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London City Airport taxi prices: fixed fares from the terminal

London City Airport transfers with Rushxo are a fixed fare per car, agreed when you book and unchanged by traffic, the time of day or how busy the apps are. The driver meets you in the arrivals hall with a name board, your flight is tracked, and 60 minutes of waiting after landing is included. The tables below are our published saloon fares from the airport; the same price applies in the other direction, and a return booked together is 10% off.

Every fare includes the driver, fuel, the airport charges, the Congestion Charge and ULEZ where they apply, and meet and greet. Executive cars, 6-seat MPVs and V Class minibuses are quoted the same way, per vehicle, not per person.

London City Airport to London boroughs

London City Airport to central London and the Docklands

London City Airport to the mainline stations

About London City Airport: terminal, drop-off charge and how pickups work

London City is the small one: a single terminal on the Royal Docks, about three miles from Canary Wharf and seven from the City. It handles business traffic to Europe and a growing leisure schedule, and it is the fastest London airport to get through in both directions, which is exactly why a pre-booked car makes sense here. The terminal has one arrivals exit, so the meeting point is simple: your driver stands just past baggage reclaim with a name board.

Drop-off is a barrierless forecourt with a charge of £8 for up to five minutes, then £1.60 a minute (September 2026; the airport publishes changes on its own site). We build the charge into your fixed fare, so there is nothing to pay at the kerb. For pickups the driver uses the short-stay car park beside the terminal and walks over to arrivals. The DLR station is on the terminal doorstep, which is worth knowing if you are one person with a rucksack; for anyone with cases, a group, or a meeting to reach, the car wins on time and certainty.

Meet and greet, flight tracking and 60 minutes of free waiting

Give us the flight number when you book and we monitor it from departure. If it lands early the driver is there early; if it is late the pickup moves with it and you are not charged for the change. From the moment the aircraft is on the ground you have 60 minutes of free waiting, which covers the walk, passport control and baggage at an airport where most people are through in 20. Domestic and Schengen arrivals are met at the same point.

The driver is named, with a photo and the vehicle registration, in your confirmation the day before. On arrival you also get their direct mobile number, and our dispatch desk answers 020 8888 9988 around the clock if anything changes on the day.

Vehicles for London City Airport transfers

Child seats are available on request at booking. For anything larger than eight passengers we send two vehicles or a 16-seater minibus, priced per vehicle in the same way.

How booking works

1. Get the fare: enter pickup and drop-off on the booking page for an instant fixed quote, message +44 7466 237870 on WhatsApp, or call 020 8888 9988. The price you see is the price you pay.
2. Confirm: pay online by card, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay, or secure the car with a 30% deposit and pay the balance 24 hours before travel. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before pickup.
3. Relax: you receive the driver’s name, photo and registration the day before, a text when they are on the way, and the meeting point inside arrivals for airport pickups.
4. Coming back: book the return in the same booking and it is 10% off. For a departure we recommend a pickup time based on your flight and the traffic that day.

Taxi, DLR, black cab or app: what works from London City

For one traveller with a cabin bag the DLR is cheap and usually quick: Bank in about 22 minutes, Canary Wharf in 15 with a change at Poplar or Canning Town, and then whatever the onward leg looks like with luggage. A black cab from the rank is metered, so the fare depends on the traffic that day. A ride-hailing app quotes a price that can be re-quoted at a busy moment, and drivers will not always accept an airport job at 6am.

A pre-booked fixed fare is the option that does not move. Two people to the West End, a family to Kent with cases, or a client who must be at a meeting in the City by nine: the car is confirmed the day before, the driver is inside the terminal, and the fare was settled when you booked.

Why book London City Airport transfers with Rushxo

We are a TfL-licensed private hire operator (licence 11588) based in Dartford, on the Kent side of the Dartford Crossing, and London City is the nearest airport to our home patch. That matters for the journeys other operators quote badly: Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Dartford, Gravesend, Sevenoaks, Maidstone and the Medway towns are all local runs for our drivers, priced as fixed fares rather than metered guesses. We cover every London postcode, Kent and Essex 24 hours a day, and the fare is the same at 4am as at 4pm.

Drivers are TfL-licensed with enhanced DBS checks, vehicles are licensed and insured, and you can read what customers say before you book. If you land at London City on an early flight and want a car into central London, our early-arrival guide covers the roads and the timing.

Longer journeys from London City Airport