£Airport Drop-Off Charges.co.uk

Connect to the data — MCP server & API

Use the verified UK airport drop-off charges directly inside AI tools and your own code. There is no sign-up or API key — the endpoint is open and the data is CC BY 4.0.

The endpoint

A remote Model Context Protocol server (stateless JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP):

https://airportdropoffcharges.co.uk/mcp

It exposes the whole dataset as callable tools, each returning verified, dated, self-citing answers.

Add it to Claude

On a Claude plan that supports custom connectors:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors (or Feature settings → Connectors).
  2. Choose Add custom connector.
  3. Paste the URL https://airportdropoffcharges.co.uk/mcp and save.
  4. Start a chat, enable the connector, and ask something like "What's the drop-off charge at Bristol Airport?" — Claude will call the tool and answer with the verified figure and source.

The tools

list_airports

Every airport with its fee, free-time window and whether a free alternative exists.

get_airport_charge (airport)

Full verified detail for one airport by name or IATA code — fee, overstay, payment, free alternative, on-the-ground notes, rail link, verification date and source.

compare_airports (airports[])

Two or more airports side by side.

summary_stats

Average, highest, which airports are free, and which have no free alternative.

For developers & other clients

The endpoint speaks plain JSON-RPC 2.0, so any MCP-compatible client (or a direct HTTP call) works. List the tools:

curl -s https://airportdropoffcharges.co.uk/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call one:

curl -s https://airportdropoffcharges.co.uk/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call",
       "params":{"name":"get_airport_charge","arguments":{"airport":"Heathrow"}}}'

A GET to the same URL returns a short JSON description of the server and its tools.

ChatGPT & others

OpenAI's Apps SDK is built on MCP, so this same server is the backbone for a ChatGPT app (which is a developer submission through OpenAI, not an instant add). Cursor, and other MCP-aware tools can point at the endpoint directly. For assistants that don't take custom connectors (Perplexity, Gemini), the AI data page, llms.txt and the open JSON/CSV are the route in.

Free to use under CC BY 4.0 — keep a credit to airportdropoffcharges.co.uk. Building something with it? Email hello@airportdropoffcharges.co.uk, we'd love to hear.

Method & corrections

Every figure on this page is checked against the airport's own published charges and stamped with the date we checked it. We re-verify the full dataset quarterly, and after any reported change — see how we work and who maintains it.

Spotted an error? Email hello@airportdropoffcharges.co.uk — corrections are made visibly and dated. The dataset behind this page is free to reuse with attribution: JSON · CSV (CC BY 4.0).