Park & Fly

£80 a week beats the on-airport tariffs if you plan ahead

Park & Fly sits about 1 mile from Belfast International (T1) and prices at roughly £12.00 per day or £80.00 for a week when booked in advance. It’s a classic off-airport remote lot: you drop the car, hand over keys if required, and jump on their shuttle instead of paying the higher on-site rates. For trips of 5–7 days, the weekly price usually undercuts the official airport car parks by a decent margin.

The transfer run is short. Shuttles take about 5 minutes to reach T1 and typically circulate every 10 minutes at busier times, so build a 20–25 minute buffer from gate-ready back to the car. Compared with the walk from the long-stay on-airport fields, you trade a few minutes of waiting for a lower bill, especially on longer holidays or work trips.

Local drivers in the Northern Ireland Traffic Watch group say operators like McCausland’s only stay cheap if you book well ahead online, and Park & Fly tends to follow the same pattern. Drive-up rates can jump above that headline £12.00 daily figure, so lock something in at least a week out if you can. If you’re leaving the car for more than 3 days, check the weekly £80.00 against daily pricing and pick whichever comes out lower.

Regulars book off-airport, set their arrival time about 30 minutes earlier than they’d usually reach T1, and then treat the 5-minute shuttle as part of security buffer time. One practical tip: on return, keep the Park & Fly booking confirmation open on your phone before you exit baggage reclaim so you can call or find the shuttle stand quickly and get back to the car without faffing around.