Balsall Common to London City Airport is 120.0 miles and takes between 140 and 173 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 33 minutes between the quickest and slowest hour. Hampton Travel covers it as pre-booked private hire with a named driver confirmed the night before and a fixed price agreed in writing before you travel.
Measured for each departure time rather than quoted as a single average, because they are not the same journey.
| Leave Balsall Common at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 140 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 173 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
| 10:00 | 147 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
| 16:00 | 166 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
| 19:00 | 140 min | A452 / M42 J6 |
That 33 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 07:00 hour that costs you the extra 33 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from London City Airport we would collect you from Balsall Common at about 02:35 for a short-haul flight, or 01:35 for long haul. That allows the measured drive plus the standard advice to arrive two hours before short haul and three before long haul.
| If your flight leaves | Type | At the airport by | We collect you |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | Short haul | 05:00 | 02:35 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 01:35 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 06:35 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
At 120.0 miles this is a long drive at the end of a flight, so the landing hour changes the arrival home considerably.
| You land at | Drive back to Balsall Common | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 147 min | 13:12 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 166 min | 19:31 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 140 min | 22:05 |
Times allow 45 minutes from landing to being in the car. On a run this length an evening arrival means most of the drive is on empty motorway, which is why the late figures are not the worst ones.
If the inbound is delayed we track it and send the driver to the actual landing time, not the one you booked. No waiting charge either way.
We leave Balsall Common on the A452 and join at M42 J6. At 120.0 miles it is a long-distance journey. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 07:00 at 173 minutes, against 140 at 04:00. That is the window to plan around.
We work the pickup time back from it and confirm your driver the night before.
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