Balsall Common to East Midlands Airport is 42.0 miles and takes between 52 and 60 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 8 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 Balsall Common at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 53 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 55 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
| 10:00 | 55 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
| 16:00 | 60 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
| 19:00 | 52 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
That 8 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 16:00 hour that costs you the extra 8 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from East Midlands Airport we would collect you from Balsall Common at about 04:03 for a short-haul flight, or 03:03 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 | 04:03 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 03:03 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 08:03 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
The return from East Midlands Airport to Balsall Common is where the hour you land starts to matter. These are measured, not estimated.
| You land at | Drive back to Balsall Common | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 55 min | 11:40 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 60 min | 17:45 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 52 min | 20:37 |
Times allow 45 minutes from wheels-down to being in the car, which covers immigration, bags and the walk out. A late landing means a quieter road, so the drive itself is often faster than the outbound.
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 Balsall Common on the A452 and join at M42 J6. At 42.0 miles it is a longer run. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 16:00 at 60 minutes, against 52 at 19:00. 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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