Live arrival and departure times for London Southend (SEN), updated continuously and covering today and tomorrow. Check whether your flight has landed or is still boarding on time, then meet your driver inside one compact arrivals hall — with 30 minutes’ free waiting timed from the moment the wheels touch down, not from your scheduled time.
Two boards, side by side: arrivals on the left if you are meeting someone, departures on the right if you are flying out. Southend has a single terminal, so every flight on both boards uses the same building — find yours by flight number, or by the city it is coming from or going to. Each board also carries a date selector covering today and tomorrow. The map underneath shows what is in the air around the airport right now.
Flight times change at short notice, and neither the boards nor the map is a guarantee. Always confirm your flight with your airline or with London Southend Airport before you travel. We are an independent private hire operator and are not affiliated with London Southend Airport or with any airline.
Southend is a much simpler airport to read than the big London hubs. Three things are worth knowing.
On the arrivals board, Estimated is a prediction and will move; Landed means the aircraft is on the ground. On the departures board the same column runs from Scheduled through Boarding to Departed. Southend clears passengers quickly, so Landed and out of the door are much closer together here than at Heathrow or Gatwick.
Southend has a single compact terminal at SS2 6YF in Rochford, so there is no terminal column to get wrong and no shuttle between buildings. Whichever flight you are tracking, arrivals and departures share one entrance — which is why meeting a driver here takes seconds rather than a walk across an airport.
If you do not have the flight number, use the origin or destination city instead. Southend is dominated by a single low-cost carrier, so several flights can share a similar number in the same hour; the city plus the time is usually the faster way to pick out the right row.
Checking the arrivals board is only half the job. This is what happens on our side once your flight is on the ground.
Full details of the service, including coverage across Essex and East London, are on the Southend airport taxi page, and every fare by vehicle and destination is listed on Southend airport taxi prices. If you are already booked and something has changed, call +44 20 3617 7825 — the line is staffed 24/7.
More people check Southend departures than any other flight query for this airport, and for good reason: a delayed or retimed outbound flight changes when you need to leave home, not just when you land. Check the departures board the night before and again on the morning of travel, then book your pickup around the time it actually shows — and if the flight moves far enough that the booking no longer works, you can cancel free up to two hours before pickup.
The table below is the short version of what differs between meeting a flight and catching one.
| What to check | Arriving into Southend | Departing from Southend |
|---|---|---|
| Which board | Arrivals — search by flight number or the city it left from | Departures — search by flight number or the city you are flying to |
| Where you meet your driver | Inside the arrivals hall, holding a name board | Door to door, from any Essex or London address |
| If the flight moves | Pickup adjusts automatically to the live landing time, with 30 minutes’ free waiting from touchdown | Rebook for the new time, or cancel free up to two hours before pickup |
| Charges in the fare | Terminal pickup fee, meet and greet, Dartford Crossing tolls where applicable | Terminal drop-off fee, Dartford Crossing tolls where applicable |
What the Southend drop-off charge actually is, and how it compares with the other London airports, is set out on UK airport drop-off charges compared. For seats and luggage capacity before you book, see our fleet.
Use the live 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. Landed does not mean the passenger is out yet, although Southend is compact and most people clear arrivals within about ten minutes.
Use the live departures board on this page. It lists every flight leaving London Southend with its scheduled time, destination, airline and current status, and it carries a date selector so you can look at today or tomorrow. Check it before you leave home, because a retimed departure changes when your taxi needs to collect you.
Yes. Every Southend booking is monitored against the live arrival time, so if you land early or late your pickup moves with the aircraft and you do not need to call and reschedule. Your 30 minutes of free waiting is timed from the moment you land rather than from your original scheduled arrival.
There is only one. London Southend has a single compact terminal at SS2 6YF in Rochford, handling both arrivals and departures, so there is no terminal to confuse and no shuttle between buildings. That is why your driver can meet you inside the arrivals hall rather than at a distant pickup point.
Yes. Both boards on this page have a date selector covering today and tomorrow, so you can check a flight leaving tomorrow morning before you book a pickup. For dates further ahead, use the official London Southend Airport website. Schedules published well in advance are planned times and are the most likely to move.
If you are arriving, your driver is dispatched against the updated landing time and the fare agreed at booking does not change because of the delay itself. If you are departing and the flight moves far enough that your pickup no longer works, you can rebook it or cancel free up to two hours before pickup. Either way, call us on +44 20 3617 7825 and the line is staffed 24 hours a day.
Meet & greet inside one compact arrivals hall, real-time flight tracking and 30 minutes’ free waiting timed from the moment you land — with a TfL-licensed driver, 24/7.