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Airport transfers from Kent
Southampton Airport Taxi from Kent
Taxi transfers from towns across Kent to Southampton Airport, from about 1 hour 45 minutes off-peak by the M25, M3 and M27, with no Dartford Crossing. Send your flight and luggage details and a licensed private hire operator quotes you and carries out the journey.
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Channel Islands and Europe, from your door in Kent
A Southampton airport taxi from Kent takes from about 1 hour 45 minutes off-peak from Sevenoaks, via the M25, M3 and M27, with no Dartford Crossing. Airport Taxi Kent passes your request to licensed private hire operators, and the operator that takes it quotes you and drives you to the terminal.
Why fly from Southampton instead of London?
Southampton is a smaller regional airport with frequent short flights to Jersey and Guernsey, flown by Blue Islands, Aurigny and Loganair, and easyJet flights to European cities and holiday destinations. Kent travellers usually choose it when the flight or fare they want is on sale from there, or when they would rather use a smaller airport. Compare the total cost, including the road journey, before you decide.
How do drop-off and pick-up work at Southampton?
Southampton’s Pick Up and Drop Off area is in the short stay car park, about a minute’s walk from the terminal. It costs £7 for up to 20 minutes, paid at the exit barrier by card or contactless. The airport has no free drop-off or pick-up option, and for waits of over 20 minutes it points drivers to the short stay car park. Stopping anywhere else on the airport roads is enforced by camera. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the Pick Up and Drop Off charge, so there is nothing extra to pay at the barrier. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any short stay parking while the driver waits is charged.]
How long does a Southampton airport taxi from Kent take?
Off-peak drive times start from:
- West Kent (Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge): from about 1 hour 45 minutes off-peak from Sevenoaks.
- Mid Kent (Maidstone, Medway, West Malling): from about 1 hour 55 minutes off-peak from West Malling.
- East Kent (Canterbury, Margate, Dover): from about 2 hours 30 minutes off-peak from Canterbury.
Which way does the taxi go?
The route stays south of the Thames, so it never uses the Dartford Crossing. It follows the M25 west to the M3, then the M3 south and the M27 to the airport. From mid and east Kent it joins the M25 from the M20 and M26, or from the M2 and A249.
What should you allow for on the way?
The off-peak times above assume no traffic. The M25 and the M3 can be slow at weekday peaks, so Airport Taxi Kent suggests allowing 30 to 60 minutes more than the off-peak time, before your airline’s check-in deadline. From east Kent the run is over two hours, and the Highway Code recommends a break of at least 15 minutes after every two hours of driving. Long-distance runs like this are taken on, so the length of the journey is no barrier.
What happens if your flight into Southampton is delayed?
Give your inbound flight number when you request a quote, and tell the operator straight away if your arrival time changes. Give a valid flight number and the operator monitors your flight, adjusting the collection time at no extra charge, subject to driver availability. Airport collections include up to 60 minutes of free waiting from the actual landing time. After that, waiting may be charged at £5 per 15 minutes, plus any extra airport parking, and the quote sets this out before you accept.
Terminals
Terminals at Southampton
Terminal drop-off
Arrivals pick-up
Your flight sets the timetable
Why use an airport specialist for Southampton?
Airports only, nothing else
Airport Taxi Kent handles airport transfer requests and nothing else. Every page is built around terminals, pickup points, luggage and flight times, so the questions you have before a flight are already answered.
Drive times from your town
You can see the drive time from your town to each of the six London airports, and to Birmingham, East Midlands, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester and Bournemouth. It is the least the journey takes, so you can set your pickup time with a sensible margin for traffic.
A quote before you commit
You send your journey details and the operator sends you a quote for that exact journey. Nothing is booked until you accept it, and you can ask about the route, terminal or luggage first.
Licensed private hire operators
Airport Taxi Kent passes your request to licensed private hire operators that cover your town. The operator that takes your journey quotes you, confirms your booking and is who you deal with on the day.
Questions before you fly
Southampton airport taxi questions
A taxi from Kent to Southampton Airport takes from about 1 hour 45 minutes off-peak from Sevenoaks, from about 2 hours 5 minutes from Maidstone and from about 2 hours 30 minutes from Canterbury. Airport Taxi Kent suggests allowing 30 to 60 minutes more at weekday peaks on the M25 and M3.
Give Airport Taxi Kent your pickup address, your flight number and time, the number of passengers and the number of suitcases. If you need collecting on your way home, add the return journey to the same request with your inbound flight number.
At Southampton Airport, arriving passengers are collected from the Pick Up and Drop Off area or the short stay car park, both close to the terminal. Airport Taxi Kent passes your flight number to the licensed private hire operator, and the operator confirms the meeting point with your booking.
No. A taxi from Kent to Southampton Airport stays south of the Thames, following the M25 west to the M3 and then the M27, so the Dartford Crossing is not used from any Kent town. Journeys requested through Airport Taxi Kent from mid and east Kent usually join the M25 from the M20 and M26.
Southampton Airport charges £7 for up to 20 minutes in its Pick Up and Drop Off area, in the short stay car park about a minute’s walk from the terminal. It is paid at the exit barrier by card or contactless, and there is no free option. Airport Taxi Kent passes your flight details to the licensed private hire operator with your request. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the Pick Up and Drop Off charge, so there is nothing extra to pay at the barrier. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any short stay parking while the driver waits is charged.]
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