Edinburgh Airport taxi and transfers

Our fixed price is quoted live on this page before you book and does not change afterwards. At the rank, Capital Cars sells private hire at a quoted price: £39.70 for a saloon to Edinburgh Waverley, quoted on 18 September 2026 for Friday 2 October 2026 at 10:00.

Yes. It is in the East Terminus. Exit via the plaza, where the large 'Edinburgh' sign is, and follow the signs for taxi. Capital Cars exclusively operates it.

Capital Cars, which exclusively operates the airport's taxi rank under a contract that runs for five years with effect from 14 April 2023. Its private hire is booked, online or once you arrive at the rank, at a price quoted for the journey.

Not in advance. Edinburgh Airport says you can book online, or book once you arrive at the rank, and that a booking is required to comply with the City of Edinburgh Council's private hire licensing rules. In Scotland only a licensed taxi may ply for hire, and a private hire car carries passengers by prior booking only.

Operators without the rank contract, which includes the ride-hailing apps, pick up from the ground floor of the multi-storey car park or from the long stay car park, not from the East Terminus rank.

At the airport pick-up point. Express pick-up is what your fixed price includes, so 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.

30 minutes. The stop is right outside the main terminal next to the plaza and the Edinburgh sign, and trams run every 7 minutes between 06:30 and 19:00 and every 10 minutes early and late. First tram 06:30, last 22:52.

For one person travelling light in daylight, yes, and so is a Lothian city bus. We are not publishing a tram fare here because Edinburgh Trams' own published figures disagree with each other, and a dated number we cannot stand behind is worse than none. A taxi takes you door to door, which matters most on a late arrival, with hold luggage, or with a group sharing the car.

£6.00 for an adult single and £8.50 for an adult open return, with child fares at £3.00 and £4.25 and a family ticket at £22.00. It runs 24 hours a day, up to every 10 minutes between 04:12 and 01:00, and reaches Waverley Bridge in about 30 minutes.

Lothian services 17 and 18. They were the Skylink 200 and 400 until 6 April 2025, when they became city services and city fares started applying to airport journeys on them. They are slower than the Airlink 100 because they stop like city buses.

No. You reach rail by tram to Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Park or Haymarket, and Waverley is a short walk from the St Andrew Square stop. Combined tram and train tickets are sold from vending machines in the check-in hall.

£8.50 for up to 10 minutes in the drop-off and pick-up zone, then £1 per minute. The long stay car park gives you 30 minutes free instead, and it is a 10-minute walk from the terminal.

Only when the taxi uses the airport's Pick-up and Drop-off Zone. The council fare table adds it as the Airport Extra on hires that start or end in that zone, at the prevailing drop-off or pick-up charge set by the airport at that time rather than as a fixed surcharge.

From 25 July 2026, Tariff 1 is £3.60 for the initial hire of up to 430 metres or 100 seconds, then 30p per 141 metres to 1,699 metres and per 164 metres after that. Tariff 2 is £4.80, Tariff 3 is £4.60 and Tariff 4 is £5.75. More than three passengers adds 50p each, the call-out charge is £1.00, cancellation is £3.00 and soiling is capped at £50.

No. Under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 only a licensed taxi may ply for hire in Scotland, and a private hire car can carry you by prior booking only. Edinburgh Airport says a booking is required to comply with the council's private hire licensing rules, and that you can make it online or once you arrive at the rank.

We track your flight and move the pick-up time to match the new arrival, so book for the scheduled time rather than padding it. Your booking includes 60 minutes free waiting after your flight lands, so a slow bag drop or a long queue at immigration does not cost you the car.

On a weekday daytime arrival, travelling alone with hand luggage, into the city centre. The tram takes 30 minutes from a stop right outside the terminal and Lothian services 17 and 18 are cheaper still. Capital Cars' private hire quote at the rank can also come in under our fixed price, so compare it on this page before you book. Pre-book for what the fare includes rather than for the price: flight tracking that moves your pick-up time, a price fixed when you book, and a larger vehicle when there are more of you.

Cancellations made more than 24 hours before your scheduled pick-up are free. Cancellations inside 24 hours are charged in full.