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Park & Ride
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Heart-of-England hub. Strong meet-and-greet supply and value undercover lots.
Live operator prices for a sample 7-day stay. Sort by price, transfer time or rating. Click through for your exact dates.
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Airparks Drop and Go Airparks Drop and Go | Park & Ride | £83.97Cheapest | £10.31/day | 12 min shuttle | Yes | 4.5(128) | View |
Airport Park Birmingham - Park & Ride - Self Park Airport Park Birmingham | Park & Ride | £86.19 | £10.59/day | Shuttle | — | 4(1) | View |
Airparks Short Run Airparks Short Run | Park & Ride | £88.97 | £10.94/day | 5 min shuttle | — | 4(17) | View |
Car Park 5 - Flex Plus (N) Car Park 5 | On-Airport | £108.97 | £13.44/day | 5 min walk | — | 4(194) | View |
Valet Parking Flex Plus Valet Parking Flex Plus | Meet & Greet | £123.66 | £15.27/day | At terminal | Yes | 5(26) | View |
Maple Meet & Greet Maple Meet & Greet | Meet & Greet | £123.97 | £15.31/day | At terminal | Yes | 5(91) | View |
Car Park 2 & 3 Flex Plus (N) Car Park 2 & 3 Flex Plus (N) | On-Airport | £135.95 | £16.81/day | 5 min walk | — | 4(58) | View |
Car Park 1 - Flex Plus (N) Car Park 1 | On-Airport | £147.93 | £18.30/day | 5 min walk | — | 4(96) | View |
Platinum Valet - Approved Meet & Greet Platinum Valet | Meet & Greet | £148.98 | £18.44/day | At terminal | — | 4(8) | View |
Platinum Valet (Ultimate) - Approved Meet & Greet Platinum Valet (Ultimate) | Meet & Greet | £188.98 | £23.44/day | At terminal | — | New | View |
Platinum Valet - Meet & Greet - EV Charging Platinum Valet | Meet & Greet | £188.98 | £23.44/day | At terminal | — | New | View |
The two most popular ways to park at BHX. Meet & Greet saves you time; Park & Ride saves you money. Here is how they compare on today's live prices.
The largest airport in the Midlands and one of the UK's top seven.
At Birmingham today, Meet & Greet starts about £4.96/day more than Park & Ride, in exchange for skipping the shuttle at both ends.
Birmingham Airport is the principal aviation gateway for the Midlands and one of the busiest UK airports outside the South East. It handles around 12.85 million passengers a year (2024) from a single, merged terminal complex, with a route map balancing short-haul European leisure, business links to mainland Europe and a growing long-haul portfolio (Dubai with Emirates, Delhi and Amritsar with Air India, plus seasonal North American services).
The airport is located near the M42/M6 motorway intersection, which makes it the most accessible major UK airport by car for most of England, pretty much everywhere from the Cotswolds to South Yorkshire is within a 90-minute drive.
The single-terminal layout keeps walking distances short and security tends to be quicker than at the busier London airports outside peak holiday weeks.
All the practical access info, by car, train, coach and otherwise.
M42 junction 6 directly serves the airport. The M6, M5 and M40 are all within 20 minutes, Birmingham is arguably the easiest UK major airport to drive to.
Birmingham International station is linked to the terminal by the AirRail Link people-mover (90 seconds, free). Direct trains run to Birmingham New Street (10 minutes), London Euston (1h 10m), Manchester Piccadilly (1h 30m) and CrossCountry routes to the South West and Scotland.
National Express, X1 and other coach services connect the airport with Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and the wider Midlands.
Once HS2 opens, BHX will be one of the fastest UK airports to reach from central London by rail.
Birmingham operates Premium (multi-storey, attached to the terminal), Express (short walk), and Long Stay (5-7 minutes by free shuttle). For drop-off, the standard Drop Off car park gives 10 minutes free (short covered walk to the terminal); the Premium Set Down forecourt right by the doors costs £7 for up to 15 minutes.
Off-airport operators cluster around Bickenhill, Hampton-in-Arden and Solihull. Many run 24/7 shuttles with 7-10 minute frequencies. Meet-and-greet is particularly competitive at Birmingham, short transfer times mean operating costs are lower than at the larger London airports.
The questions our 24/7 team gets asked most about flying from Birmingham.
8 days costs from £83.97 (about £10.50 a day) at Birmingham right now, based on live prices from 11 car parks we compare. The cheapest option today is Airparks Drop and Go (park and ride). Prices move with demand and rise sharply in the last fortnight before travel, so booking early is what actually saves money here.
Today the cheapest is Airparks Drop and Go at £83.97 for 8 days, about £10.50 a day. The cheapest on-airport option is Car Park 5 - Flex Plus (N) at £108.97, against £83.97 for Airparks Drop and Go off-airport. There is no single car park that is always cheapest at Birmingham, because operators reprice constantly, so the honest answer is to compare the live table above for your own dates rather than trusting a fixed list.
90 seconds end-to-end and free for all passengers. It runs every 1-2 minutes during the day.
Yes, the M42/M6/M5 intersection puts it within a 90-minute drive of much of England, and direct trains serve London, Manchester and the South West.
Outside July/August school holidays, queues are typically under 15 minutes. Allow 90 minutes minimum at the gate during peak summer.
Yes, Emirates flies daily to Dubai, Air India serves Delhi/Amritsar, and seasonal services run to Toronto, New York and the Caribbean.
The front-of-terminal Premium Set Down forecourt costs £7 for up to 15 minutes, with no free period. For a free drop-off, use the standard Drop Off car park instead, which gives 10 minutes free with a short covered walk to the terminal.
Off-airport park-and-ride at Bickenhill or Hampton-in-Arden almost always beats the airport's own Long Stay on price. Book 14+ days ahead.
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Hand keys at the terminal, your car parked in a secure compound.
Walk to the terminal, official airport-operated lots.
