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East Midlands to Gatwick Airport Taxi Transfer
A direct, fixed-fare transfer from East Midlands Airport to Gatwick Airport from £255. Your driver tracks your flight into EMA, waits while you collect your bags and takes you to Gatwick’s North or South Terminal in about 3 to 3½ hours
- 45 minutes' free waiting from the moment you actually land
- North or South Terminal, wherever your airline flies from
- One price for the car, however slow the M25 gets
150 miles
Mostly motorway: M1, M25, M23
About 3 hours
Longer on a Friday afternoon
45 Minutes Free
Counted from when your plane lands
2 terminals
Free shuttle train between them
Getting from East Midlands Airport to Gatwick Airport
Local Taxis in Leicester drives passengers from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to London Gatwick (LGW) at any hour, for a fixed £255 in a saloon. It’s roughly 150 miles, nearly all of it motorway, and the run normally takes around three hours. Expect a little longer when the M25 is busy.
Your driver collects you from EMA’s Rapid Drop Off area once you’re through baggage reclaim, then heads south on the M1. At Gatwick you’re dropped in the Short Stay car park next to your terminal, a short walk from the departure hall. Fares for each vehicle are further down the page.
Any hour, any day
Early-morning arrival or a landing near midnight: we run this route around the clock, bank holidays included.
Fixed fare from £255
Agreed when you book. No surge pricing, and no extra at night, at weekends or on bank holidays.
Licensed and DBS-Checked Drivers
Every driver is council-licensed and DBS-checked.
Vehicles Available for 1 to 8 people
Pick anything from a saloon for two to a minibus seating eight.
The Route to Gatwick
Out of the airport
A few minutes on local roads brings you to the M1 near Kegworth.
Join the A42
Join the A42 heading south-west, past Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Measham, where it becomes the M42.
Continue onto the M42
Continue on the M42 past Tamworth and the M6 interchange.
Leave at junction 6
Leave at junction 6, signposted Birmingham Airport and the NEC, and follow the signs to the Express Set Down area.
How long it takes
- Before 7am or after 8pm 2¾–3 hours
- Middle of a weekday 3–3½ hours
- Weekday rush hour or a Friday afternoon 3½–4½ hours
- Friday afternoons and the start of Allow up to 4½ hours
school holidays
What does a taxi from East Midlands Airport to Gatwick cost?
A saloon costs £255, an estate car or MPV £285, and the 8-seat minibus £315. That’s the price of the whole vehicle for a one-way trip, settled at booking, so an hour stuck near Heathrow doesn’t add a penny.
Best for 1 to 3 people with a suitcase each
- Price: 125 one way
- Passengers: 4
- 2 large suitcases and 4 small cases
Best for a family of four
- Price: 145 one way
- Passengers: 4
- 3 Suitcases and 4 Small Cases
Best for groups of 5 to 8
- Price: 165 one way
- Passengers: 8
- 6 Suitcases and 8 Small Cases
What your Gatwick fare covers
Everything is either part of the price or listed here with its cost, so the figure you’re quoted is the figure you pay.
- Fixed fare, agreed when you book Included
- Flight tracking Included
- First 45 minutes of waiting after your flight lands Free
- Night-time, weekend and bank holiday journeys No Extra
- London Congestion Charge None
(the route avoids the zone) - Waiting after the free 45 minutes 30p a minute
- Meet & Greet: driver waits inside arrivals £10
with your name - Airport car park charge At Cost
- Extra pick-up or drop-off on the way Quoted per trip
- Christmas and New Year Fare and a half
Dropping Off at Gatwick Airport
Gatwick runs two terminals, North and South, and each airline uses one of them. Check your booking confirmation, tell us which, and your driver will pull into that terminal’s Short Stay car park, a short walk from the departure hall. The parking fee is added at cost. Ended up at the wrong terminal? The free shuttle train links North and South around the clock and takes about two minutes.
How Booking and Pick-Up Work from EMA to Gatwick Airport
Four steps from booking your taxi to leaving the airport.
1
Book with your flight number
Use the online form or phone. Three to four hours' notice before landing is ideal, and include your Gatwick departure so we can time the pick-up.
2
We track your flight
Your arrival into East Midlands is followed live. If it comes in early or late, the driver adjusts to match.
3
Your driver calls when you land
Once the plane is down, your phone rings. Collect your bags without rushing: 45 minutes of waiting are free, counted from the real landing time.
4
Meet your driver at Rapid Drop Off
Walk out to EMA's Rapid Drop Off area, where your car will be waiting. Prefer to be met inside arrivals with a name board? Add meet & greet for £10.
Punctual. Comfortable. No Hassle.
Why Choose Our EMA to Gatwick Airport Taxi Service?
Tell us when your Gatwick flight leaves and we'll work the pick-up out backwards from your check-in time, with a buffer for the M25.
Autumn and winter fog can push flights away from the airport they were meant to use. If your arrival or your Gatwick departure moves, call us at any hour and we'll rearrange the car.
Long-haul trips mean bigger cases. The estate and MPV each take 3 large and 4 small, and the minibus manages 6 large and 8 small.
The cars are covered too: each one holds a vehicle licence, a current MOT and hire-and-reward insurance, as well as the driver checks above.
What Travellers Say About Our Services
Other Transfers from East Midlands Airport
Explore our other airport routes from East Midlands. Each route has its own page with journey times and terminal details.
Questions People Ask
It depends on the vehicle. A saloon is £255, an estate car or MPV is £285 and the 8-seat minibus is £315, each for the whole car, one way.
Plan on about three hours for the 145 miles. A quiet early-morning run can take 2¾. A weekday rush hour or a Friday afternoon on the M25 can stretch it to 4½.
On separate tickets, give yourself at least 7 hours from landing at East Midlands to a short-haul departure at Gatwick, and 8 or more for long-haul. That allows up to an hour for passport control and bags, around 3½ hours on the road and the check-in window your airline asks for.
They’ll ring you after touchdown and wait at the Rapid Drop Off area while you collect your luggage. With meet & greet (£10) they come into the arrivals hall instead, holding a board with your name.
In the Short Stay car park at whichever terminal your airline uses, North or South. It’s printed on your booking. If you end up at the wrong one, the free inter-terminal shuttle takes about two minutes and runs 24 hours.
We’re already following it, so the driver simply turns up later. Your 45 free minutes start from the actual landing, and only waiting beyond that is charged, at 30p a minute.
Sorry, no. Please bring one with you if your child needs it.
Cancel 6 or more hours before pick-up and you get all your money back, usually within 7 to 10 working days. For a new time or address, ring 0116 275 7575.
Not a direct one. There’s no station at the airport, so you’d take a bus to East Midlands Parkway, a train towards London and a second train out to Gatwick, carrying your luggage at each change.
Book your EMA to Gatwick Airport transfer
Send us both flight numbers and we’ll plan the pick-up around them.
