The short answer
On turn-up prices, the cheapest official car park for a week is Long Stay Car Park, at £245. Terminal Car Park 1 and Terminal Car Park 2 both cost £75 for 9 to 24 hours and £75 for each extra day at the gate. Mid Stay lists £40 for each day or part of a day but no first-day price, so we can't give an exact weekly total; on any reading of its price list, a week there costs at least £255, more than the Long Stay Car Park. London Luton Airport says booking ahead can save up to 65% on on-the-day prices for stays over 24 hours, subject to availability. It doesn't say which car parks, dates or lengths of stay get the full 65%, so treat it as a ceiling and check the live price for your dates. For short visits, Terminal Car Park 1 is a 4-minute walk from the terminal over a direct link footbridge, at £75 for the first 24 hours. Only collecting someone? The Long Stay Car Park is free for up to 2 hours, with a free shuttle bus to and from Bus Bay B at the terminal, which the airport says runs every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day, and takes about 10 minutes.
Every turn-up price on this page is the airport's own published price, checked on its website on 17 Oct 2026. Weekly totals are our sums from those prices. Pre-booked and partner prices change often, so we link to them live rather than quote them. How we check.
The five official car parks and the Drop Off Zone
These are the five car parks on London Luton Airport's parking pages, plus its paid Drop Off Zone; each name links to the airport's page.
| Car park | Distance | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal Car Park 1 | 4-minute walk to the terminal via a direct link footbridge | Short visits, with your keys in your pocket |
| Terminal Car Park 2 | 5-minute walk to the terminal | The same gate prices as Terminal Car Park 1, a minute further away |
| Priority Parking Drop & Go | 3-minute walk to the terminal via a direct link bridge | Handing over your keys next to the terminal |
| Mid Stay Car Park | 10-minute walk to the terminal; no bus | Walking to the terminal without the Terminal Car Park prices |
| Long Stay Car Park | About 10 minutes by free shuttle bus, every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day; not walkable. The airport allows 30 minutes in all | The lowest gate price for a week, and 2 free hours for drop-offs and pick-ups |
| Drop Off Zone | 5-minute walk to the terminal | Quick drop-offs and pick-ups |
- Terminal Car Park 1: A multi-storey with a direct link footbridge to Departures: take a ticket on entry and park in the nearest free space. You keep your keys. 2.1m height limit. 82 Blue Badge bays on Levels 0 and 1, with help points on both levels. Fully electric cars (not hybrids) can get a reduced £4.50 for up to 30 minutes, then the usual tariff: take the ticket and keys to the Priority Parking reception and press the help point, one validation a day. The airport's pages don't list EV chargers. Park Mark certified and patrolled 24 hours a day. Postcode LU2 9DH.
- Terminal Car Park 2: A multi-storey with the same gate prices as Terminal Car Park 1. You keep your keys. 2.1m height limit. Blue Badge bays on Levels 1 and 2. Park Mark certified and patrolled 24 hours a day. Postcode LU2 9QT.
- Priority Parking Drop & Go: The airport's key-drop service, on Level 2 of Terminal Car Park 1, available 24/7. It replaced Meet & Greet: no member of staff greets you. You check in at a self-service machine, drop your keys in a secure key chute, and a driver moves the car to secure on-site storage; on your return you collect the keys from a locker by scanning your receipt. The airport publishes no turn-up price for it. Postcode LU2 9DH.
- Mid Stay Car Park: You keep your keys and walk: the airport says there is no bus service from Mid Stay. No height restrictions. Blue Badge bays in zone A, on the left after you enter. Motorcycles park free for up to 14 days in its motorcycle bays. Its price list gives £15 for up to 60 minutes and £40 for each subsequent day or part of a day, but no separate first-day price. Park Mark certified and patrolled 24 hours a day. Postcode LU2 9QT.
- Long Stay Car Park: You keep your keys and take the free shuttle bus from the nearest bus stop to the terminal (Bay B). The airport says it runs 24 hours a day, approximately every 20 minutes, and takes about 10 minutes, depending on traffic; you can't walk, because of pedestrian restricted areas. Up to 2 hours is free, for dropping off or waiting to collect: under 2 hours you leave with your entry ticket, and longer stays pay at a machine before exiting. No height restrictions. 113 Blue Badge bays by bus stop 7, and the shuttle is fully accessible. Park Mark certified and patrolled 24 hours a day. Postcode LU2 9NW.
- Drop Off Zone: The airport's paid drop-off and pick-up area. It is cashless and barrier-free: number-plate cameras record you on entry and you pay online at lutondropoff.apcoa.com by midnight the following day. It has two entrances, and you must not leave the car unattended. Stay past the 30-minute maximum and there is a £95 enforcement charge, reduced to £55 if paid within 14 days. No Blue Badge concessions. Use postcode LU2 9QT, then follow the signs, not your sat-nav, from the roundabout before the tunnel. The drop-off page allows minibuses of up to 19 seats; the pick-up page says up to 9 seater.
Turn-up prices
If you arrive without booking, these are the airport's published prices. Priority Parking Drop & Go is priced when you book. Tap a car park to see its full price list.
Terminal Car Park 1 £75 for 9 to 24 hours
| Terminal Car Park 1 | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 30 minutes | £15 |
| Up to 60 minutes | £21.50 |
| 1 to 3 hours | £30.50 |
| 3 to 5 hours | £39 |
| 5 to 9 hours | £61 |
| 9 to 24 hours | £75 |
| Each additional day, or part of a day | £75 |
Terminal Car Park 2 £75 for 9 to 24 hours
| Terminal Car Park 2 | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 30 minutes | £15 |
| 30 to 60 minutes | £21.50 |
| 1 to 3 hours | £30.50 |
| 3 to 5 hours | £39 |
| 5 to 9 hours | £61 |
| 9 to 24 hours | £75 |
| Each additional day, or part of a day | £75 |
Mid Stay Car Park £40 for each subsequent day & part of a day
| Mid Stay Car Park | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 60 minutes | £15 |
| Each subsequent day & part of a day | £40 |
Long Stay Car Park Free for up to 2 hours
| Long Stay Car Park | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 2 hours | Free |
| 2 to 3 hours | £7 |
| First day | £35 |
| Each subsequent day & part of a day | £35 |
Drop Off Zone £9 for up to 12 minutes
| Drop Off Zone | Price |
|---|---|
| Up to 12 minutes | £9 |
| Each minute after 12 minutes (30-minute maximum) | £1 |
Booking ahead: London Luton Airport says booking ahead can save up to 65% on on-the-day prices for stays over 24 hours, subject to availability. It doesn't say which car parks, dates or lengths of stay get the full 65%, so treat it as a ceiling and check the live price for your dates. Book on the airport's own site, or compare the independent car parks below. The minimum pre-bookable stay is 24 hours. The airport's booking terms say self-parking and Priority Parking Drop & Go bookings can be changed or cancelled without extra charge up to 24 hours before the booking starts, though a change can alter the price. If you stay 2 hours or more beyond your booking, the terms charge the overstay in 24-hour blocks, paid by card at the exit barrier (at the Priority Parking reception for Drop & Go). Gate prices count each additional day or part of a day.
Park or get dropped off? A week away
| Option | Cost for 7 days |
|---|---|
| Dropped off and collected at the Drop Off Zone (12 minutes each time) | £18 |
| Dropped off and collected using the Long Stay Car Park's free 2 hours, each time, with the free shuttle bus to and from the terminal | Free |
| Long Stay Car Park, turned up | £245 |
| Terminal Car Park 1, turned up | £525 |
| Terminal Car Park 2, turned up | £525 |
A lift costs least in charges, but it means two return trips to the airport for whoever drives you. If you're driving yourself, don't just turn up at the barrier: even the cheapest official car park costs £245 a week that way. The London Luton drop-off guide has the full rules for the Drop Off Zone, and park or drop off at Luton compares the two by trip length. We leave Mid Stay out of the weekly rows: its price list gives £15 for up to 60 minutes and £40 for each subsequent day or part of a day, but no price for the first day, so a weekly total can't be worked out from it. Even counting the first day at the £15 one-hour price, a week would be at least £255.
Turn-up cost for 3, 7 and 14 days
| Car park | 3 days | 7 days | 14 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Stay Car Park | £105 | £245 | £490 |
| Terminal Car Park 1 | £225 | £525 | £1050 |
| Terminal Car Park 2 | £225 | £525 | £1050 |
These are our sums from the day rates in the airport's published turn-up prices above; the lowest in each column is in bold. Check the pre-booked price for your dates on the airport's own site before you settle for any of these.
Compare before you book
Independent car parks near London Luton Airport
Holiday Extras and Airparks both sell independent park & ride and meet & greet at Luton. Airparks also lists the airport's own Terminal Car Park 1, Mid Stay and Long Stay Car Park as on-airport options, priced when you search. Airparks lists Airparks Luton and Airparks Self Park Luton with a 14 minute transfer, and Vauxhall Way Drop & Go and Vauxhall Way Self Park with a 4 minute one. YourParkingSpace is different: it is a marketplace where owners rent out driveways, garages and other parking spaces near the airport. Their prices change often, so compare them live.
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Picking someone up
| Where to wait | Cost |
|---|---|
| Drop Off Zone, 5-minute walk | £9 for up to 12 minutes, then £1 a minute (30 minutes maximum) |
| Terminal Car Park 1, 4-minute walk | £15 for up to 30 minutes, £21.50 for up to 60 |
| Mid Stay Car Park, 10-minute walk | £15 for up to 60 minutes |
| Long Stay Car Park, 10-minute shuttle bus | Free for up to 2 hours, then £7 for up to 3 |
If you need longer than 30 minutes to pick someone up, the airport says to use the Long Stay Car Park, free for up to 2 hours: your passenger takes the free shuttle bus from Bus Bay B, just outside the terminal, which the airport says takes about 10 minutes and runs every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day. The Drop Off Zone is signed for pick-ups too, at the same £9 for up to 12 minutes and £1 a minute after, with two entrances to spread the queues. You must not leave the car unattended there, and the airport's drop-off page says staying past 30 minutes brings a £95 enforcement charge, reduced to £55 if paid within 14 days. Near the roundabout before the tunnel, follow the signs, not your sat-nav. The Drop Off Zone has no barriers or pay machines: cameras read your number plate and you pay online at lutondropoff.apcoa.com by midnight the following day. In Terminal Car Park 1 and the Long Stay Car Park you take a ticket at the entrance; in Long Stay, stays over 2 hours pay at a machine before leaving.
Early flight?
Hotel and parking the night before
Holiday Extras and Airparks both sell hotel-and-parking packages at Luton. Holiday Extras describes three kinds: hotels where the car stays at Airparks while you're away, hotels with meet and greet, where a professional driver parks the car, and hotels where the car stays in the hotel grounds for your whole trip, with transfers between the hotel and airport usually by taxi. Check which kind yours is before you book.
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Hand over the keys
Meet & greet and valet
The airport's own Priority Parking Drop & Go is its key-drop service, which replaced Meet & Greet: you park in Priority Parking on Level 2 of Terminal Car Park 1, check in at a self-service machine and drop your keys in a secure key chute, and a driver moves the car to secure on-site storage. It is a 3-minute walk to the terminal by a direct link bridge, and on your return you collect your keys from a locker by scanning your receipt. The airport publishes no turn-up price for it. Holiday Extras and Airparks sell independent meet and greet at Luton, including TakeOff, Purple Parking, Maple Parking, Airparks and Holiday Extras Meet and Greet. Holiday Extras says the meeting point varies by provider but is always within easy walking distance of the terminal, and, unlike the airport's Drop & Go, there's no self-service kiosk or key drop. Compare them with the airport's own service before you book.
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Blue Badge and accessible parking
There are no Blue Badge concessions in the Drop Off Zone. Instead, Blue Badge holders, and people with proof of booked Assisted Travel, get the first 30 minutes free in Terminal Car Park 1, then reduced rates: £7.50 for up to an hour and £19.50 for up to 3 hours, against £21.50 and £30.50 at the standard rate; from 3 hours the prices are the same as everyone else's. In Terminal Car Park 1, take your badge or proof of booked assistance to the APCOA offices on Level 2 and press the help point before you leave. The airport's Blue Badge page heads the same rate table 'Terminal Car Park 1 & 2' and tells Terminal Car Park 2 users to press the intercom on exit, but its prices and drop-off pages name only Terminal Car Park 1, and concessionary rates don't apply in the drop-off and pick-up area on the ground floor of Terminal Car Park 2. The airport says it has 327 accessible bays across the site, including 82 in Terminal Car Park 1 and 113 by bus stop 7 in the Long Stay Car Park, whose free shuttle is fully accessible. Mid Stay has Blue Badge bays in zone A but no bus. See how London Luton compares with other airports in the Blue Badge guide.
Before you fly
Lounges and fast track
London Luton has two lounges with prices on its lounges page: My Lounge (from £37.99 per adult, after security in the main departure hall) and the No1 Lounge (from £38 per adult, after security next to Gate 17). The same page mentions the Clubrooms Lounge, with an à la carte menu, but gives no price for it. Fast Track, the airport's own lane from Departures to the Security Hall, costs from £4 booked online more than 24 hours before your flight, or from £8 at the airport's kiosks; it runs from 04:15 to 20:00, children under 2 go free, and tickets can be cancelled or amended up to 24 hours before arrival.
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London Luton Airport parking: your questions
How much is parking at London Luton Airport?
If you turn up without booking, Terminal Car Park 1 and Terminal Car Park 2 cost £75 for 9 to 24 hours and £75 for each day after, and the Long Stay Car Park costs £35 for the first day and £35 for each day after, so a week costs £245 in Long Stay. Mid Stay lists £15 for up to 60 minutes and £40 for each subsequent day or part of a day, with no separate first-day price. The airport says pre-booking can save up to 65% on on-the-day prices for stays over 24 hours.
What is the cheapest parking at London Luton Airport?
On gate prices, the Long Stay Car Park, at £245 for a week by our sum, against £525 in either Terminal Car Park. It isn't walkable: a free shuttle bus takes about 10 minutes to the terminal and runs every 20 minutes, 24 hours a day. The airport says pre-booking can save up to 65% on on-the-day prices for stays over 24 hours, subject to availability, and the minimum pre-bookable stay is 24 hours.
How much is 3 days of parking at London Luton Airport?
If you turn up without booking, 3 days costs £105 in the Long Stay Car Park, £225 in Terminal Car Park 1 and £225 in Terminal Car Park 2. Those are our sums from the airport's published day rates, checked on 17 Oct 2026. They are gate prices, so check the pre-booked price for your dates before you travel.
How much is 2 weeks of parking at London Luton Airport?
If you turn up without booking, 14 days costs £490 in the Long Stay Car Park, £1050 in Terminal Car Park 1 and £1050 in Terminal Car Park 2. Those are our sums from the airport's published day rates, checked on 17 Oct 2026. They are gate prices, so check the pre-booked price for your dates before you travel.
Is there free parking at London Luton Airport?
Yes, for up to 2 hours in the Long Stay Car Park, which the airport offers for free drop-offs and for pick-ups that take longer than 30 minutes; 2 to 3 hours costs £7. The Drop Off Zone near the terminal is not free: it costs £9 for up to 12 minutes. Motorcycles park free for up to 14 days in Mid Stay's motorcycle bays.
How much is the Drop Off Zone at London Luton Airport?
£9 for up to 12 minutes, then £1 a minute, with a 30-minute maximum stay. There are no barriers or machines: you pay online at lutondropoff.apcoa.com by midnight the following day. Stay past 30 minutes and there is a £95 enforcement charge, reduced to £55 if paid within 14 days. It is a 5-minute walk from the terminal, and Blue Badge holders get no concession there.
How do I get from the Long Stay Car Park to the terminal?
By the free shuttle bus, which the airport says runs 24 hours a day, approximately every 20 minutes, and takes about 10 minutes, depending on traffic. You can't walk, because there are pedestrian restricted areas between the car park and the terminal. The airport's own comparison allows 30 minutes in all from the car park to the terminal.
How far is Mid Stay from the terminal at Luton Airport?
About a 10-minute walk, and the airport says there is no bus service from Mid Stay. You keep your keys, and there are no height restrictions. Its price list gives £15 for up to 60 minutes and £40 for each subsequent day or part of a day, but no first-day price, so we haven't worked out a weekly total for it.
Do I leave my keys at London Luton Airport car parks?
You keep them in Terminal Car Park 1, Terminal Car Park 2, Mid Stay and Long Stay. With Priority Parking Drop & Go, on Level 2 of Terminal Car Park 1, you drop them in a secure key chute after checking in at a self-service machine, and collect them from a locker when you return.
Does London Luton Airport have meet and greet parking?
Not any more under that name: the airport says Priority Parking Drop & Go replaced its Meet & Greet, and no member of staff greets you. You park on Level 2 of Terminal Car Park 1, drop your keys in a secure key chute and a driver moves the car to secure on-site storage; it is a 3-minute walk to the terminal. Independent meet and greet is sold by Holiday Extras and Airparks.
Where can I pick someone up at London Luton Airport?
In the Drop Off Zone, a 5-minute walk from the terminal, for £9 for up to 12 minutes and £1 a minute after, up to 30 minutes. If you need longer, the airport says to use the Long Stay Car Park, free for up to 2 hours, where your passenger arrives on the free shuttle bus from Bus Bay B. Terminal Car Park 1 costs £15 for up to 30 minutes.
Is it cheaper to park or get dropped off at London Luton Airport?
Being dropped off and collected at the Drop Off Zone costs £18 if each stop takes 12 minutes or less, or nothing if you use the Long Stay Car Park's free 2 hours and its free shuttle bus, but either way your driver makes two return trips. A week in the Long Stay Car Park costs £245 if you turn up without booking.
What are the height limits at London Luton Airport car parks?
The airport gives 2.1m for Terminal Car Park 1 and Terminal Car Park 2. Mid Stay and Long Stay have no height restrictions. The Priority Parking Drop & Go page gives no limit of its own, but the service is on Level 2 of Terminal Car Park 1.
Do Blue Badge holders park free at London Luton Airport?
For 30 minutes in Terminal Car Park 1, then at reduced rates of £7.50 for up to an hour and £19.50 for up to 3 hours; take your badge or proof of booked assistance to the APCOA offices on Level 2 and press the help point. The same applies to people with booked Assisted Travel. There are no concessions in the Drop Off Zone.
Can I cancel London Luton Airport parking?
The airport's booking terms say self-parking and Priority Parking Drop & Go bookings can be changed or cancelled without extra charge up to 24 hours before the booking starts, though a change can alter the price. Check the terms of your own booking.
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