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Q: How do I get from Budapest city centre to Budapest airport?

Bus 100E, the airport express: HUF 2,500 for one traveler, 26–46 min, boarding at Deák Ferenc tér, the same terminus the way in ends at.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

2 ways to the airport

Recommended

Direct and 10 minutes quicker than the Bus 200E and metro M3, for HUF 1,900 more.

Bus 100E, the airport express

100E · BKK

26–46 min rideEvery 10 minRuns all night

Deák Ferenc térBudapest Ferenc Liszt

24-hour service

HUF 2,500total for 1 adultHUF 2,500 eachBuy ticketOn BKK

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Deák Ferenc tér, the same terminus the way in ends at

Only the 2,500 Ft airport ticket, or the 1,000 Ft add-on for an existing monthly pass, works on this line. No day ticket, travelcard, tourist card or concession is valid, and not the free travel granted to on-duty emergency workers. It rose from 2,200 Ft on 1 October 2025.

Luggage. A dedicated airport bus with luggage space.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Bus

Bus 200E and metro M3

200EM3 · BKK

39–50 min rideEvery 10 minRuns all night

Kőbánya-Kispest MBudapest Ferenc Liszt

1 change24-hour serviceLuggage space

HUF 600total for 1 adultHUF 600 eachBuy ticketOn BKK

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Kőbánya-Kispest M, at the end of the M3 — or Határ út M after the metro stops for the night

A 30-minute ticket at 600 Ft covers the whole journey: the last transfer must happen within 30 minutes of validation, and the change to the metro comes at about 20. The 90-minute ticket is 850 Ft for extra margin; a single ride on the 200E alone is 500 Ft.

Luggage. An ordinary city bus and a metro. Busy at peak, with no racks.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Also runs to the airport, boarding point and hours in town not recorded yet: Pre-booked private transfer. Every way from Budapest airport into Budapest

How do I get from Budapest city centre to Budapest airport?

For one traveler the Bus 100E is the way we recommend: HUF 2,500 in total, 26–46 min, boarding at Deák Ferenc tér. It runs at any hour.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

Bus 200E and metro M3

Any hour.

Bus 100E

Any hour.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

Both the 100E and the 200E run right through the night in this direction too. The one gap is the M4 connection at Keleti, which stops roughly 00:56 to 04:36 — the 100E itself keeps running to Kálvin tér regardless.

Before you leave for Budapest Airport

From the centre to each way out

Early flights

Tickets

Buy the airport bus ticket in the BudapestGO app, or tap a bank card on board through the Pay&GO reader, for the ride out too.

Taxis to the airport

The regulated base fare is 2,100 Ft whenever the airport is either end of the ride, plus 520 Ft a kilometre and 130 Ft a minute — the same meter as the way in, with no flat total.

Questions

What does a taxi to Budapest airport cost from the centre?

The regulated base fare is 2,100 Ft whenever the airport is either end of the ride, plus 520 Ft a kilometre and 130 Ft a minute — the same meter as the way in, with no flat total.

Where does the Bus 200E and metro M3 leave from in Budapest?

Kőbánya-Kispest M, at the end of the M3 — or Határ út M after the metro stops for the night.

My flight is early. What runs before the first train?

Arriving instead? Every way from Budapest airport into Budapest