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Airport transfers from Kent
Stansted Airport Taxi from Kent
Taxi transfers from Kent to London Stansted over the Dartford Crossing and up the M11. Give us your flight and luggage details, and a licensed private hire operator quotes you and drives you from your door to the terminal.
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Terminals, pickups and charges
Kent to Stansted, via Dartford and the M11
A Stansted airport taxi from Kent crosses the Thames at Dartford, then follows the M25 and M11, and takes from about 50 minutes off-peak from Dartford. Airport Taxi Kent passes your request to licensed private hire operators, and the operator that takes it quotes you and collects you from your door.
Where are you dropped off at Stansted?
Stansted has a single passenger terminal. Cars drop off at the Express Set Down area in front of the terminal, which is for drop-offs only. It has no barriers: number plate cameras record each visit, and the charge is paid online by midnight the following day.
What do Stansted drop-off and pickup charges cost?
The Express Set Down charge is £10 for up to 15 minutes. Arriving passengers are usually collected from the Short Stay car park, where the pick-up tariff starts at £13 for up to 30 minutes. The Mid Stay car park offers free pick-up for up to an hour, with a shuttle bus to the terminal. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the drop-off charge and the Dartford Crossing, so there is nothing extra to pay on the way. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any Short Stay parking while the driver waits is charged.]
How long does a Stansted airport taxi from Kent take?
The usual route uses the Dartford Crossing, then the M25 to junction 27 and the M11 to junction 8. The crossing charge for a car is £3.50 from 6am to 10pm and free overnight. Off-peak drive times start from:
- West Kent (Dartford, Gravesend, Swanley): from about 50 minutes off-peak from Dartford.
- Mid Kent (Maidstone, Medway, Sittingbourne): from about 65 minutes off-peak from Medway, via the M20, M2 or A2.
- East Kent (Canterbury, Thanet, Dover): from about 1 hour 35 minutes off-peak from Canterbury, via the M2 and A2.
Queues at the Dartford Crossing can add 20 to 60 minutes at weekday peaks.
What happens if your flight into Stansted is delayed?
Put your flight number on your quote request, and the time it is due to land. 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.
Will your luggage fit in the car?
Give the number of passengers and suitcases on your quote request, and mention anything outsized such as skis or a pushchair, so the operator can quote for the right size of car. Estate cars, MPVs and other larger vehicles are available for bigger groups and extra luggage, and wheelchair-accessible vehicles are available too.
Terminals
Terminals at Stansted
London Stansted terminal
Your flight sets the timetable
Why use an airport specialist for Stansted?
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
Stansted airport taxi questions
A taxi from Kent to Stansted takes from about 50 minutes off-peak from Dartford, from about 65 minutes from Medway, and from about 1 hour 35 minutes from Canterbury. Airport Taxi Kent suggests allowing 20 to 60 minutes more at weekday peaks for Dartford Crossing queues.
Yes. Add the return to the same Airport Taxi Kent request, with your inbound flight number, the date and the time you are due to land at Stansted, plus the number of passengers and suitcases coming home. Both legs are carried out by licensed private hire operators, and the return pickup is usually from the Short Stay car park.
At Stansted, arriving passengers are usually collected from the Short Stay car park, because the Express Set Down area is for drop-offs only. The pick-up tariff there starts at £13 for up to 30 minutes. Airport Taxi Kent passes your flight number and landing time to the licensed private hire operator, so the driver has your flight details.
Yes. The usual route from Kent to Stansted crosses the Thames at Dartford, then follows the M25 to junction 27 and the M11 to junction 8. The crossing charge for a car is £3.50 between 6am and 10pm and nothing from 10pm to 6am, so a pre-dawn departure crosses without a charge. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the drop-off charge and the Dartford Crossing, so there is nothing extra to pay on the way. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any Short Stay parking while the driver waits is charged.]
Yes. Stansted’s Express Set Down area in front of the terminal costs £10 for up to 15 minutes and is for drop-offs only. There are no barriers; the charge is paid online by midnight the day after, and missing that deadline brings a £100 Parking Charge Notice. [HOLD-QUOTE-RULE: the operator’s quote includes the drop-off charge and the Dartford Crossing, so there is nothing extra to pay on the way. If you are being collected, the quote also says how any Short Stay parking while the driver waits is charged.]
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