Live arrival and departure times for London City Airport, updated continuously. Check whether a flight has landed, then meet your driver in LCY’s single arrivals hall — with 30 minutes’ free waiting timed from the moment the wheels touch down, not from the scheduled time.
London City has one terminal, so this single board is the whole airport — there is no terminal to pick and no second hall to check. Find the flight by its number or by the city it is coming from. The board carries its own Departures tab if you are seeing someone off, a date selector covering the days immediately around today, and a time-of-day jump so you are not scrolling through a full schedule to reach an evening landing.
Flight times change at short notice and the board is not a guarantee. Always confirm the flight with the airline or with London City Airport before you travel. We are an independent private hire operator and are not affiliated with London City Airport or with any airline.
LCY reads differently from the bigger London airports, and three things catch people out.
Estimated is a prediction and will move. Landed means the aircraft is on the ground. At a large hub that still leaves a long wait, but London City is a short-haul airport served by small aircraft, and a high share of its passengers travel with hand baggage only. Someone off a city flight can be through the door in a few minutes, so do not treat Landed as your cue to set off from home.
LCY carries heavy codeshare traffic, so the same flight is listed once per selling airline. A single Madrid arrival can appear four times over — under a British Airways number, a BA Cityflyer number, an Iberia number and a Vueling number. Same aircraft, same landing time, four rows. Match on the arrival time and the origin city, not on the row count.
London City serves a compact European and UK network, so the Origin column is short and easy to scan — Amsterdam, Edinburgh, Zurich, Milan, Madrid, Dublin and the like. If you do not have the flight number, look for the city and the time together. That is usually quicker than working out which of the codeshare numbers was the one on the booking.
Checking the board is only half the job. This is what happens on our side once the flight is on the ground.
Full pickup and meeting-point detail is on the London City Airport taxi page, and what a transfer costs is on London City Airport taxi prices. If you are dropping someone off rather than collecting them, the London City drop-off charge guide explains what the airport charges at the kerb. If you are already booked and something has changed, call +44 20 3617 7825 — the line is staffed 24/7.
The board tells you when the aircraft is down. This tells you roughly when the passenger will actually be where they are going. London City sits in the Royal Docks, closer to Canary Wharf and the City than any other London airport, which is the whole reason business travellers use it.
| Destination | Typical journey time | Route your driver takes |
|---|---|---|
| Canary Wharf | 10–15 minutes | A1020 Royal Docks Road |
| City of London and Bank | 15–20 minutes | A1261 Aspen Way, then the Limehouse Link tunnel |
| Central London | 15–30 minutes | Varies with the exact destination and traffic |
| Westminster and the West End | 25–35 minutes | A13 westbound |
These are our own drivers’ typical running times, not an airport or TfL publication, and they assume normal traffic. Fixed fares for each of these journeys are listed on the London City Airport taxi prices page, and the two most-booked runs have their own pages: London City to Canary Wharf and London City to the City of London.
Use the arrivals board on this page and find the flight by its number or by the city it departed from. The status column shows Estimated while the flight is inbound and Landed once the aircraft is on the ground. London City has a single terminal, so there is no terminal column to check and no risk of waiting in the wrong hall.
Because London City carries a lot of codeshare traffic. One aircraft is sold by several airlines at once, and the board lists a row for each selling airline. A single arrival from Madrid can show up four times, under a British Airways number, a BA Cityflyer number, an Iberia number and a Vueling number. They are all the same aeroplane landing at the same time.
Yes. Every London City booking is monitored against the live arrival time, so if you land early or late your pickup moves with the aircraft. You do not need to call and reschedule, and the fare agreed at booking does not change because of a delay. If a delay runs into several hours or the flight is cancelled, call us on +44 20 3617 7825 so we can move or cancel the booking.
Every London City transfer includes 30 minutes of free waiting, timed from the moment the aircraft is on the ground rather than from the scheduled arrival time. Because London City is a short-haul airport with small aircraft and a lot of hand-baggage-only travel, most passengers are out well inside that window.
Inside the arrivals hall, holding a name board. LCY is a compact single-terminal airport in the Royal Docks, so there is only one hall and finding your driver is straightforward. Once you have landed you receive a text with the driver’s name, vehicle, registration and exact standing position. Meet and greet and terminal parking are included in the fare.
Yes, within a short window. The board has its own date selector covering the days immediately around today, so tomorrow is available, along with a time-of-day control for jumping straight to an evening landing. For a date further ahead, use London City Airport’s own website. Schedules published well in advance are planned times and are the most likely to move.
Meet & greet inside the LCY arrivals hall, real-time flight tracking and 30 minutes’ free waiting timed from the moment you land — with a TfL-licensed driver, 24/7.