Car Lease Special Offers has analysed the price of parking at 20 UK airports, ahead of the busy summer holiday period, to see how much it costs to park across the country. Each airport was ranked for factors such as cost of drop off, long stay and amount of EV chargers (1-20) with an overall score then calculated
They worked out that by pre booking your car parking space you could save yourself on average nearly £97! The airport with the biggest saving was Manchester, booking your space in advance there saved £290.
Based on booking for a July week away, on average, booking in advance could save £96.97 on airport parking. Edinburgh airport is the cheapest airport to pre-book your week's parking slot, costing £39.99. The biggest saving came from Manchester airport, pre-booking brings the cost of parking for a week down from £360 to only £69.99 – a massive saving of £290
Airport |
Parking 7 Days |
Prebooked July 21-28 |
Saving |
Manchester Airport |
£360 |
£69.99 |
£290.01 |
London City Airport |
£420 |
£147.50 |
£272.50 |
London Stansted Airport |
£210 |
£76.99 |
£133.01 |
Bournemouth Airport |
£210 |
£78 |
£132 |
Edinburgh Airport |
£170 |
£39.99 |
£130.01 |
East Midlands Airport |
£185 |
£58.99 |
£126.01 |
London Luton Airport |
£210 |
£86.99 |
£123.01 |
London Southend Airport |
£210 |
£90 |
£120 |
London Heathrow Airport |
£219.50 |
£112.40 |
£107.1 |
Bristol Airport |
£159 |
£65.99 |
£93.01 |
London Gatwick Airport |
£180 |
£106 |
£74 |
Leeds Bradford Airport |
£129 |
£63 |
£66 |
Birmingham Airport |
£167 |
£109.99 |
£57.01 |
Aberdeen Airport |
£119 |
£65.99 |
£53.01 |
Newcastle Airport |
£112 |
£75.99 |
£36.01 |
Glasgow Airport |
£110 |
£74.99 |
£35.01 |
Liverpool Airport |
£95 |
£66.99 |
£28.01 |
Southampton Airport |
£106 |
£79.99 |
£26.01 |
Belfast International Airport |
£65 |
£44.99 |
£20.01 |
Cardiff Airport |
£95 |
£77.5 |
£17.50 |
The vast majority of UK airports have the option to drop holiday goers off for free, but figuring out which is the hardest part. Mostly, these areas are the long stay car parks, but with most drivers opting to go to the drop-off areas or short-stay parking, they could be paying a bit more than they need to.
Airport |
Free parking available |
Belfast International Airport |
15 mins free in the long-stay car park |
Cardiff Airport |
5 mins free for drop-off
20 mins free in long-stay car park
|
Glasgow Airport |
15 mins free for EVs - must register vehicle first
30 mins free in long-stay car park
|
Southampton Airport |
20 mins for EVs - must register vehicle first |
Aberdeen Airport |
15 mins for EVs - must register vehicle first
30 mins free in long-stay car park
|
Edinburgh Airport |
30 mins free in long-stay car park |
Newcastle Airport |
15 mins free in short-stay 2 |
Liverpool Airport |
40 mins free in drop-off 2 |
Leeds Bradford Airport |
1 hour free in mid-stay 2
EVs can use the pick-up & drop-off car park for up to 1 hour free of charge
|
London Luton Airport |
15 mins free in mid-stay car park
1 hour free in long-stay car park
|
London Heathrow Airport |
29 mins free in long-stay car park |
Birmingham Airport |
20 mins free in drop-off car park |
East Midlands Airport |
1 hour free in long-stay 2 |
Bristol Airport |
1 hour free in waiting zone |
London Southend Airport |
15 min free in long-stay 3 |
London Stansted Airport |
1 hour free in mid-stay |
