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Leeds to Manchester Airport taxi

From £117 fixed for a pre-booked saloon to Manchester Airport.

A pre-booked car between Leeds and Manchester Airport is from £117.00 for a saloon, agreed at booking and not affected by the state of the M62 on the day. The road journey is 59.3 miles, about 1 hour 6 minutes free-flow. For comparison, the direct rail service is £18.80 for one adult and takes 1 hour 26 minutes, running hourly in the window we sampled.

Fixed price
from £117
Journey
1 hour 6 minutes
Distance
59.3 miles

Lowest live operator quote, checked 26 October 2026.

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What does it cost?

Pre-booked, fixed

from £117

Lowest live operator quote to Manchester Airport, saloon, 26 October 2026.

What the fixed price includes

Which car, and what does each cost?

To Manchester Airport, from

One price for the car, not per person. Lowest live operator quote, checked 26 October 2026.

How this compares

Travelling as
Airport Taxi Hub, pre-bookedCost for 2: £117 one price per car, up to 3 passengersFrom £117, fixed when you bookJourney time: 1 hour 6 minutesDoor to door? YesPre-bookable? Yes
Direct rail serviceCost for 2: £37.60 2 × adult fare on the direct service£18.80 an adult: £18.80 travelling alone, £37.60 for two, £56.40 for threeJourney time: 1 hour 26 minutes, hourlyDoor to door? NoPre-bookable? Yes
Cheapest fare of the dayCost for 2: £27.40 2 × adult single£13.70 an adult: £27.40 for two, £41.10 for three, on the journey the planner warns is overtaken by a later oneJourney time: 2 hours 16 minutes with one changeDoor to door? NoPre-bookable? Yes

Totals count every traveller at the fare shown; children often travel cheaper or free.

When not to book us: Yorkshire to the airport is the one corridor on our northern list where the railway is genuinely good, and pretending otherwise would be an insult to anyone who has used it. £18.80 gets an adult a direct seat in 1 hour 26 minutes, hourly, and the whole thing lands you inside a station rather than at the edge of a car park. Two adults at £37.60 are still buying a lot of journey for the money against a free-flow drive of about 70 minutes over 58 miles. There is even a £13.70 fare, though it takes 2 hours 16 minutes and the planner itself warns you will be overtaken by a later departure, which tells you what that saving is really worth. Where we earn our place is at the ends of the day and the ends of the city. The published first service is 03:59 on weekdays and the last is 00:38, with weekends closing much earlier at 22:37, so a red-eye departure or a delayed evening landing falls outside the schedule entirely. Add Headingley, Horsforth or a village in the Dales at the far end, three people with hold luggage, or a check-in that has to be met whatever the M62 is doing, and the fixed amount for the car starts doing work that £37.60 of tickets cannot.

Manchester Airport to Leeds taxi

What it costs from Manchester Airport

Pre-booked, fixed

from £117

Lowest live operator quote for this direction, saloon, 26 October 2026.

Each leg is quoted separately and a different operator can win each, so this price can differ from the Leeds to Manchester Airport price at the top of this page.

To book this direction, set Manchester Airport as your pick-up in the form at the top of this page.

On this leg the fixed price also includes:

Where you meet your driver

  1. Give the Leeds address in full with its postcode when you book. The centre, Headingley and the commuter belt out towards Otley are meaningfully different journeys and the quote is built for the one you name.
  2. The supplier details email carries your driver's mobile number and is a separate message from the confirmation. Save it before you travel over.
  3. Flight tracking is included, so a delayed inbound moves your collection to the real landing time rather than costing you the booking. The free waiting allowance that starts then is described under What it costs above.
  4. Manchester Airport sends every private hire operator to the common pick-up areas, signed Express Pick Up at Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, so that is where your driver will be. Express pick-up is the included service; being met inside with a name board is meet and greet, a paid extra at checkout.
  5. If somebody is thinking of collecting you themselves instead, the airport allows a 15-minute maximum stay in Express Pick Up and charges £60 for overstaying at Terminal 2, with £100 for anyone who tries the drop-off zone. A booked driver is priced before you fly and is not watching a clock at the barrier.

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.

Questions people ask about this route

Is the train from Manchester Airport to Leeds cheaper than a taxi?

For one person, almost certainly. A direct seat is £18.80 and takes 1 hour 26 minutes, which is hard to beat on a 58-mile crossing. We would rather you knew that than booked a car you did not need.

What is the £13.70 fare and should I take it?

It is the cheapest of the day and it costs you fifty minutes. The journey runs 2 hours 16 minutes with a change, and the planner flags that a later departure will overtake it, so you would arrive after people who left the airport after you did.

What time does the first and last service run?

The operator publishes a first at 03:59 on weekdays, 04:07 at weekends, and a last at 00:38 on weekdays which pulls back to 22:37 at weekends. Weekend evenings are the gap that catches most people out on this route.

How long does the drive take?

About 70 minutes free-flow over 58 miles. That is a floor and not a promise: the M62 across the tops is one of the least predictable stretches in the north, which is exactly why the amount you pay is fixed before you set off rather than metered while you sit in it.

Where does my driver meet me at Manchester Airport?

In the common pick-up areas, signed Express Pick Up at Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, because that is where the airport requires all private hire operators to go. You ring them on the number in your supplier details email once you are through.

Is it cheaper to have a friend collect me?

Less often than people assume. Express Pick Up allows a 15-minute maximum stay and Terminal 2 charges £60 if you overrun it, and picking up in the drop-off zone attracts a £100 charge. Add the fuel over the Pennines and the gap narrows quickly.

Is the price per seat or for the car?

For the car. Three people share one amount rather than buying three seats, and a family of four travels the same way in an estate or a people carrier, priced as one car and quoted on the booking form. That is the arithmetic that decides most family bookings on this corridor.

Do you cover Bradford, Wakefield and the wider West Yorkshire area?

Yes, each quoted to its own postcode rather than as a Leeds flat rate. Put the address into the form and the price you see is for that journey.

Can you collect before dawn for an early departure?

Yes, and at the same amount as any other hour, because the price is agreed at booking rather than run up on a meter with a night tariff.

How do cancellations and changes work?

Cancel more than 24 hours before pick-up and you are refunded in full; inside 24 hours the full amount is charged. Changes are made through the booking link in your confirmation email, to the same deadline.

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