Rugby to Birmingham Airport is 22.6 miles and takes between 34 and 41 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 7 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 Rugby at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 34 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 35 min | A426 / M6 J1 |
| 10:00 | 37 min | A426 / M6 J1 |
| 16:00 | 41 min | A426 / M6 J1 |
| 19:00 | 35 min | A426 / M6 J1 |
That 7 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 16:00 hour that costs you the extra 7 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from Birmingham Airport we would collect you from Rugby at about 04:21 for a short-haul flight, or 03:21 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 | 04:21 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 03:21 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 08:21 |
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 Rugby does.
| You land at | Drive back to Rugby | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 37 min | 11:22 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 41 min | 17:26 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 35 min | 20:20 |
Allowing 45 minutes from landing to being in the car, a 22.6 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 Rugby on the A426 and join at M6 J1. At 22.6 miles it is a short run. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 16:00 at 41 minutes, against 34 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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