Airport Transfers from London City Airport (LCY) to Greenford

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One-Way Transfer
A one-way transfer covers one journey between two addresses: the terminal to a house on the slopes of Horsenden Hill, the airport to a business unit off Western Avenue, or a flat by the Grand Union Canal to London City for a breakfast-time departure. For arrivals, the chauffeur tracks your flight and plans the pick-up around the real landing time; for a departure, you set the pick-up time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Round-Trip Service
Round-Trip Service books both directions in one reservation: from the Royal Docks to a family home near Greenford station when you arrive, and back to the dockside terminal at the end of the visit. Before a stadium concert weekend, cars in north-west London are booked early, so add the return when you reserve the arrival. With both directions in one booking, the return is secured from the start; you set both pick-up times yourself, and the confirmation lists them.
Hourly Service
Hourly service keeps one chauffeur and one vehicle with you for a set number of hours. When you book, you set the start at LCY, the final address and the hours you need, and you add the day's plan to the reservation so the chauffeur has it before your flight lands. It suits an arrival day with appointments, not a straight run to one hotel.

London City Airport to Greenford: Route and Drive Time

Greenford, one of the larger towns of Ealing borough, sits towards the western boundary of the capital, while the airport is in the Royal Docks at the eastern end. The road distance is 29 miles, normally 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes, across the full width of London.

The A40, a dual carriageway known locally as Western Avenue, crosses Greenford and links it with central London and, in the other direction, with the M40. Most addresses in the town lie either side of it or near the Grand Union Canal, with Perivale and Northolt as neighbours. Give the street and postcode, since the turn off Western Avenue depends on them. Journey times vary with traffic and weather.

London City Airport to Greenford: Route and Drive Time

Meeting Your Chauffeur at London City Airport

By the scale of London's airports, London City is small: it handled 3.74 million passengers in 2025, against 84.5 million at Heathrow, and all of them pass through a single terminal. At London City Airport, pre-booked cars collect passengers from the pick-up area in the Short Stay car park. Once you land, the chauffeur tracks your flight and plans the pick-up around the real landing time. Your booking confirmation tells you where to meet, and the exact spot follows the airport's own pick-up rules.

For Greenford, this airport makes sense when your airline flies only from here or when a meeting in the City or at Canary Wharf comes first on the day you land.

Meeting Your Chauffeur at London City Airport

Arriving at Your Address in Greenford

Horsenden Hill rises to 85 metres and is the town's most prominent landmark. Its industrial past shows along the Grand Union Canal, where William Perkin had his dye works and J. Lyons & Co. later ran a factory.

Trains at Greenford station are the Central line and a Great Western Railway branch line, useful if someone in your party continues by rail. For a house near Horsenden Hill, a flat by the canal or a business unit off Western Avenue, give the exact address when you book, and your confirmation shows where the car will pull up.

Arriving at Your Address in Greenford

From Greenford Back to London City Airport

Allow for the whole drive, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes, and choose the start from that. You set the pick-up time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.

The first part of the route is Western Avenue, and on a weekday morning it carries traffic into central London, so an early flight needs a generous margin. Because there is just the one terminal, the drop-off point is the same for every airline. If you are flying on a Saturday, remember that London City closes at 12:30; an afternoon departure that day has to wait until Sunday.

From Greenford Back to London City Airport
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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before booking your airport transfer with Bookinglane.

What distance is Greenford from London City Airport?

Greenford is 29 miles by road, normally 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes. Crossing London from the docks to the west, the car meets city traffic, which decides where in that range you end up.

What if I land at London City well after the time on my ticket?

The pick-up follows the landing. The chauffeur tracks your flight and plans the pick-up around the real landing time, so a delayed arrival does not need a new booking. Keep the flight number in it.

Where is the Greenford car parked when I land at London City?

Next to the only terminal. At London City Airport, pre-booked cars collect passengers from the pick-up area in the Short Stay car park. Your booking confirmation tells you where to meet, and the exact spot follows the airport's own pick-up rules.

Which lines serve Greenford station?

Two services: Underground trains on the Central line, and the GWR branch line that runs to West Ealing. If part of your group comes by train, add the train and its arrival time to the booking, and the car is scheduled for that arrival.

Ten friends are coming for a concert at Wembley. Can we travel from London City in one vehicle?

Yes: a Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats. Friends on separate flights are booked one transfer per flight; list the bags so the vehicle is matched to the load.

What do you need to know about London City Airport in 2026–2027?

The airport began consulting on 2 March 2026 on a shallower approach for larger Airbus A320neo aircraft. In 2027 it marks 40 years of flights, and an Aspire premium lounge is due by early that year.