Edinburgh Plane Parking

Edinburgh Plane Parking is the airport’s official budget car park, with a free shuttle taking around ten minutes to the terminal. Park the car yourself, keep your keys and take the bus from one of the two stops inside the car park. Services run approximately every 18 minutes.

The main advantage is combining official airport parking with a lower price than the airport’s closer car parks. The trade-off is allowing time for both the bus journey and the wait for the next service.

Why choose Plane Parking?

• Keep your keys: the car remains where you parked it.
• Official budget parking: Edinburgh Airport’s lower-priced park-and-ride option.
• Free shuttle: buses take around ten minutes and run approximately every 18 minutes.
• Easy entry: ANPR recognises your registration and issues an exit ticket.
• Electric charging: 20 7kW charging points are available.
• 24-hour security: CCTV, perimeter fencing, patrols and car park attendants protect the site.

How does Plane Parking compare with Long Stay?

Both are official self-parking options where you keep your keys. Plane Parking provides a shuttle to the terminal, while Long Stay has no bus and requires a 10–12-minute walk.

Choose Plane Parking if you would rather take a bus than walk with your luggage. Choose Long Stay if you prefer to avoid waiting for a shuttle and are comfortable walking to the terminal.

How does Plane Parking compare with Mid Stay?

Both are official self-parking products where the car remains in the space you choose. Plane Parking requires a ten-minute bus journey, while Mid Stay is approximately a five-minute walk from the terminal.

Plane Parking is usually the stronger budget choice for a longer trip. Mid Stay offers a quicker route to check-in when convenience justifies the higher price.

How does Plane Parking compare with Low Cost?

Both use shuttle buses and have a similar overall transfer time. At Plane Parking, you find a space and keep your keys. At Low Cost, you leave your keys at reception and staff park the vehicle for you.

Choose Plane Parking for official airport parking and control over where the car is left. Choose Low Cost if it offers the better price and you prefer staff to handle the parking.

Important things to know

Enter the correct vehicle registration when booking so the ANPR system can recognise the car. Keep the ticket issued at the entrance because you may need it to exit. Cars, motorbikes and vans are accepted, and there is no height restriction. Passengers requiring mobility assistance should arrange this with Edinburgh Airport before travelling.

Security

The car park is fully secure with 24-hour car park attendants, frequent patrols, security fencing, and comprehensive CCTV coverage. It has been awarded Park Mark, Safer Parking Award.

Directions

Go along Eastfield Road towards the roundabout at the Moxy and DoubleTree by Hilton. Take the third exit, cross the tram tracks, and then take the third exit at the next roundabout.

Drive past the Long Stay car park and continue along the road, following the signs for Plane Parking. Once you arrive drive up to the car park barrier.

If you've booked the ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) system will recognise your plate and you'll be given a ticket before the barrier lifts. Keep your ticket safe as you'll need it on exit.

Arrival procedure

Drive up to the barriers and the ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) system will read your vehicle registration number and automatically issue you with a ticket. The ticket will show your vehicle registration number, and this will correspond to the booking details we have for you on our system.
Once parked, please make your way to one of the two Plane Parking bus stops located within the car park.

Disabled facilities

Customers who require PRM assistance should contact airport services for assistance on arrival day.

Additional information

This is the Official Edinburgh Airport Value Product.

It is a self-park so you will be able to keep your keys.