Most Expensive UK Airport Car Parks Revealed

The most expensive and cheapest airport car parks across the UK have been revealed after a new study found vast pricing differences up and down the country. Travel experts have analysed the fifteen busiest airports in the UK to determine who charges their customers high prices and which has kept their costs low. 

The findings have been published online as the UK Airport Cost of Parking Index, focusing on the cheapest parking available during one week in February.

The research found that Heathrow Airport was the most expensive to park at for one week – charging £123 per vehicle.

The cheapest airport parking was in Edinburgh, charging holidaymakers just £34.99 for seven days.

This is almost a £90 difference between the most expensive and the least expensive airports for parking in the UK.

Scotland was listed twice in the three cheapest airports – with Glasgow ranking second most affordable at £54.99 for a week’s stay.

Heathrow is the only airport to charge travellers over £100 – as the second most expensive was East Midlands Airport at £81.39 for seven days.

Only four airports set their weekly parking fee under £60 – Liverpool, Glasgow, Belfast International, and Edinburgh.

Stansted, Leeds Bradford and Birmingham airports charged holidaymakers between £60 and £70 to park their vehicles.

The only Welsh airport to make the list – Cardiff – ranked the seventh most expensive at £72.99.

Four London airports are listed: Heathrow, Stansted, Luton and Gatwick. All besides, Stansted makes the top six most expensive UK airport car parks.

The airport with the most significant number of passengers outside the capital city is Manchester, with 23.3 million travelling through it annually.

The northern airport is the eighth most expensive for those wanting to park for a week – charging £71.99.

The UK’s fourth cheapest airport car park is Liverpool – with a weekly fee of £55.99. This is just £1 more than the cost at Glasgow airport.

Newcastle ranked as the fifth most expensive at £77.99 and is one of the eight airports in the table that charge customers over £70 to park their cars for the week.

Shahab Siddiqui, founder of FlightsFinder.com, said: “Airport car parking charges vary dramatically depending on which part of the country you’re flying from.

“We’ve found that the most expensive airport (Heathrow) charges customers almost £90 more than the most affordable (Edinburgh) for the exact times and dates.

“When travellers already have to pay hundreds if not thousands towards the cost of their holiday, airports are now leaving Brits with little choice but to add on another expense on top of everything else.

“Three London airports have been ranked in the top six most expensive holiday car parks, charging over £74 a week. Stansted is at the other end of the rankings, charging travellers at least £12 less at £61.99.

“The three cheapest airports for seven days of parking are outside England and Wales – Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast International.

“Cardiff airport is the seventh most expensive at £72.99. East Midlands airport comes in at second most expensive in the UK behind Heathrow – with a fee of £81.39 for travellers parking their cars.”

To learn more about the most expensive UK airport car parks, visit https://www.flightsfinder.com/en-gb/blog/details/uk-airport-cost-of-car-parking.