Alcester to Birmingham Airport is 22.7 miles and takes between 32 and 43 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 11 minutes between the quickest and slowest hour. Hampton Travel covers it as pre-booked private hire with a named driver confirmed the night before and a fixed price agreed in writing before you travel.
Measured for each departure time rather than quoted as a single average, because they are not the same journey.
| Leave Alcester at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 32 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 35 min | A46 / M42 J3 |
| 10:00 | 35 min | A46 / M42 J3 |
| 16:00 | 43 min | A46 / M42 J3 |
| 19:00 | 33 min | A46 / M42 J3 |
That 11 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 16:00 hour that costs you the extra 11 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from Birmingham Airport we would collect you from Alcester at about 04:23 for a short-haul flight, or 03:23 for long haul. That allows the measured drive plus the standard advice to arrive two hours before short haul and three before long haul.
| If your flight leaves | Type | At the airport by | We collect you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Short haul | 05:00 | 04:23 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 03:23 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 08:23 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
Short enough that the drive back is rarely the problem. Getting out of Birmingham Airport usually takes longer than the road to Alcester does.
| You land at | Drive back to Alcester | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 35 min | 11:20 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 43 min | 17:28 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 33 min | 20:18 |
Allowing 45 minutes from landing to being in the car, a 22.7 mile run puts most people home inside the hour and a half.
If the inbound is delayed we track it and send the driver to the actual landing time, not the one you booked. No waiting charge either way.
We leave Alcester on the A46 and join at M42 J3. At 22.7 miles it is a short run. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 16:00 at 43 minutes, against 32 at 04:00. That is the window to plan around.
We work the pickup time back from it and confirm your driver the night before.
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