LTN

Luton, Luton, England

London Luton Airport

05:27 LOCAL · 64°F OVERCAST · 1 RWY · ELEV 526 FT

Arrivals Departures Map Parking Hotels

Average delay

On time

All 1 departures, last 60 min

Cancellations

None

of 92 departures on the board

Weather

64°F OVERCAST

Observed 04:20 UTC · EGGW

Departures next hour

busiest hour on the board is 23

Ground transport

Getting to and from London Luton Airport

How to reach the city, and where each option picks you up.

Option

Published fare

Journey time

Frequency

Pickup point

Best for

Luton DART

Automated rail shuttle to Luton Airport Parkway

Adult single £4.90

Around the clock · every 5–15 min

Central Terminal station, at the terminal entrance

Under four minutes for the 2.3 km to the mainline station — it replaced the old shuttle bus in March 2023

Train from Luton Airport Parkway

Thameslink · East Midlands Railway

St Pancras from 32 minutes, terminal to platform

Up to 10 trains an hour at peak

One DART ride from the terminal; serves St Pancras, Farringdon, Blackfriars and London Bridge

The £10 advance Luton Airport Express fare covers the DART too — book to «Luton Airport», not Parkway

Coach to London

National Express A1 · A2 · A31 · Green Line 757

Every 15–30 min, day and night

Airport bus station, a short stroll from the doors

Paddington up to 31 times a day on the A2; the 757 to Victoria keeps running hourly overnight

Local buses

Arriva A · Z · X1–X4 · Stagecoach MK1

A/Z run 24/7

Airport bus station, beside the terminal

Busway buses to Luton and Dunstable every 7–8 minutes; the A and Z never stop for the night

Taxi

Licensed hackney carriages, metered

24/7

Rank just past Bus Bay A — queue up and a marshal assigns the next cab

No pre-booking needed, and the black-cab fleet is fully wheelchair accessible

Driving & drop-off

M1 Junction 10, two miles out (LU2 9QT)

Drop-off £7 (10 min)

Drop Off Zone, a 5-minute walk from the terminal — cashless, pay online by midnight the next day

Skip the fee: the Long Stay gives 2 free hours with a shuttle every 20 minutes. Overstay the Zone’s 30-minute cap and it is a £95 charge

Every fare here is the one its operator publishes, and links to the page that publishes it. Options with no fare shown do not have a fixed published fare.