار → للمطار

Using إلى المطار is more formal or more MSA-like. In spoken Levantine, للمطار sounds very natural.

Yes. بياخد literally means it takes here.

The verb comes from أخذ / ياخد, which basically means to take, but just like in English, it is also used for time:

• بياخد ساعة = it takes an hour

The بـ at the beginning is a common Levantine present-tense marker, so بياخد means something like takes / usually takes / does take.

Because the subject is طريق, which is a singular masculine noun.

So the sentence is structured like:

• اقصر طريق للمطار = the shortest route to the airport
• بياخد = takes
• تقريبا ساعة = about an hour

Since طريق is singular masculine, بياخد is singular masculine too.

There is no need for is here because the main verb is already بياخد.

In English, the sentence is The shortest route to the airport takes about an hour if there’s no traffic. The action verb is takes, not is. Arabic does the same thing here.

If the sentence were something like The route is short, then you might notice the absence of a present-tense is in Arabic. But in this sentence, the main verb is already present.

تقريبا means approximately, roughly, or about.

So:

• بياخد تقريبا ساعة = it takes about an hour

Its position is flexible in spoken Arabic. You could also hear:

• بياخد ساعة تقريبا
• تقريبا بياخد ساعة

All of these are natural, though the version in your sentence sounds very normal.

Literally, it means if there isn’t congestion/crowding.

Breaking it down:

• اذا = if
• ما في = there isn’t / there is no
• زحمة = crowding, congestion, traffic

So in natural English, اذا ما في زحمة becomes if there’s no traffic.

Yes. In Levantine, في means there is / there are, and ما في means there isn’t / there aren’t.

Examples:

• في وقت = there is time
• ما في وقت = there isn’t time
• في زحمة = there is traffic / it’s crowded
• ما في زحمة = there isn’t traffic

This is one of the most useful everyday patterns in Levantine Arabic.

It can mean both.

The basic idea of زحمة is crowding, congestion, or jam. Depending on context, it can refer to:

• traffic on the road
• a crowded place
• a packed schedule or busy situation in some contexts

In this sentence, because it talks about the route to the airport and how long it takes, زحمة clearly means traffic.

Because Arabic often allows the speaker to begin with the topic of the sentence.

Here, the sentence starts with the thing being talked about:

• اقصر طريق للمطار = the shortest route to the airport

Then it says something about it:

• بياخد تقريبا ساعة = takes about an hour

This noun-first structure is very common and natural in Levantine. It feels a lot like saying in English:

• The shortest route to the airport — it takes about an hour if there’s no traffic.

Because in everyday Arabic, when you mean about an hour, just ساعة is enough.

So:

• تقريبا ساعة = about an hour

Adding واحدة is possible, but it is not necessary here and would usually sound more explicit or emphatic than needed. In normal speech, ساعة by itself is the natural choice.