EMA - East Midlands

East Midlands sits in between Derby, Nottingham, and Leicester, and is also a large cargo hub, with 3.2 million passengers in 2023. Its website is www.eastmidlandsairport.com

Parking

East Midlands has a range of parking options - meet & greet (two minutes walk to the terminal, in effect this is valet parking), short stay (up to five minutes walk to the terminal with three separate areas), mid stay (seven minutes walk to the terminal with three separate areas), long stay (five minutes shuttle to the terminal) and Jet Parks (up to fifteen minutes transfer to the terminal).

You can book parking directly using www.eastmidlandsairport.com/parking/ and there is a useful map of the parking areas at the foot of that page.

Drop Off

There is a Rapid Drop Off that is £5 for up to fifteen minutes and £1 per minute after that.

Next is a Short Stay Drop Off, with up to thirty minutes for £6 and up to an hour for £8, aimed at people wanting to accompany the passengers to the terminal.  It is in Short Stay 1 and 3.

There is also a Long Stay Drop Off, free for up to an hour.

All of these options allow drop off and pick up.

Security

Security details at East Midlands can be found here www.eastmidlandsairport.com/help/passenger-guides/security/  East Midlands offers a fast track for £5.

Restaurants and Bars

There are a handful of restaurants available at East Midlands.

Burger King, Castle Rock Tap Room and Kitchen, Frankie & Benny's, Greggs, Pork & Pickle, Proof 65, Starbucks

Shops

East Midlands has a number of shops in the terminal.  You can find out more about each store here www.eastmidlandsairport.com/at-the-airport/airport-facilities/shopping-services/ and then selecting the Terminal Guide link.

Accessorize, Boots, JD Sports, Traveller, World Duty Free, WH Smith

East Midlands has a Reserve and Collect option.

Lounges

Escape, opening 0300, closes Mon 1830, Tue 1825, Wed 1800, Thu Sun 1835, Fri 2005, Sat 1855, complimentary snacks and drinks, from £32

Assistance

East Midlands 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.eastmidlandsairport.com/help/special-assistance/

Hotels

There are a few airport choices at East Midlands.

Leonardo - three minutes walk to the terminal

Radisson Blu - five minutes by airport shuttle

Premier Inn - five minutes by airport shuttle

Holiday Inn Express - five minutes by airport shuttle

Hilton - ten minutes by taxi

Holiday Inn Derby Nottingham - five minutes by taxi

Days Inn - fifteen minutes by taxi

For more on hotels near the airport just click on the image below.

Shuttles

The car park and hotel shuttles run every fifteen minutes.

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.

East Midlands offers a fast track for £5.

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

Arrow Cars are the only company allowed drop off and pick up at the terminal at East Midlands.  You can find details here www.eastmidlandsairport.com/getting-to-and-from/by-taxi/

Buses and Coaches National Express have routes into the airport, due to its fairly central location.  These routes use variable pricing.  The Coach Park is close to the arrivals hall.

Various local buses also connect to the airport.

Skylink Nottingham, Long Eaton, Coalville - three per hour day, one per hour night, from 0400-2300

Skylink Derby, Leicester, Loughborough - three per hour day, one per hour night

my15 Ilkeston, Stapleford, Long Eaton - two per hour Mon to Sat

Airline 9 Ashby, Swadlincote, Burton - one per hour, 0420-2300

Rail and Trams

There is no station at the airport but five miles away you will find East Midlands Parkway.  This connects to the airport using a bus service called Nottsbus.

There are also train stations at Derby (twelve miles), Nottingham (twelve miles) and Long Eaton (seven miles) that can all be reached using the Skylink buses above.

For any rail bookings, we recommend Trainline. Just click the logo below.

Routes

East Midlands has a range of routes available.  You can find full details here www.eastmidlandsairport.com/destinations-and-guides/a-z-list-of-destinations/

Under two hours - Alicante, Bergerac, Berlin, Carcassonne, Chambery, Cork, Dublin, Geneva, Jersey, Knock, Limoges, Newquay, Paris

Under four hours - Barcelona, Bergamo, Bourgas, Budapest, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Faro, Girona, Ibiza, Kefalonia, Kittila, Krakow, Lodz, Malaga, Malta, Menorca, Naples, Palma, Pisa, Prague, Pula, Reus, Reykjavik, Riga, Rome, Rzeszow, Salzburg, Sofia, Split, Treviso, Tunis, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Zakynthos

Under six hours - Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Kos, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas, Paphos, Rhodes, Santorini, Skiathos, Tenerife, Thessalonika

Over six hours - Barbados, Hurghada, Montego Bay, New York, Sal

Maps

The only map available is for the broader site and car parks.

www.eastmidlandsairport.com/parking/

Meeting Points

There are no designated meeting points.  

Terminal Transfers

Not applicable.

Car Hire

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

Car hire desks are in the terminal.

East Midlands does have its own search tool www.eastmidlandsairport.com/at-the-airport/car-rental/