Guides

One guide for each airport, on the airport’s own page. It has what the airport’s website publishes on where you drop off and what it costs, parking charges, how early to arrive, security, assistance and lost property. Every answer gives the airport’s own words, a link to the page they are on and the date they were read. Where the airport’s pages disagree, the guide shows both.

Open now for 32 UK airports, plus the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Each one sits under the planner on that airport’s page.

Each airport sets its own charge for stopping at the terminal to drop someone off. The drop-off charge comparison puts every airport above side by side: the charge, the time it buys, what that works out at a minute, the free alternative where the airport publishes one, and what its pages say about staying longer. Every charge shows the airport page it was read on and the date. Where an airport’s own pages give two different figures for the charge to pull in, the row shows both.

What it costs to park. The parking charge comparison puts every airport above side by side: the first paid price for a short stop in a car park, the price of a day if you just turn up, and which car parks you can only book ahead. Each price is read from the airport’s own page and dated. On the same page, pick an airport and how long you will stop. It tells you whether parking or the drop-off zone is cheaper, from the airport’s own figures.

Peers added a review of airport drop-off charges to a Bill in July 2026, against the Government, by 142 votes to 138. What the review actually does sets out what the clause requires, which is a published report, not a cap. It also covers where the Bill has got to, and why any single national figure for what it costs to drop someone off is built on numbers six airports have not settled. Everything about the Bill comes from Parliament’s own record rather than news coverage.

A new national code for private parking was laid before Parliament on 20 October 2026, and its own definition of parking names airport drop-off zones. What the new rules do at an airport sets out what it would give a driver: a £100 ceiling, 40% off within 14 days, and grounds to appeal. It also gives two things to know before you rely on it. It is not law yet, and its 10-minute grace period may not reach an airport forecourt at all. Every clause comes from the Code’s own text.

The 100ml rule is not the same at every UK airport any more, and gov.uk does not name the airports that have changed. The hand luggage guide has the rules published by 34 of the 35 airports on this site in one table: the container size, whether you still need the clear bag, and what comes out of your bag. It also has cabin bag sizes by airline and the three questions gov.uk does not answer.

The flight delay guide sets out when compensation is owed, how much, what the airline must give you while you wait, and how to claim it yourself, in the words of the law and the Civil Aviation Authority, with the date they were read.

Every fact comes from the airport’s own website, or from a named official operator such as its rail or bus company. Rules that are the same everywhere come from GOV.UK and are labelled as national rules. A fact is shown only once a second check has found those words on that page. Each one shows the date it was read.

Where two of an airport’s pages say different things, both are shown. Where it does not publish something, the guide says so. The guides are independent: not run by or connected to any airport. More on how we check the airport guides.