Alicante Airport taxi and transfers
From £34.53 fixed for a pre-booked saloon to Alicante city centre.
A taxi from Alicante Airport to Alicante city centre costs from £34.53 with Airport Taxi Hub, fixed when you book rather than counted up on a meter. The road distance is about 9.0 miles and the drive takes around 18 minutes in normal traffic.
- To Alicante city centre
- from £34.53
- Journey
- 18 minutes
- Distance
- 9.0 miles
≈ €40.21 · rate checked 19 September 2026
Lowest live operator quote, checked 19 September 2026.
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What the fixed price includes
- 60 minutes free waiting after your flight lands; the rank meter charges from the moment you sit down
- a fixed price confirmed when you book, with no meter and no surge
- express pick-up at the airport's designated pick-up point
- flight tracking, so a delayed arrival moves your pick-up time
- free cancellation up to 24 hours before pick-up
What does a transfer from Alicante cost?
Saloon, single, pre-booked. Lowest live operator quote, checked 19 September 2026.
- Alicante to Benidorm taxi£67.91
- Alicante to Calpe taxi£88.02
- Alicante to Torrevieja taxi£61.01
- Alicante city centre£34.53
Which car, and what does each cost?
To Alicante city centre, from
Saloon
3 passengers · 3 cases
£34.53
Executive
3 passengers · 3 cases
£53.01
Estate
4 passengers · 4 cases
£59.13
People carrier
6 passengers · 6 cases
£57.16
Minibus
14 passengers · 14 cases
£148.36
One price for the car, not per person. Lowest live operator quote, checked 19 September 2026.
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to the city centre?
Alicante Airport stands in the municipality of Elche rather than Alicante, and that single fact explains most of what happens at the kerb. The rank outside arrivals is worked by Elche licence holders, and because the city lies outside their municipality the run into Alicante is an interurban service, charged on the regional card rather than on the town's own.
Our price is fixed when you book and does not move with the hour, the day of the week or the queue on the ring road. A meter moves with all three, because the regional card carries a special band for nights, Sundays and public holidays as well as an ordinary one, and a supplement for a journey that starts at an airport can be added on top of it.
When the rank or a city service is the better call: a daytime arrival, travelling alone with hand luggage, into central Alicante. The queue is usually short and the fare is small. A booked car earns its money on a late landing, with a family, with hold luggage, or when the address is a flat in a street a stranger has to find.
| Option | Cost | Journey time | Door to door? | Pre-bookable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airport Taxi Hub, pre-booked | Cost: From £34.53, fixed, including 60 minutes free waiting after your flight lands | Journey time: 18 minutes | Door to door? Yes | Pre-bookable? Yes |
| Taxi from the airport rank | Cost: Metered. The run into the city leaves Elche, so it is charged on the regional interurban card in force since 30 December 2025, at 1.46 euros a kilometre in the ordinary band and 1.68 euros in the special band, plus the flag drop of the area where the journey starts and, where it applies, that area's airport supplement | Journey time: Our estimate, a little above the 14 minutes of free-flow driving and more in city traffic | Door to door? Yes | Pre-bookable? No |
| Ride-hailing app | Cost: App pricing, which moves with demand | Journey time: Our estimate, from the same 14 minutes of free-flow driving | Door to door? Yes | Pre-bookable? No |
| Line C-6 to the city centre | Cost: A single city fare. The operator publishes no fare we could open, and a number we cannot stand behind is worse than none | Journey time: Not published by the operator. The line calls at the railway station and other points on the way in | Door to door? No | Pre-bookable? No |
| Alsa coach to the coast | Cost: 7.99 euros to Benidorm and 11.11 euros to Calp on the published CV 202 fare table | Journey time: Benidorm is direct with no intermediate stops, and Murcia is direct in 55 minutes | Door to door? No | Pre-bookable? Yes |
Where do I meet my driver at Alicante?
- Your driver meets you at the designated pick-up point outside arrivals, not at the rank on the arrivals roadway. The airport publishes no fixed meeting point for pre-booked transfers, so follow the instruction your driver gives you rather than the taxi signs.
- Your fare includes 60 minutes free waiting after your flight lands, so a slow belt or a long queue at passport control does not cost you the car.
- Express pick-up is included in the price. If you would rather be met inside the arrivals hall with a name board, add meet and greet at checkout as a paid extra.
- We track your inbound flight and move the pick-up to the real landing time at no charge, so book for the scheduled arrival rather than padding it.
Contact your driver as soon as you land, their number is in your supplier details email.
Arrivals-hall meet and greet with a name board is available as a paid extra at checkout.
Rank, ride-hail, drop-off and the facts that move the meter
Who works the rank
Two Elche companies work the airport rank, Radio Taxi Elche with about 85 per cent of the fleet and Servitaxi Elche. Their cars carry a green stripe along the side and the coat of arms of Elche on the front doors, and the rank itself is on the arrivals roadway.
(Aena (Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport), checked 14 September 2026)Two tariff cards, and which one your journey is on
Elche council's published edict, approved on 16 January 2025, sets the urban card for journeys inside Elche: 1.69 euros to start and 0.97 euros a kilometre in the ordinary band, 1.94 euros and 1.17 euros at night, at weekends and on holidays, minimum fares of 4.20 and 4.81 euros, and an airport supplement of 4.35 euros. Anything leaving Elche, which includes Alicante and every resort on this page, is charged on the regional card instead.
(Ayuntamiento de Elche (Junta de Gobierno Local edict), checked 14 September 2026)How an interurban fare is actually assembled
It is not one card end to end. The flag drop is the one set where the journey begins, the per-kilometre rate is the regional one, a supplement set in that area's urban card for a journey starting at an airport may be added, and a journey that is part urban and part interurban is charged at interurban rates throughout. The special band runs from 21:00 to 07:00 on working days including Saturdays, and covers the whole of Sundays and national, regional and local public holidays.
(Orden 9/2017, de 17 de octubre, de la Conselleria (DOGV 8166), checked 14 September 2026)Why the rank is an Elche rank
Valencian law puts the taxi service at an airport in the hands of the taxis of the municipality or joint service area where the terminal stands, and lets a car licensed elsewhere load there only on a service contracted in advance and running back to its own area. That is why a Benidorm or Torrevieja car at the airport is always a booked one.
(Ley 13/2017, de 8 de noviembre, del Taxi de la Comunitat Valenciana (consolidated text, BOE), checked 14 September 2026)A Spanish fixed taxi price is a ceiling, not a discount
Valencian law allows a taxi journey to be sold at a closed price, and says that price may in no case exceed what the tariff in force would have produced. So a fixed quote from a Spanish taxi caps the meter rather than undercutting it, and the regional interurban tariff is itself a maximum applied over the whole journey. Our own price is a different instrument: agreed in pounds, before you fly, per vehicle.
(Ley 13/2017, de 8 de noviembre, del Taxi de la Comunitat Valenciana (consolidated text, BOE), checked 14 September 2026)What you are entitled to ask for
Two things worth knowing before you sit down. The applicable urban and interurban tariffs must be displayed visibly inside the vehicle, so you can read the card the meter is running on. And you are entitled to a document evidencing the service, showing the price, the origin and destination, the taxi authorisation number and, if you ask, the route taken.
(Ley 13/2017, de 8 de noviembre, del Taxi de la Comunitat Valenciana (consolidated text, BOE), checked 14 September 2026)Dropping someone off
The arrivals express car park is next to the terminal and gives 10 minutes free. After 10 minutes you pay for the whole time from when you parked, and the maximum stay is 2 hours, after which the daily maximum applies and the car may be towed.
(Aena (Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernandez Airport), checked 14 September 2026)Alicante taxi questions
How much is a taxi from Alicante Airport to Alicante city centre?
The rank runs on a meter, and not on the town card you might expect. The airport is in Elche and the city is not, so the journey is an interurban service: the regional card in force since 30 December 2025 charges 1.46 euros a kilometre in the ordinary band and 1.68 euros in the special band for nights, Sundays and public holidays, the flag drop is the one set where the journey starts, and a supplement for starting at an airport may be added on top. The airport's own page puts that supplement at 4.25 euros and Elche council's edict prints 4.35 euros, and we are not going to pretend the two agree. Over a drive of about 14.1 km that is a moving figure rather than a fixed one. Our own price is quoted live for your date, party and vehicle, and it does not move once you have booked.
Is there a bus from Alicante Airport to the city centre?
Yes, line C-6, operated by Vectalia, which runs between the terminal and the centre of Alicante every day of the year. It leaves from the departures roadway stop rather than from arrivals, so you go up a level rather than out of the arrivals doors.
How long does it take to get from Alicante Airport to the city centre?
About 14 minutes of free-flow driving over roughly 14.1 km, by the N-338 and then the A-70 and A-31. Free flow assumes an empty road, so treat it as the floor rather than the usual figure and allow for the one-way system near the seafront.
Is Uber available at Alicante Airport?
Yes. Aena lists Uber, Cabify and Bolt at the airport, all three sharing one pick-up point on floor 0 of the passenger terminal. Pricing on those apps moves with demand, which is the opposite of what a pre-booked fare does.
Where do I meet my driver at Alicante Airport?
At the designated pick-up point outside arrivals. Aena publishes a floor 0 pick-up point for the ride-hailing apps but names no meeting point for pre-booked private transfers, so the instruction from your own driver is the one to follow. Being met in the arrivals hall with a name board is meet and greet, a paid extra you add at checkout. Contact your driver as soon as you land, using the number in your supplier details email.
Is there a train or tram station at Alicante Airport?
No, there is no platform at the terminal. The C-6 connects the airport with Luceros in Alicante, where TRAM lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 run along the Costa Blanca towards Benidorm and Denia. With cases, that is two changes and a walk before you reach a seat.
Can I get a coach straight to my resort from Alicante Airport?
Alsa connects the airport with Benidorm, Calpe, Altea, Denia, Javea, Benissa, Teulada, Benitachell, Valencia and Murcia, and on the published CV 202 fare table Benidorm is 7.99 euros and Calp 11.11 euros. Torrevieja is not an Alsa route: Costa Azul runs it, direct, in 40 minutes. The Alsa stop is on level 2, departures, across the pavement from the main check-in doors.
Is the coach cheaper than a taxi from Alicante Airport?
For one or two people with light luggage, yes, and we are not going to pretend otherwise: 7.99 euros a head to Benidorm is not a figure a private car beats. What the car buys is the door you are actually going to, a price agreed before you fly, a driver who has watched your flight land, and no wait for the next departure.
Are there local buses to Elche and the beaches near the airport?
Yes, and each is a different company. Avanza runs line R11 to Elche and line R10 on to L'Altet and Los Arenales del Sol. Bus Siguenza runs line 2 between Almoradi, Guardamar and the airport. Vectalia's Santa Pola service reaches the town in 30 minutes, calling at El Altet beach, Arenales del Sol and Gran Alacant.
Can you carry child seats?
Yes, on request. Add them when you book and tell us the ages, so the driver brings the right ones and fits them before you load. Book by the seats you need: a saloon carries up to three passengers, and three child seats will not fit across its back row.
What happens if my flight is delayed?
We track the inbound flight and move your pick-up to the real landing time at no extra charge, so book for the scheduled arrival rather than padding it. The free waiting window included in your fare runs from the moment you land.
What is your cancellation policy?
Cancellations made more than 24 hours before your scheduled pick-up are free. Inside 24 hours the booking is charged in full. Prices are per vehicle, fixed when you book, and paid online by card.
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