Flying to Benidorm

Alicante airport arrivals and departures today

Every flight between Alicante and the UK or Ireland today, with live status. Arrivals show the next coach to Benidorm.

The short answer

• ALC: Alicante–Elche
• ALSA coach €7.99
• About 45 min by coach
• Spain is 1 hour ahead

Routes checked 20 Oct 2026 (Aena). Passengers: UK CAA 2025.

Door-to-pool planner

Pick your airport and your take-off time. We work out when you land in Spain, when you get out with your bags and when you can be in Benidorm. Then add your hotel and group below for the cost of every way there.

Flight time is our estimate from distance (see below); airline timetables differ by 10–20 minutes. Coach: ALSA line to Benidorm, roughly hourly about 07:00–23:00, checked 14–15 Oct 2026.

Airport price estimator

Tell us how many of you there are, how many big cases, your hotel and when you land. We work out each way to your door and what it costs. Estimates use fares checked 15 Oct 2026; the meter or the firm's quote decides.

Sources, checked 15 Oct 2026: GVA 2026 interurban taxi tariff (DOGV, 30 Dec 2025); ALSA fares and luggage; Suntransfers; Hoppa; Beniconnect; Welcome Pickups; Uber ALC airport page; Radio Taxi Benidorm 2026 tariffs. Private transfer and shuttle prices are each firm's lowest "from" price for Benidorm; places outside town (Albir, Finestrat, La Cala) can cost more.

Nearest airport to Benidorm

Use Alicante. It is less than half the distance of Valencia or Murcia, it is the airport the ALSA coach to Benidorm serves, and it has the UK routes listed below. Valencia and Murcia (Corvera) only make sense if a fare there is far cheaper: you then need a long transfer or a hire car.

Straight-line distances from the Benidorm town point on Wikidata (Q487981) to each airport (OurAirports coordinates). Road distance and drive time: OSRM route planner on OpenStreetMap data, no traffic, checked 20 Oct 2026. The ALSA coach takes about 45 minutes from Alicante airport.

Flights to Benidorm from the UK and Ireland

Every UK and Irish airport with a direct Alicante route on Aena's list, busiest first. Tap an airport for its airlines, seasons, passenger numbers and nearby alternatives.

Airlines: Aena, checked 20 Oct 2026. Passengers both directions: UK CAA annual airport data 2025, Table 12.1. *Dublin: Aena 2023 figure (the CAA covers UK airports only). Cork and Shannon: Ryanair, on Aena's list; no passenger data. Flight times are our estimate (see below).

Benidorm flight time from the UK

Our estimate
From southern England it is about 2 h 25 min to Alicante; from Manchester about 2 h 50 min; from Scotland about 3 h 10 min to 3 h 20 min. Add about 45 minutes on the coach to Benidorm, and remember Spain is one hour ahead of the UK all year.

• Bournemouth: 2 h 25 min
• Newquay (Cornwall): 2 h 25 min
• London Gatwick: 2 h 30 min
• Exeter: 2 h 30 min
• Southampton: 2 h 30 min
• London Stansted: 2 h 35 min
• London Luton: 2 h 35 min
• London Southend: 2 h 35 min
• Bristol: 2 h 35 min
• Cardiff: 2 h 35 min
• Birmingham: 2 h 40 min
• East Midlands: 2 h 45 min
• Norwich: 2 h 45 min
• Manchester: 2 h 50 min
• Liverpool: 2 h 50 min
• Leeds Bradford: 2 h 55 min
• Dublin: 2 h 55 min
• Teesside: 3 h 00 min
• Newcastle: 3 h 05 min
• Belfast International: 3 h 05 min
• Glasgow: 3 h 10 min
• Edinburgh: 3 h 10 min
• Glasgow Prestwick: 3 h 10 min
• Aberdeen: 3 h 20 min

40 minutes for taxi, climb and descent plus the great-circle distance at 780 km/h, rounded to 5 minutes; airport coordinates from OurAirports. Airline timetables differ by 10–20 minutes and by direction.

Cheap flights to Benidorm: where the choice is

We do not list fares: they change by the hour and no source we may republish covers every airline. What we can show is where you have the most choice. These airports have four or more airlines on the Alicante route, so you can compare more times and prices:

• London Gatwick: 6 airlines
• Manchester: 4 airlines
• London Luton: 4 airlines
• Birmingham: 4 airlines
• Newcastle: 4 airlines
• Glasgow: 4 airlines

Compare live fares on Google Flights. Then match the dates to hotel prices: the cheapest time to go to Benidorm and the weather month by month.

From Alicante airport to Benidorm

Benidorm has no airport. Every flight on this page lands at Alicante–Elche (ALC), about 63 km from central Benidorm by road. The ALSA coach is the cheapest way on: €7.99, about 45 minutes, roughly hourly from about 07:00 to 23:00, from Level 2 (Departures). A metered taxi is about €91 by day and €105 at night; a pre-booked private transfer starts at about €68–€91 per car for up to four.

Every option with sources, a price estimator for your group and hotel, and where to catch the coach: Alicante airport to Benidorm. Once you are there: buses and trams in Benidorm.

Fares as checked on our airport page on 14–15 Oct 2026 (ALSA, GVA 2026 taxi tariff, transfer firms' own "from" prices). Road distance: OSRM route planner on OpenStreetMap data, checked 20 Oct 2026.

Sources

• Routes and airlines: Aena, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport, airlines, checked 20 Oct 2026.
• Seasons and Dublin 2023 traffic: Wikipedia, revision 1380370003, fetched 20 Oct 2026.
• Passengers: UK CAA annual airport data 2025, Table 12.1.
• Airport coordinates: OurAirports (public domain). Benidorm: Wikidata Q487981. Roads: OSRM / © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Checked 20 Oct 2026.