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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 10 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 630 Km |
Although Shoreham Airport is located in Brighton, London Gatwick Airport is the most suitable airport for your return flight because Shoreham Airport only serves for private flights.
You can comfortable go to the airport from Brighton by renting a car. If you prefer public transportation, you can benefit from train option.
After renting an affordable car in Brighton, you can very easily reach Gatwick Airport by driving northward through the A23 road. The average journey takes about 35 minutes under normal traffic conditions.
You can reach Gatwick Airport directly taking the Gatwick Express line from Brighton city center. Transportation by train takes about 30 minutes. Train services begin at 6:30 am and continue until 10:55 pm. The station that you will get off is located right next to the South Terminal and it is possible to go to the North Terminal from this terminal through moving walkways. The train ticket costs less than 20 Sterlings.
Gatwick Airport, which is the second busiest airport in London that has five airports in total, is also the ninth busiest airport in Europe. The airport has two terminals as the South Terminal and the North Terminal, which are connected to each other with 0.75-mile long automatic moving walkways.
You can find something tasty to eat at one of 10 cafés, 9 bars and 22 restaurants and more in the entire airport. There are about forty shopping stores at the airport for those who want to spend time shopping. In addition, you can also enjoy the tax-free shopping at the duty-free shopping store.
There are four different lounges at the airport and you can take advantage of these comfortable lounges no matter which airline company you are flying with. Aspire Lounge is in the North Terminal and the Business Lounge is in the South Terminal. Entrance fee for My Lounge at the North Terminal is £20. No. 1 Lounge serves both at the South Terminal and the North Terminal and the entrance is £35. If you book in advance for each lounge, you will be charged a reduced rate of 6-7 Sterlings. There are many free mobile phone charging stands at the airport. In addition, you can benefit from the free Wi-Fi network for 90 minutes. There are also free stands for newspapers and magazines.
Whichever transportation alternative you use to get to the city center from Mannheim Airport, it will take no longer than 10 minutes. There are a variety of ways to get to the city center from the airport including trains, which are very reasonably priced, buses, trams, taxis, and rental cars.
There are regional suburban trains that provide direct transportation from Mannheim Airport to the city center. These trains leave the airport every 20 minutes and go directly to the main train station, which is located in an area very close to the city center. These regional trains are undoubtedly the fastest transportation alternative to get to the city center from the airport.
Once you exit Mannheim Airport there are several bus stops that are easily accessible. Almost all of the city buses that depart from these stops at the airport pass through the city center since the airport is located in such close proximity to the city center. Taking the bus is a much more economical alternative compared to other methods of public transportation.
There are also tram stops located near the bus stops at the exit of the Mannheim Airport terminal building. Tram lines 5 and 6 provide direct transportation from the airport to the city center. It takes about 10 minutes to get to the city center from Mannheim Airport by tram.
Taxis are a reasonable transportation alternative since the airport is located in such close proximity to the city center. Under normal traffic conditions you can get to the city center by taxi within 5 minutes. If you come across a taxi driver who doesn’t want to use the taximeter we would recommend trying to bargain for a more affordable fare.
Since Mannheim Airport is a regional airport, 80% of the rental car companies at the airport are local companies. Rental car rates at local companies are more affordable than the rates at well-known international rental car companies.
The fastest way to get to the city from the airport by car is to take one of the motorways (B38a, B37, A656), which will vary according to your destination in the city.