What changed
Liverpool raised its Express gate rate from £6 to £7 for up to 10 minutes; it was £5 until March 2025. The longer tiers (£10 to 20 minutes, £25 to an hour) are unchanged.
Took effect 1 Sep 2026; see the change log. The figures below are from today's data, checked against Liverpool John Lennon Airport's own pages on 28 Oct 2026.
The key facts
- Airport
- Liverpool John Lennon
- The charge now
- £7 for up to 10 minutes
- Before
- £6 (the charge in 2025)
- The rise
- +17%
- Took effect
- 1 Sep 2026
- Source
- www.liverpoolairport.com
- Last checked
- 28 Oct 2026
How Liverpool John Lennon now compares
At £7, Liverpool John Lennon is the joint 14th most expensive of the 29 UK airports we track, £0.26 above the UK average of £6.74. See every airport ranked in the price index.
| Nearby airport | Drop-off charge | Time allowed |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester | £5.50 | 5 minutes |
| Leeds Bradford | £8 | 10 minutes |
| Birmingham | £8 | 15 minutes |
How to avoid paying it
Liverpool John Lennon's free alternative is Drop-Off 2: 20 minutes free at Drop-off 2, about a 7-minute walk from the terminal (no more than 10 minutes); leave and come back within two hours and it's a minimum £9. The Liverpool John Lennon drop-off guide has directions, pick-up rules and the Blue Badge position, and the free drop-off guide covers every airport.
Every change we've logged at Liverpool John Lennon
- 28 Oct 2026: Liverpool re-checked against the airport's Express Drop-off and Pick-up page: £7 for up to 10 minutes since 1 September 2026, then £10 to 20 minutes, £25 to an hour and £50 a day. Free Drop-off 2 is still 20 minutes free, about a 7-minute walk away, and leaving and returning within two hours costs a minimum £9, which we've now added.
- 1 Sep 2026: Liverpool raised its Express gate rate from £6 to £7 for up to 10 minutes; it was £5 until March 2025. The longer tiers (£10 to 20 minutes, £25 to an hour) are unchanged.
- 25 Aug 2026: Liverpool's Express gate rate confirmed at £6 for 10 minutes — up from £5 in 2025. The rise is now in our fee-history table.
All changes at every airport are in the change log. If you're writing about this, the figures are free to quote under CC BY 4.0: see the press page.
Liverpool John Lennon drop-off charge: your questions
How much is drop-off at Liverpool John Lennon Airport now?
£7 for up to 10 minutes, checked against Liverpool John Lennon Airport's own pages on 28 Oct 2026.
When did Liverpool John Lennon raise its drop-off charge?
It took effect on 1 Sep 2026. Liverpool raised its Express gate rate from £6 to £7 for up to 10 minutes; it was £5 until March 2025. The longer tiers (£10 to 20 minutes, £25 to an hour) are unchanged.
Method & corrections
Every charge 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 check every figure and who maintains the site.
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