Flights to Benidorm from Birmingham

Birmingham to Alicante flights today

Which airlines fly from Birmingham to Alicante?

Airlines: Aena, Alicante-Elche airport airlines page, checked 20 Oct 2026. Season: Wikipedia, "Airlines and destinations" (revision of 20 Oct 2026); "Not stated" means Wikipedia does not list that airline on this route. Schedules change: check the airline before you book.

How busy is the Birmingham–Alicante route?

In 2025, 459,732 passengers flew between Birmingham and Alicante, counting both directions, +14% on 2024 (402,893). That is about 630 people a day each way on average, and 7.0% of all UK–Alicante passengers. Birmingham ranks 5 of 24 UK airports for Alicante traffic. Charter flights (holiday-company seats) carried 29,198 of them.

Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority, annual airport data 2025, Table 12.1 (international passenger route analysis; a return trip counts as two passengers). Daily figure and share are our arithmetic.

How long is the flight from Birmingham to Benidorm?

Our estimate
About 2 h 40 min in the air and taxiing, for 1,579 km. Then about 45 minutes on the coach from Alicante airport to Benidorm, so plan on roughly 3 h 25 min from take-off to Benidorm bus station, plus time at the airport.

How we estimate: 40 minutes for taxi, climb and descent plus the great-circle distance at 780 km/h, rounded to 5 minutes. Coordinates: OurAirports (public domain). Airline timetables can differ by 10–20 minutes and are longer or shorter by direction; the airline's booking page shows the real scheduled time.

Fares

We do not show fares: they change by the hour and we could not find a source we are allowed to republish. Compare live fares for Birmingham to Alicante on Google Flights, or book direct with easyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair and TUI Airways. Hotel prices move with the calendar too: see the cheapest time to go.

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.

Other airports near Birmingham with Alicante flights

All airports: flying to Benidorm from the UK and Ireland.

Sources

• Routes and airlines: Aena, Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández airport, airlines, checked 20 Oct 2026.
• Seasons: Wikipedia, Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport, revision 1380370003, fetched 20 Oct 2026.
• Passengers: UK CAA annual airport data 2025, Table 12.1 (2025 data complete 23 Mar 2026).
• Airport coordinates: OurAirports (public domain), fetched 20 Oct 2026. Distances and flight times are our calculation.
• Transfers: our Alicante airport to Benidorm page and its sources.