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Alternative Airports

It almost always costs more to fly direct to a major city airport, but most cities have cheaper alternatives nearby.

This table shows major cities and some alternative airports you might consider when searching for a cheap flight.

Country City Airport Alternative airports Extra travel time
UK London Heathrow Birmingham,
Gatwick,
London City Airport,
Luton
60mins
60mins
10mins
80mins
  Glasgow Edinburgh,
Newcastle

 

90mins
2hrs
  Aberdeen Inverness 2hrs
  Belfast Dublin 2hrs
  Manchester Liverpool 60mins
  Edinburgh Glasgow
Newcastle
90mins
2hrs
Germany Hamburg (Fuhlsbuttel) Lubeck 40 mins
  Berlin Schoenefeld 30 mins
  Munich Salzburg (SZG) in Austria
Nurmberg (NUE)
2hrs
100mins
  Frankfurt-Main Frankfurt-Hahn
Bonn
2hrs
2hrs
Spain Malaga Gibraltar 2 hours
USA Cleveland Akron 40 mins
Morocco Tangier Malaga (Spain) 4-6 hrs