Meet and greet at Belfast Airport Parking. Many car hire operators will provide a meet and greet services which is extremely efficient method of parking you car at Belfast Airport Parking. You can drop off the car at the departures area on the airport and the car park company will take your car and park is usually off site and will be delivered back to you and waiting for your arrival back to the airport.
Security. Many of the car parks provide a secure and safe environment to park your car. Many have both security guards and cctv. Most of the car parking arrears within the confines of Belfast Airport Parking will have perimeter fences and secure manned and gated areas.
Availability of parking at Belfast Airport Parking. It is recommended that you pre book your car parking at Belfast Airport Parking, not only to secure the best rate but during busy periods, mainly school holidays, the car parks are liable to be full and avoid this possible delay if you can arrive at you destination without the stress of driving around trying to find an alternative car park.
Prices of parking your car at Belfast Airport Parking. Generally the further in advance that you book your car parking the cheaper the rate. Sometimes as much as a 50% discount can be obtained as opposed to the drive up rate on the day. This can be a meaningful amount of money if you are staying for 7 or 14 days. Usually the closer you are to the airport the higher daily rate you will pay.
Directions to Belfast Airport Parking car park. When you book and pay for your car parking online you will receive an email confirming your car park reservation. This will also include a map and directions informing you how to get to the car park that you have booked.
Once you have booked your advanced car parking you will receive the email confirmation above, along with a booking reference. With the more sophisticated car parks you will need to take the same credit card with you and when you arrive at the car park, you insert your credit card into the barrier / gate which will validate your car parking reservation at Belfast Airport Parking.
Changes to original booking. Whilst your original car park reservation at Belfast Airport Parking is usually made online, you will receive a telephone number for any queries or changes to your original booking.
Shuttle bus services to and from the car park. Once you have driven too and left your car in the selected car park a courtesy shuttle bus will take you to the airport terminal. These shuttle buses usually operate around the airport on a regular basis and have various well sign posted pick up points, from the airport and the car park.
Short, Mid or Long Term Parking. It is worth checking the prices of each of the different car parks to be sure you get the best price. The cheaper the price the further the car park is from the airport terminal, so if you are happy to travel in the shuttle bus a little longer to the airport then the cheaper you will find the cost.
Short term parking will the most expensive, which is usually within a short walk to the airport terminal and usually only used for picking up passengers and dropping off if you are only staying no more than a few hours.
Mid stay parking is usually cost effective for a few days parking only, anything more than a few days then the long term car parking option should be selected. There is also option to park off of the airport completely which should offer the cheapest parking option.
The Belfast Cosmo Car Park is opposite the airport, taking only 3 minutes to actually get to the terminal. To get to the car park, use the A57 (Belfast) and keep driving until you pass the entrance of the airport. About 140m further on from the entrance of the airport is the entrance you need to take to enter the car park.
Belfast Cosmo Car Park
181 Airport Road,
Belfast International Airport,
BT29 4DW.
At arrival, come to the reception. Once all the details are finalised then your car will be parked in a secure compound (with full CCTV coverage and security patrols) by a member of staff.
Once your car has been you call a Freephone number that will be given to you by the staff at Cosmo after you have arrived. You will then be able to catch a shuttle bus once requested that will take you straight to the airport terminal.
Please not that any van, trailers and even Lorries will not be permitted permission to park in the car park.
Another popular car park is the Red Cent Parking Ltd facility. The car park is about 2.5 miles away from the airport itself. However, they do offer a 24 hour on demand shuttle bus that that takes around 10 minutes to get you to the terminal.
Red Cent Parking Ltd
Karl Business Park,
92 Old Ballyrobin Road,
Antrim,
County Antrim,
BT41 4TJ.
The car park is manned 24 hours a day, with CCTV and a laser beam alarm fitted to the compound. There is 10 ft fencing surround the car park of which is fully lit by 40ft lights.
If driving, from Belfast to get to Red Cent car parking, then use the A57. Turn left on to Old Ballyrobin Road, and keep going until you see a Business park on the left hand side. If you coming from the M1 then follow the signs for the Airport until you get to a large airport. Using the third exist onto the A57 go towards Templepatrick. Follow the road for 500m until you see the Business park. Once at the Business park turn into it and Red Cent Car Park is down on the right hand side.
Once you arrive then go straight to reception and give them your confirmation slip that was emailed to you when you booked. Your car will be then parked, and you can request the shuttle bus to take you to the airport it self. When you return, you call the car park and you will be collected by the shuttle service as the passenger meeting place. There are shuttle bus for disabled customers, so you need to request this. |
