BHX - Birmingham

Birmingham is set in the middle of England and serves the country's second biggest city. Its single terminal (there used to be two) had 10 million passengers in 2023. Its website can be found at www.birminghamairport.co.uk

Parking

Birmingham has a variety of parking options - valet parking (one minute walk to the terminal), car park 1 (one minute walk to the terminal, undercover multi-storey), car parks 2 and 3 (one minute walk to the terminal, multi-storey), car park 4 (three to five minutes walk to the terminal, surface), car park 5 (five to ten minutes walk to the terminal free shuttle bus taking three minutes, four per hour, free shuttle bus taking three to five minutes, four per hour, surface), car park 7 (free five to ten minute shuttle bus, four per hour, off-site surface).

Full details and a booking option can be found here www.birminghamairport.co.uk/airport-parking/

Drop Off

At Birmingham there are two options.

Premium Set Down is one minute from the terminal and costs £5 for up to fifteen minutes, then £5 per extra five minutes.

Drop Off is a five to ten-minute walk to the terminal and is free for ten minutes.  It is located about halfway between car park 4 and car park 5.

Security

Security details at Birmingham can be found here www.birminghamairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/security-customs/ Birmingham offers a fast track for £5 in advance, £7.50 on the day.

Restaurants and Bars

There are a number of restaurants on offer at Birmingham. 

All Bar One, Bottega, Burger King, Caffe Nero, Costa, Factory Bar and Kitchen, Giraffe, Greggs, Pret a Manger, Soho Coffee, Starbucks, Wetherspoon

Shops

Birmingham has a number of shops in the terminals.  You can find out more about each store here www.birminghamairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/shops-at-birmingham-airport/

Accessorize, Aerospa, Boots, InMotion, JD Sports, Kurt Geiger, Luggage Point, M&S Simply Food, Spar, Sunglass Hut, Superdry, Travelex, World Duty Free, WH Smith, WH Smith Books

Lounges

Aspire, 0430-2030, complimentary food and drinks, from £37

Aspire South, 0600-1500 Friday to Sunday Nov to Mar, 0430-1600 daily Apr to Oct, complimentary food and drinks, from £37

No.1, 0500-2000 (Nov to Mar), 0430-2100 (Apr to Oct), buffet service, from £34

Clubrooms, 0430-2000 (Nov to Mar), 0430-2030 (Apr to Oct), table service, from £34 

Assistance

Birmingham recommends travellers contact their tour operator, travel agent or airline at least 48 hours prior to departure so that your details can be passed to the Assistance team.  You can find some very detailed information via the following link.

Assistance - www.birminghamairport.co.uk/at-the-airport/terminal-facilities/assisted-travel/

Hotels

There are a few hotels serving the airport.

At the airport

Hilton Garden Inn

Ibis

Novotel

Close to the NEC 

Ibis Styles - taxi required

Moxy - free shuttle to monorail

Genting - unknown

Hilton Birmingham Metropole - free shuttle to monorail

Crowne Plaza - free shuttle to monorail

Premier Inn - taxi required

South side

Holiday Inn - free shuttle to monorail

Travelodge - taxi required

OYO - taxi required

Tristar - taxi required

For hotels near Birmingham Airport click the image below.

Shuttles Shuttles are limited to those mentioned in the hotel section.  There is also a monorail between the terminal and the rail station.

Immigration

For all international travellers you should check entry requirements on the official government site.  In this case it is www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration and you will find details on the ETA scheme there too.

There is a fast track option at £7 (rising to £20 in July 2024).

Reclaim

Just follow the signs after immigration and you will come to the baggage reclaim area.  There are boards that you should check for your flight number, and that will indicate which carousel you need to attend.  There are trolleys available in the area.

Customs

There are two channels - green (nothing to declare) and red (items to declare). 

Just like immigration you should only rely on the official government information regarding what you can bring into the UK. www.gov.uk/bringing-goods-into-uk-personal-use

Taxis

Black Cabs are available at the terminal.

For pre-booking taxis (black cabs and private) there is a search facility on the airport's site www.birminghamairport.co.uk/directions-and-transport/by-private-hire-and-taxi/

Buses and Coaches

Three bus routes head in and out of the airport via Birmingham International station.  Two are by National Express and one by Diamond.  The stand at the terminal is shown below.

X1 - Birmingham city centre and Coventry - stand K

X12 - Birmingham city centre and Solihull - stand L

96 - Kingstanding and Chelmsley Wood - stand L

In addition there is a direct Aircoach from Birmingham city centre.  It leaves St. Margaret's bus station and uses terminal stand J.  £9.

You will find coach services to other larger towns and cities from National Express and Megabus.

For National Express just click the image below.

Rail and Trams

The Birmingham International station is easily reached using a free monorail service.  It operates from 0330 to 0030.

There are about three trains per hour to London Euston, Northampton, Milton Keynes, and Rugby, and more frequent services to Birmingham New Street. For any rail bookings, we recommend Trainline. Just click the logo below.

Routes

Birmingham has a range of routes available.  You can find full details here www.birminghamairport.co.uk/destinations-and-more/where-we-fly/

Aberdeen, Agadir, Alicante, Amsterdam, Amritsar, Antalya, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Burgas, Cancun, Chania, Copenhagen, Corfu, Cork, Dalaman, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Faro, Frankfurt, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Guernsey, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Inverness, Isle of Man, Istanbul, Jersey, Kefalonia, Krakow, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Lisbon, Lyon, Madrid, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Menorca, Milan, Munich, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Paphos, Palma, Paris, Porto, Prague, Pula, Punta Cana, Rhodes, Rome, Santorini, Shannon, Split, Tenerife, Tivat, Venice, Verona, Vienna, Warsaw, Zante, Zurich

Maps

No map available.

Meeting Points

There are no designated meeting points. 

Terminal Transfers

Not applicable. The former second terminal is now absorbed into the main terminal.

Car Hire

There are a number of big name companies offering car hire at the airport - Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Firefly, Hertz, National, Sixt

Birmingham does have its own search tool here www.birminghamairport.co.uk/car-hire