From Kingston's riverside, Heathrow is a short run and Gatwick reachable the other way. Book a fixed-fare car for the airport, choose the size that fits your bags, and leave the timing to your driver.
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Book a Kingston minicab with Airportmove and get one fixed fare, a licensed driver and a vehicle that fits your group, whether the trip is local or all the way to the airport.
From Kingston's riverside, Heathrow is a short run and Gatwick reachable the other way. Book a fixed-fare car for the airport, choose the size that fits your bags, and leave the timing to your driver.
From Kingston we run to every London airport, cruise port and station, planning around local traffic and tracking your flight whenever the journey starts or ends in the air.
Booking takes about two minutes and your fare is fixed from the start. Here is how a journey works, step by step.
Enter your pickup and drop-off for your Kingston journey on our booking page, or call us. You get an instant, fixed price — no meters and no surge pricing.
Choose a saloon, estate, MPV or 8-seater, add child seats or meet and greet, and confirm in under a minute. We send your driver's name, number and car before pickup.
On airport journeys we track your flight by number and adjust the pickup to your real landing time. Your driver can wait in arrivals with a name board and help with your luggage.
Your driver takes you directly to your destination and you pay online, by card in the car, or on account — always at the fixed fare you were quoted.
One fixed fare, quoted before you book, covers the whole journey. Here is what comes as standard.
Driver details sent before pickup.
No meters and no surge pricing.
Child seats fitted free on request.
Whether it is a short local hop or a run to the airport, Kingston journeys are always priced upfront.
Wherever you are in Kingston, we come to you.
The price is fixed before you travel.
Professional, licensed local drivers.
Every London airport and cruise port covered.
Flight tracking on airport journeys.
24/7 booking and travel.
Kingston upon Thames is a riverside town centre in south-west London, popular for shopping and its market. Heathrow is a short run to the north-west and Gatwick reachable to the south-east. We collect door to door from Kingston with the right vehicle for your group and luggage.
By road distance, Heathrow is usually the shortest run from Kingston, though the fastest journey on the day depends on traffic and which motorway corridor you take — a numerically closer airport can still be the slower option if it means crossing London rather than joining a direct route. Here is roughly how each of the six compares, in normal traffic:
Of all the areas we cover, Kingston ranks 13th closest to Heathrow out of 64 by road distance — a genuine relative marker, not just a raw mileage figure.
Heathrow — about 11 miles (25–40 min by road); Kingston lies to the east-south-east of it.
London City — about 21 miles (35–55 min by road); Kingston lies to the west-south-west of it.
Gatwick — about 24 miles (40–60 min by road); Kingston lies to the north-north-west of it.
Luton — about 40 miles (50–75 min by road); Kingston lies to the south of it.
Stansted — about 50 miles (60–95 min by road); Kingston lies to the south-west of it.
Southend — about 55 miles (70–105 min by road); Kingston lies to the west-south-west of it.
The legal line between a minicab and a black cab comes down to booking: a minicab must be arranged ahead of time rather than hailed, and every driver and vehicle needs its own private hire licence to operate. With Airportmove that means the price and the pickup time are settled before you set off, and your licensed driver arrives precisely as agreed, not picked up off the street. In Kingston specifically, Heathrow is the closest of the six by road — roughly 11 miles away, with Kingston lying to the east-south-east of it — which is often why local minicab bookings here lean that way, though a fixed-fare car from Kingston reaches every London airport just as reliably.
Kingston sees its heaviest traffic on weekday mornings and early evenings, when the main approach roads are shared between commuters and airport travellers. If your journey falls in one of those windows, building in some extra time is sensible; outside them, and at weekends, the roads are typically quieter. Either way, the route is planned around the traffic on the day, not around a fixed schedule that ignores it.
Nothing about the pickup is left to chance: the meeting point is agreed in advance, and on airport legs we track the flight so the timing matches your real arrival, not the timetable. Plan for the usual airport process around the journey itself — security and check-in outbound, passport control and baggage inbound — which is exactly what the free waiting allowance in your fare is there for.
Groups and luggage are worth mentioning at booking rather than working out on the day: a saloon suits up to four people and two large cases comfortably, while an estate, MPV or 8-seater gives more room for extra bags, buggies or sports kit. School holidays and the summer season tend to bring more group and family travel on this kind of journey, so booking a little further ahead helps guarantee the right-sized vehicle at a time that suits you.
Most Kingston bookings with us start as an airport transfer, but the same fixed-fare minicab and driver cover plenty more of your travel:
A regular commute or the school run, billed to a business or family account.
A wedding, night out or event transfer, planned to your schedule.
A car kept at your disposal with hourly hire.
A connection on to a cruise port or hotel.
Something sent rather than someone carried, with courier delivery.
Step-free travel in one of our wheelchair-accessible vehicles.
The cost of your Kingston minicab is set upfront from your exact address, with no meter running. Ask online or by phone for an instant, fixed price.
Yes, all six London airports are reachable from Kingston at a fixed price, and we track your flight on every arrival at no extra cost.
Absolutely — any Kingston home, hotel or office works for pickup. Give the full postcode at booking so the driver reaches you without delay.
It is fixed from the moment you book. No meter runs and no surge applies to your Kingston journey, whatever happens on the road.
Yes — Kingston is covered 24/7, so an early flight or a late landing makes no difference to availability or price.
Yes. We provide MPVs and 8-seaters for larger groups, or multiple vehicles, so everyone travels together with their luggage at one fixed fare.
Yes. Add the number and type of infant, child or booster seats when you book and we will fit them before pickup, at no extra charge.
Yes — book both legs in one go to fix both fares, with the return to Kingston timed to your flight or plans.
Booking in advance secures your vehicle and fare, though same-day and last-minute Kingston bookings are also available 24/7, subject to availability.
Choose to pay securely online, by card with the driver, or on account for regular Kingston trips — the fare does not change either way.
This page is written and reviewed by the Airportmove operations team, a London-licensed private-hire operator based at 450 Bath Rd, near Heathrow. We arrange fixed-fare airport, station, cruise-port and door-to-door transfers across London and the UK every day, and keep our route, fare and timing guidance current. Questions about your Kingston transfer? Call +44 (0) 158 282 4631 or email booking@airportmove.co.uk.
Last updated: 7 July 2026