Nottingham to Birmingham Airport — fixed price from £75
Direct M1/M42 run to Birmingham Airport in around 1h15. Great choice when EMA doesn't have the route you need — Emirates, Qatar, Etihad and TUI long-haul all fly from BHX.
Route at a glance
Birmingham Airport (BHX) is the closest big long-haul hub to Nottingham, and the run is almost entirely motorway. Our fixed-price Nottingham to Birmingham Airport taxi starts at £75 for a standard saloon, quoted before you book — no meter, no surge pricing and no drop-off charge added at the barrier.
It is roughly 55 miles door to terminal and about 1 hour 15 minutes in normal traffic, using the M1, A42 and M42. The two pinch points we plan around are the M1 through Nottingham and Derby in the morning peak and the M42 approach at J6, so early-morning departures are quoted with extra buffer built into the pick-up time rather than into the price.
We cover the whole of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire for BHX: city-centre postcodes, West Bridgford, Beeston, Arnold, Hucknall, Long Eaton and Derby. One local dispatch team answers the phone, so if your plans change you speak to the people who actually move the car.
- From
- Nottingham
- Distance
- 55 miles
- Drive time
- ~75 min
What's included
- Fixed price from £75 quoted at booking
- All drop-off / set-down charges included
- Live flight tracking — driver arrives when you land
- Meet & Greet inside arrivals (optional)
- 1 hr free waiting — even if delayed
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pick-up
- Email receipt for corporate expenses
Local tips for this route
- Allow 2h45 before departure for long-haul and 2h for short-haul.
- M42 J6 can be slow at rush hour — we build buffer time into pick-up.
- Drop off on the terminal forecourt; parking charges included.
The route we drive
- 1Pick-up at your door anywhere in Nottingham or the surrounding villages.
- 2M1 southbound to J23A, then the A42/M42 corridor — the fastest reliable line to BHX.
- 3M42 J6 for the airport; we add buffer time here because it backs up at rush hour.
- 4Drop-off on the terminal forecourt, with the set-down charge already inside your fixed fare.
Birmingham Airport terminals
- Terminal 1
- Domestic, European and most Ryanair, Jet2 and TUI departures. Forecourt drop-off is a two-minute walk to check-in.
- Terminal 2
- Emirates, Qatar and Etihad long-haul. Allow 2h45 before departure and tell us the terminal at booking.
Taxi, train or parking?
- Fixed-price transfer
- £75 from Nottingham, door to terminal in about 1h15, luggage handled, one price for the whole car.
- Train via Birmingham New Street
- Change of train plus the Air-Rail Link, with luggage — awkward before an early long-haul departure.
- Driving and parking
- Airport parking is charged per day for the length of your holiday, on top of fuel and the drive home when you land tired.
Book your Birmingham Airport transfer
Instant fixed-price quote — takes 30 seconds.