Book your Cambridge to Stansted taxi from GBP 125. This is one of the most practical airport runs from Cambridge, especially for early departures from colleges, the station side and Science Park addresses.
Instant Quote and Booking
Google reviews
Recent feedback published by our passengers on Google.
Google review data checked on .
The key route facts most passengers want before they book.
A taxi from Cambridge to Stansted is a fixed fare from £125 for a saloon car, and the journey takes about 35 to 50 minutes. The price is fixed with no surge pricing and no hidden extras. Provide your flight number so our team can check official airport arrival information when planning an arrival pickup. You can get an exact quote and book online in under a minute.
Fixed quoted starting fare for this route.
Usually routed via the M11, with the main practical choice being how you want to handle Stansted drop-off once you arrive.
Cambridge city centre, colleges, station area, Addenbrooke’s and Science Park pickups.
Daytime fares per vehicle, the same figures our booking form quotes. A saloon pickup before 6am is £135. Coming home costs the same by day, and a pickup at Stansted between 11.30pm and 6am is £135. A daytime saloon there and back, booked together, is £245.
| Vehicle | Best for | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 passengers, 2 large cases and 2 cabin bags | £125 |
| Estate | Up to 4 passengers, 2 large cases and 2 cabin or medium bags | £138 |
| Executive | Up to 4 passengers, 2 large cases and 2 cabin bags, premium car | £186 |
| MPV | Up to 6 passengers, 4 large cases and 4 cabin bags | £177 |
Larger group? Our 8-seater minibuses are priced by distance, so get an instant minibus quote. Every fare is confirmed before booking. For an airport arrival, your confirmation gives the meeting point and included waiting allowance.
For plenty of Cambridge passengers, Stansted is the obvious airport, so the real questions are usually timing, luggage and which airport drop-off option makes sense.
That is why this route shows up for student travel, early-morning flights, family departures and station-side pickups where nobody wants an extra connection before check-in.
If you are still comparing airports, use the Cambridge airport taxi page. If Stansted is settled, this route is the more useful answer.
The drive is straightforward by airport-transfer standards. What usually matters more is whether you want the closest Stansted drop-off or would rather avoid paying for Express Set Down.
This is a sensible route when you want one direct car rather than dragging cases through a rail change before you even reach the airport.
Express Set Down is the closest paid option, while Mid Stay gives a free shuttle if you would rather avoid the charge.
The reverse journey is often the real reason people book. Once trains thin out, getting back to Cambridge by direct car becomes much easier to justify.
Cambridge to Stansted is short by airport-transfer standards, so passengers usually care less about the drive itself and more about which drop-off option they want once the car reaches the terminal roads.
For most pickups the journey is basically Cambridge to M11 to Stansted, which is why this route is popular for pre-dawn flights from colleges, the station area and Science Park addresses.
Stansted says Express Set Down changed to GBP 10 for up to 15 minutes from 19 March 2026. If you are not in a rush, the free Mid Stay shuttle can make more sense than paying for the closest kerbside access.
The reverse run matters as much as the outbound. A late Stansted arrival back to Cambridge is exactly when passengers stop wanting to gamble on train connections and just want to get home.
If Stansted is your airport, get the fare sorted and decide before travel whether you want the closest paid drop-off or the free Mid Stay shuttle option.