Getting There By Air

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Glasgow International Airport (GLA)
Tel: 0844 481 5555.
Website: www.glasgowairport.com

Glasgow International Airport is located 13km (8 miles) to the west of the city centre.

Airport facilities: These include bureaux de change, ATMs, left luggage, shops, duty-free shops, business lounge, meeting rooms, Wi-Fi access, family lounge, play areas, baby-care rooms, bars, cafes, restaurants, tourist information and prayer room. Wheelchairs, toilets and telephones for the disabled are also available. Car hire companies include Alamo, Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Europcar, Hertz and National.

Transport to the city: The M8 motorway links the airport with the city. The Glasgow Flyer bus, operated by Arriva (tel: 0870 040 4343; www.glasgowflyer.com), runs regularly to the city centre. Stops include Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street railway stations as well as Buchanan bus station (journey time - approximately 20 minutes).

There are rail connections (see Getting There By Rail) to Glasgow Central station from Paisley Gilmour Street station, which is 1.6km (1 mile) from the airport. There are regular trains every day (journey time - 11 to 15 minutes). Paisley Gilmour Street station is linked to the airport by buses 66 and 300.

Metered taxis are available 24 hours a day from the front of the main terminal building (journey time - 20 minutes). Cabfly (tel: (0141) 848 4588) is the taxi management company for the airport. The fare from the airport to the city centre is about £18-20.

Traveline (tel: 0871 200 2233; www.traveline.org.uk) provides information on all public transport.


Glasgow Prestwick International Airport (PIK)
Tel: 0871 223 0700.
Website: www.gpia.co.uk

Prestwick International Airport is located on the coast, 52km (32 miles) to the southwest of Glasgow, offering limited scheduled services as well as charter flights.

Airport facilities: Facilities include a tax- and duty-free shop, ATMs, bureau de change, newsagent, gift shop, prayer room, left luggage, cafes, bars, Internet kiosks and Wi-Fi access. Car hire is provided by Avis, Alamo, Europcar, Hertz, National and Sixt.

Transport to the city: Prestwick Airport has its own railway station, connected to the airport by a covered walkway. ScotRail (tel: 0845 601 5929; www.scotrail.co.uk) operates a service with trains departing for Glasgow Central station regularly.

The A77 (which becomes the M77) is the main road route to the city (journey time - 40 minutes). Stagecoach (tel: (01292) 613 700 or (0141) 552 4961; www.stagecoachbus.co.uk) runs a coach service to Glasgow Buchanan bus station. The X77 service runs every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday and hourly on Sundays (journey time - 50 minutes). For travel last thing at night, the bus X99 runs to Glasgow and bus X100 to Edinburgh. Pre-book on the airport's website.

Passengers of certain airlines flying from Prestwick International Airport are entitled to a 50% reduction in their ScotRail or Stagecoach fares to the airport from anywhere in Scotland.

Taxis are available from Ayr Black Taxis (tel: (01292) 471 600; www.ayrblacktaxis.com) for the half-hour journey to Glasgow's city centre.

Approximate flight times to Glasgow: From London is 1 hour 15 minutes; from New York is 6 hours 40 minutes; from Los Angeles is 11 hours 40 minutes; from Toronto is 6 hours 20 minutes and from Sydney is 23 hours 5 minutes.