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Same Day Courier to Farnborough Airport from Kent
For Kent suppliers of aircraft parts, tooling and crew items, Same Day Couriers Kent runs same-day deliveries to Farnborough Airport, the dedicated business aviation airport in Hampshire. Your consignment typically takes 1 hour 20 minutes to 2 hours from Maidstone via the M20, M26, M25 and M3 to junction 4 or 4A.
Delivery details
Delivering to Farnborough Airport: what to know
What can you take to Farnborough Airport?
Farnborough has no scheduled airline flights, so the work is business aviation: a part for a jet in maintenance, documents or passports for a departing crew, cabin items or tooling. Gulfstream’s London Area Service Centre, a 225,000 sq ft facility able to hold up to 13 large-cabin aircraft, and Dassault Aviation Business Services both run maintenance here, so an aircraft waiting on a component is a common reason to call.
How long does it take from Kent?
From Maidstone it’s typically 70 to 80 miles: the M20 to junction 3, the M26, the M25 clockwise to junction 12, then the M3 to junction 4 or 4A. The M25 between junctions 7 and 12 is the usual pinch point, so the driver tracks it live and keeps your contact updated. For most same-day jobs your consignment stays with that one driver, not normally via a depot.
What do you need from me?
The collection postcode, the receiving company and stores or reception contact, the aircraft registration or work order if they use one, and when it’s needed. The airport’s handling operation is at Meadow Gate (GU14 6XA). Declare dangerous goods, such as certain aircraft chemicals. We deliver landside, and cover is up to £100 as standard; if the part is worth more, tell us its value and we confirm any extra cover that can be arranged, and the cost, before you accept.
Collection areas
Kent towns we collect from for Farnborough Airport deliveries
Courier services
Which courier service do you need?
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Same Day Courier
Need it there today, or by a deadline you can’t move? We collect from your door in Kent and drive it direct to the recipient, anywhere in the UK, in a vehicle for your job alone.
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International Hand-Carry Courier
Too important to leave with a network? One of our couriers carries it personally from Kent to the recipient overseas, by road or on board a flight, and hands it over in person.
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Scheduled & Contract Courier
Booking the same journey every week? Agree your collection points, times and vehicle once, and we run it on the days you set.
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Medical & Healthcare Courier
Specimens due at the lab before it closes? We collect from your clinic, surgery or lab in Kent and drive them direct, signed for at each end.
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Schools & Education Courier
Something a school, college or trust needs today? We collect in Kent and drive it direct between sites, to a trip or to a supplier, with a named handover.
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Small Business Courier
No van or driver of your own? Book a courier when you need one. We collect from your business in Kent and drive it direct to your customer or supplier, anywhere in the UK.
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Engineering & Manufacturing Courier
Line down waiting on a part, or a batch due at the next process? We collect in Kent and drive it straight to your engineer, subcontractor or customer the same day.
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Legal Document Courier
Your court bundles, original deeds and completion papers, collected from your office in Kent and handed to a named recipient, with the time recorded.
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Aviation & AOG Courier
Aircraft grounded, or freight that has to make today’s flight? We collect in Kent and drive it to the hangar, MRO or cargo shed, planned around your cut-off.
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Exhibition & Event Courier
Stand kit, graphics, samples or the box that got left behind, collected in Kent and delivered to your venue’s loading bay, timed to your booked slot.
Why not a parcel network?
The Same Day Couriers Kent difference
Less handling on the way
For most same-day jobs, your consignment travels directly with the assigned driver. It is not normally taken to a depot, sorted or moved between vehicles.
The vehicle you actually need
We match the vehicle to your job, from a motorcycle for documents to a 7.5-tonne lorry with tail-lift for pallets, so you're not paying for spare capacity.
You know where it is
The driver keeps you updated while the job is running, and proof of delivery gives you the recipient's name and the time of handover.
Cover agreed before you book
Every consignment includes cover up to £100. Worth more? Tell us the value and, where extra insurance can be arranged, we confirm the cover and cost before you accept.
Common questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, typically 1 hour 20 minutes to 2 hours from Maidstone. Same Day Couriers Kent delivers landside to the stores or reception you name, such as the Gulfstream or Dassault service centres. Enquiries are answered 24/7, 365 days a year, because a grounded jet doesn’t wait for office hours.
Usually the M20, the M26 and the M25 clockwise to junction 12, then the M3 to junction 4 or 4A, typically 70 to 80 miles from Maidstone. If the south-west M25 is blocked, your Same Day Couriers Kent driver reroutes and sends a revised arrival time.
No. Same Day Couriers Kent treats them as separate delivery points. Farnborough Airport is the business aviation airport, with its terminal at Meadow Gate, GU14 6XA. Farnborough International, next to the airfield, has its own access and booking-in rules, so tell us which one when you enquire.
Yes. Same Day Couriers Kent takes crew documents and passports from Kent to the Farnborough Airport terminal for handover to the named handler or crew member before departure. Send the recipient’s name, a mobile number and the departure time, and you get the handover time as proof of delivery.