Description
The airport is located between Rochford and Southend town centres, 1.5 NM (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) north of Southend, in the county of Essex to the east of London. 36 miles (58 km) from central London, a frequent rail service runs from the Southend Airport railway station to London Liverpool Street with a journey time of approximately 53 minutes, and 44 minutes to Stratford station.
The terminal houses 2 Cafes, check-in desks, a bar, duty free shopping and departure lounge, a newsagent, ATMs (dispensing euros and sterling), a bureau de change, Europcar and Hertz car hire and taxi hire desks. The terminal is approximately 200 m (660 ft) from the rail station and nearest car-park.
The old terminal is disused in terms of scheduled passenger flights, it now houses a Business Aircraft Centre with lounges and conference rooms, plus flight briefing facilities for pilots, a security point, café, passport photo booth and a small tourist information point. There is a car park 100 m (330 ft) in front of this building.
Bus services operated by Arriva Southend are available from the public road fronting the airport entrance to Southend (7, 8 and 9), Rochford (7 and 8), Ashingdon (7), Hawkwell (8), Hockley (7 and 8), Eastwood (9) and Rayleigh (7, 8 and 9). Routes 7, 8 and 9 are normally operated by modern, low-floor easy-access buses. First Group operate from the terminal to Chelmsford and Stansted Airport (X30)
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