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Park & Ride
Off-airport secure compounds with regular shuttle to the terminal.
Glasgow's primary hub. Strong on-airport options plus value park-and-ride.
Live operator prices for a sample 7-day stay. Sort by price, transfer time or rating. Click through for your exact dates.
| Type | Park Mark | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glasgow Flying Scot - Park and Ride Glasgow Flying Scot | Park & Ride | £53.48Cheapest | £6.50/day | Shuttle | Yes | 5(1) | View |
Zoom Airport Parking Zoom Airport Parking | Park & Ride | £55.48 | £6.75/day | Shuttle | — | 3.5(5) | View |
Scot Park - Park & Ride Scot Park | Park & Ride | £55.86 | £6.80/day | Shuttle | — | 3.5(12) | View |
Flyaway Parking Glasgow Flyaway Parking Glasgow | Park & Ride | £59.97 | £7.31/day | 5 min shuttle | — | 4(383) | View |
Skyport (H) Skyport (H) | Park & Ride | £66.97 | £8.19/day | 6 min shuttle | Yes | 5(73) | View |
Direct Parking Direct Parking | Park & Ride | £69.97 | £8.56/day | 3 min shuttle | — | 4(10) | View |
Scot Park - Meet & Greet Scot Park | Meet & Greet | £77.98 | £9.56/day | At terminal | — | 4(3) | View |
Long Stay Long Stay | On-Airport | £78.52 | £9.63/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(381) | View |
Short Stay Flex Plus - (5+) Short Stay Flex Plus | On-Airport | £105.98 | £13.06/day | 5 min walk | Yes | 5(24) | View |
The two most popular ways to park at GLA. Meet & Greet saves you time; Park & Ride saves you money. Here is how they compare on today's live prices.
Glasgow's primary airport.
At Glasgow today, Meet & Greet starts about £3.06/day more than Park & Ride, in exchange for skipping the shuttle at both ends.
Glasgow Airport is the second-busiest in Scotland and serves the west of the country, including a substantial Highland and Hebrides catchment via inter-Scotland connecting flights. It handles around 8 million passengers a year out of a single terminal.
The carrier mix includes British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair, KLM, Lufthansa and Loganair (the Highlands and Islands carrier). Routes are predominantly short-haul European and UK domestic, with seasonal long-haul to the US and Caribbean.
The airport's site is reasonably open with several major roads (M8, A8) feeding in from central Glasgow, Paisley and the M77. Parking is generally cheaper than at Edinburgh and a touch quicker to access from the city centre by car.
All the practical access info, by car, train, coach and otherwise.
M8 junction 28 directly serves the airport. From Glasgow city centre, allow 20-25 minutes off-peak.
There's no rail station at the airport. The Glasgow Airport Express (bus 500) connects to Buchanan Bus Station and Glasgow Central via the M8.
The Glasgow Airport Express (bus 500) runs every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day. Coach services also link the airport with Glasgow, Edinburgh and beyond.
Plans for a rail link have been discussed for years but no station is currently in service.
Official car parks are Short Stay (multi-storey attached to terminal), Long Stay (a 5-10 minute shuttle) and Valet (drop-off forecourt). All are operated by the airport.
Off-airport operators cluster along the A8 and around Paisley, with several sites near Inchinnan. Independent shuttles typically run every 7-12 minutes and beat the airport's long-stay rates by 25-45%.
The questions our 24/7 team gets asked most about flying from Glasgow.
8 days costs from £53.48 (about £6.68 a day) at Glasgow right now, based on live prices from 9 car parks we compare. The cheapest option today is Glasgow Flying Scot - Park and Ride (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 Glasgow Flying Scot - Park and Ride at £53.48 for 8 days, about £6.68 a day. The cheapest on-airport option is Long Stay at £78.52, against £53.48 for Glasgow Flying Scot - Park and Ride off-airport. There is no single car park that is always cheapest at Glasgow, 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.
No, the nearest is Paisley Gilmour Street, with onward bus or taxi to the terminal. Most travellers use the Glasgow Airport Express bus.
Around 15 minutes from Buchanan Bus Station, running every 10 minutes, 24 hours a day.
Yes seasonally, flights to the US, Iceland, Dubai (via codeshare) and the Caribbean. Year-round long-haul is more limited than at Edinburgh.
Off-airport park-and-ride along the A8 or near Inchinnan. Book 14+ days ahead for the steepest discount.
There's no free window at the forecourt, Express Drop-off is £7 for up to 15 minutes. For a free drop-off, use the Long Stay car park (up to 1 hour free) with its free shuttle to the terminal.
Two hours for short-haul, three for long-haul. Security is rarely a long wait outside summer school holidays.
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.
