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Aberdeen Airport

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Aberdeen Airport is the gateway to Europe’s energy capital, serving more than three million travellers a year. It is the world’s busiest commercial heliport, transporting more than 500,000 passengers in support of the North Sea oil and gas industry.

The airport terminal provides various shopping and eating facilities before and after security, including WHSmith, Boots, Dixons, Costa Coffee and duty free stores. In addition, the airport's other facilities include a games area, car hire, internet access, bureau de change, tourist information services and executive lounges.

There is also a Thistle Hotel and Speedbird Inn on the airport site, with a Travelodge and Marriott Hotel between the airport and the nearby Dyce railway station. Additionally a 175-room Hilton "Garden Inn" concept hotel has recently opened.

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How to get to / from the airport:

Car:
Aberdeen Airport is about seven miles north-west of the city centre and easily reached from the A96 Aberdeen-Inverness road. Satellite navigation information

Postcode: AB21 7DU

Aberdeen Airport's two  Short Stay Car Parks are next to the terminal building and suitable for stays of under 24 hours. The Long Stay Car Park is signposted from the approach road and a few minutes away from the terminal by courtesy bus.

Motorcycle parking is free in the designated areas within the car parks. For security reasons they must not be parked anywhere else.

Train:
The nearest rail station to the airport is Dyce, which is about two miles from the terminal and easily reached by bus or taxi. Dyce is on the Aberdeen-Elgin-Inverness line, and is also served by some through trains from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Dyce station is unstaffed but tickets can be bought on the train. A standard single Anytime fare to Aberdeen is approx £1.80 and a return is approx £2.80. Trains run at least once an hour Monday to Saturday, less frequently on Sundays.  Aberdeen rail station is in the city centre, a ten-minute train journey from Dyce.

Bus:
Regular buses run from the airport to Aberdeen city centre and other destinations. Services are less frequent at weekends and in the evening, so please confirm bus times with the operator in advance.

A bus journey to the centre of Aberdeen takes about 30 minutes in average traffic, longer at peak times.