Wellesbourne to London City Airport is 135.9 miles and takes between 141 and 168 minutes by road. Timing matters on this one: there is 27 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 Wellesbourne at | Drive time | Route |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 148 min | Clear roads |
| 07:00 | 167 min | A429 / M40 J15 |
| 10:00 | 148 min | A429 / M40 J15 |
| 16:00 | 168 min | A429 / M40 J15 |
| 19:00 | 141 min | A429 / M40 J15 |
That 27 minute spread is the difference between comfortable and tight, and on this route it is the 16:00 hour that costs you the extra 27 minutes.
For a 07:00 departure from London City Airport we would collect you from Wellesbourne at about 02:34 for a short-haul flight, or 01:34 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 | 02:34 |
| 07:00 | Long haul | 04:00 | 01:34 |
| 11:00 | Short haul | 09:00 | 06:34 |
Worked examples for a 07:00 departure. Give us the real flight time and the whole table shifts with it.
At 135.9 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 Wellesbourne | Home by roughly |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00, a morning landing | 148 min | 13:13 |
| 16:00, an afternoon landing | 168 min | 19:33 |
| 19:00, an evening landing | 141 min | 22:06 |
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 Wellesbourne on the A429 and join at M40 J15. At 135.9 miles it is a long-distance journey. The slowest hour we have measured on it is 16:00 at 168 minutes, against 141 at 19:00. 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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