Car Hire Budapest Airport

Identification Codes:  

• IATA: BUD
• ICAO: LHBP

Distance from BUD to: 

• Budapest city center – 12 miles (19 km)
• Bratislava, Slovakia – 135 miles (217 km)
• Debrecen – 152 miles (245 km)
• Vienna, Austria – 162 miles (260 km)
• Zagreb, Croatia – 225 miles (362 km)

Nearest Major Airports: 

• Bratislava Airport (Slovakia) – 139 miles (224 km)
• Vienna Airport (Austria) – 162 miles (261 km)
• Zagreb Airport (Croatia) – 232 miles (373 km)

London Time Zone: 

• 1 Hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT + 1:00)

Hotels near BUD: 

• There is one hotel within the airport complex

Facts about BUD:

• It is the largest and the busiest airport in Hungary
• It is part of the Schengen agreement
• All Schengen flights arrive at terminal 2A
• Pannon GSM provides free Wi-Fi internet in the terminal
• The airport is capable of handling 8.6 million passengers annually

Car Hire at Budapest Airport:

• 7 Car rental companies are present at the Budapest Airport
• Car hire kiosks are located in the arrivals hall on the ground level
• The working hours for each rental car company are similar
• Car hire rates for walk up are higher than pre-booked rates

City Bus:

• Shuttle service called Airport Minibusz
• They can accommodate about 10 passengers
• The shuttles are operational 24/7
• The shuttle costs 2990 HUF to the city centre
• BKV Express Route No. 200E buses are also available
• This is more frequent than the shuttle and more convenient
• The 200E bus costs 290 HUF

Taxi Service:

• Taxis are available from the taxi stand
• Only one taxi company (Zona Taxi) is authorized to use the airport cabstand
• They operate under a fixed-rate system
• Average fare to the centre of Budapest is 4500 HUF – 5500 HUF

Trains to the center:

• Hungarian State Railways have service to the city center
• The trip takes approximately 25 minutes
• The price is 300 HUF
• Trains run 2 - 3 times per hour
• *100.00 HUF = 0.35 EUR, 0.30 GBP, 0.50 USD

Short-Term Car Park:

• Up to 5 min : Free
• 6 – 30 min : 630 HUF
• 31 – 60 min : 840 HUF
• 2 hours : 1260 HUF
• 3 hours : 2520 HUF
• 4 – 10 hours : 400 HUF/hour
• 11 – 24 hours : 6300 HUF total

Long-Term Car Park:

• Up to 1 day : 2650 HUF
• 2 days : 4750 HUF
• 3 days : 6550 HUF
• 4 days : 8950 HUF
• 5 – 8 days : 9990 HUF
• 9 days : 12,500 HUF
• 10-13 days : 1000 HUF/day
• 14 days : 16,500 HUF
• 15 days : 19,500 HUF
• 16 – 31 days : 27,000 HUF

*1000 HUF = 3.50 EUR, 3.00 GBP, 5.00 USD

*Prices, information and exchange rates are as of May 12, 2009