Wantage
Wantage to Farnborough
From Wantage to the business-aviation terminal at Farnborough. Door to kerb is 56.8 miles; at free-flow speeds, 1 hour 18 minutes via the A34, M4 and A322. By road, Farnborough is the second closest of the airports here to Wantage. Wantage's nearest station by road is Didcot Parkway (DID), 21 minutes away. Wantage is a market town. The first powered flight on UK soil took place here in 1908.
How the day runs
Choose an executive saloon for a couple or a solo trip. Collection is from home, an office or a hotel in Wantage. Allow 1 hour 18 minutes on the road plus the airline's check-in time; the pick-up time is set when you book. The same run from Faringdon is 88 minutes; from Abingdon, 76 minutes. Landing at Farnborough, you walk from the aircraft through the terminal to the waiting car. Oxford, where Ravensley starts each job, is 33 minutes from Wantage.
- Wantage to Farnborough Airport1 hr 18 min, 56.8 miles, in clear traffic
- Farnborough Airport to Wantage1 hr 17 min, 57.4 miles, in clear traffic
Times are for clear roads. Allow longer on event days and at peak hours.
Worth knowing
The closest National Rail station to Wantage by road is Didcot Parkway (DID), about 21 minutes' drive.
Source: wikidata.orgWantage is classed as a market town.
Source: wikidata.orgThe first powered flight on UK soil took place here in 1908.
Source: farnboroughairport.comDidcot Parkway station opened in 1841.
Source: wikidata.orgWantage is in Oxfordshire.
Source: wikidata.orgWantage had about 13,000 residents in 2021.
Source: wikidata.orgFarnborough Airport's IATA code is FAB.
Source: wikidata.orgRunway 06/24 is 45 m wide with 1,800 m landing distance available in each direction.
Source: farnboroughairport.com
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Questions
What is the drive time from Wantage to Farnborough?
About 1 hr 18 min via the A34, M4 and A322, 56.8 miles; rush hours add time.
Which railway station serves Wantage?
Didcot Parkway (DID), 21 minutes by road. A car avoids the change of trains and the luggage on the platform.
Will a car meet us at Farnborough for the trip home to Wantage?
Yes; the trip home is 57.4 miles, 1 hour 17 minutes.
Our undertaking
- 60 min
of waiting after landing on every airport collection, without charge.
- Nothing
is added after the quote unless you ask for more on the day. Airport fees, parking and tolls are in it.
- 24 hrs
before collection, cancel or move the journey at no cost.
- In full
refunded if we ever cancel a journey, however late the notice.