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Same Day Courier to Stansted Airport from Kent
If you're a Kent exporter, forwarder or aircraft engineer with a Stansted cut-off, Same Day Couriers Kent collects from your site and drives straight to the cargo area off Pincey Road. From Maidstone it's typically 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes via the Dartford Crossing, the M25 and the M11 to junction 8.
Delivery details
Delivering to Stansted Airport: what to know
Stansted is one of the UK’s main express and freighter airports, so it’s where integrators and cargo airlines take consignments that won’t fit or won’t make a Heathrow flight. Typical Kent jobs are freighter exports, express consignments for an integrator and parts for aircraft on the ground.
How long does it take from Kent?
From Maidstone it’s typically 65 to 75 miles: over the Dartford Crossing, round the M25 to junction 27 and up the M11 to junction 8. The Dart Charge applies. The Dartford approach and the Essex stretch of the M25 are the weak points, so we set your collection time with them in mind. For most same-day jobs your goods stay with one driver the whole way.
Where does the driver hand it over?
Landside at goods-in, at the unit on your booking in Cargo Area South off Pincey Road. That includes the Swissport Cargo Terminal at Unit B (CM24 1QJ), the FedEx Air Freight Center and the World Cargo Centre, which runs round the clock. The handling agent takes it from there.
What do I need to tell you?
The collection postcode, the unit and reference, the cut-off, and what you’re sending, including size and weight so we match the vehicle, from a motorcycle or small car to a van or larger vehicle. Declare dangerous goods at booking. Cover up to £100 is standard; for anything worth more, give us its approximate value and, where extra cover can be arranged, we confirm the level and cost before you accept.
Collection areas
Kent towns we collect from for Stansted 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
Typically 65 to 75 miles, which Same Day Couriers Kent usually drives in 1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes. The route crosses the Thames at Dartford, then follows the M25 to junction 27 and the M11 to junction 8. Dartford Crossing traffic is the biggest single factor.
Yes. Same Day Couriers Kent delivers to whichever Stansted facility is on your booking, including the FedEx Air Freight Center and the Swissport Cargo Terminal in Cargo Area South. We hand over landside at goods-in with your reference and send proof of delivery with the name and time.
It can be, if your forwarder confirms space and a later cut-off. Stansted carries a lot of freighter and express traffic, so options sometimes exist later in the day. Your forwarder picks the flight; Same Day Couriers Kent gets the goods there in time.
Some, by road, if you declare them when you book so Same Day Couriers Kent can confirm the ADR requirements and the right vehicle. Whether the airline accepts them by air is a separate check by the airline and handling agent, so get your forwarder to confirm that first.