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Airport transfers · Birmingham Airport
Birmingham Airport sits at Bickenhill in Solihull, a few miles southeast of Birmingham city centre and directly alongside the NEC, one of the UK's largest exhibition and events venues. It's around 125 miles from Woking, making it one of the furthest airports we regularly cover, reached via the M25, M40 and M42. A lot of Birmingham traffic ties directly into NEC events, conferences and exhibitions, alongside standard leisure and business flights, so it's a route we know well for both airport drop-offs and event-day transfers in the same trip. Birmingham International railway station sits directly beside the terminal too, but for clients travelling from Woking a single door-to-door chauffeur journey usually beats a multi-leg rail trip once connections and platform changes are factored in.
Birmingham Airport sits right next to the NEC, so a significant share of the passengers passing through are travelling to or from conferences, trade shows and exhibitions rather than pure holiday traffic. If your trip combines a Birmingham flight with an NEC event, we can plan the transfer around both legs rather than treating them as two separate bookings.
At around 125 miles and typically two to two and a quarter hours via the M40 and M42, Birmingham is one of the longest transfers we offer from Woking. We treat it as a planned, scheduled journey — we'd recommend booking with good notice, particularly for an early departure, so the timing sits comfortably around your flight rather than being rushed.
Given the distance involved, we track your flight number closely so any shift in departure or arrival time is caught early rather than discovered on the road. That means a driver heading up the M40 for a collection isn't sent too soon, and your own pickup for an outbound flight adjusts automatically if check-in timing changes.
Even on a longer route like this, we agree a single fixed price at the point of booking rather than charging by the mile or adding motorway tolls and delays on top. Whatever the M42 is doing on the day, the fare you're quoted for your Birmingham transfer is the fare you pay.
Because the NEC sits so close to the terminal, we regularly arrange transfers for exhibitors and delegates flying into Birmingham for a specific show, sometimes combined with a hotel drop-off and a return collection several days later once the event wraps up. If your itinerary involves both a flight and an NEC visit, it's worth telling us the full plan when you book — we can often build a more efficient route around both legs than booking them separately.
Birmingham Airport is around 125 miles from Woking, one of our longest standard routes, with transfers typically taking two to two and a quarter hours via the M40 and M42.
On the road
The fleet
Comfortable, reliable everyday travel for up to 3 passengers.
Premium business travel with extra legroom and a polished finish.
Top-tier luxury for special occasions, red-carpet arrivals and VIP guests.
Spacious group travel for up to 8 passengers with luggage.
In their words
“Booked a chauffeur for an early airport run and the car was outside five minutes before pickup. Smooth, quiet journey and the driver knew the fastest route around the roadworks.”
“We use XLNC Cars for client visits regularly. The vehicles are always spotless and the drivers are properly turned out — it reflects well on us, not just them.”
“Hired the VIP car for a wedding and it made the whole day feel special. Punctual, professional, and the driver waited patiently through the photos.”
Good to know
It's around 125 miles, with transfers typically taking two to two and a quarter hours via the M40 and M42, depending on traffic.
Yes, we'd recommend it given the distance — booking with reasonable notice lets us plan the route properly, especially around NEC event traffic or an early flight.
Yes, your driver waits inside the terminal with a name board, the same standard we apply on every airport transfer we run.
Yes — given how close the NEC sits to the airport, we can plan a combined trip covering both your flight and an event, rather than booking them as two separate journeys.
Yes, this is a common request — we can book your outbound drop-off and a return collection days later as a single arrangement, so you don't need to organise each leg separately.
For most travellers, yes, once you account for finding a space, walking from long-stay parking and the cost of leaving a car for several days — a direct transfer removes all of that from the trip.
Yes, plenty of our Birmingham bookings are one-way, whether that's a drop-off with someone else collecting on the return, or a pickup only after you've made your own way there.
Our full fleet covers this route, from the standard saloon for a solo traveller through to the executive and VIP Mercedes options, and the minibus for larger groups heading to the same conference or event.