Are taxis readily available at Budapest airport? is the first question going through your mind on your Budapest trip ,If your plan is to use Budapest taxis over public transport.
Specially if you are used to using uber in USA, coming to any other country, you would be wondering Is Uber available at the Budapest airport? Unfortunately, in 2024 Uber is not operating in Budapest,since it closed its operation some years ago.
Although you can take the Bus 100E which takes you directly to city center for around 5 USD from the Budapest Airport, make sure to bring with you a comfortable backpack and trolley luggage. We recommend checking the smart luggage from Horizn Studios that you can get with 20% discount code HSxBudapezt.
Since Uber Budapest taxis cannot be found at Liszt Ferenc Airport, we mention other taxi companies that can be used to come from airport to city. Click here to book your taxi from Airport.
The best taxi fare calculators for Budapest are from KiwiTaxi and SunTransfers.
Budapest Taxis are definitely available at Liszt Ferenc Airport 24 hours a day, however, not all bring the same credibility. You must be aware of the Budapest taxi scams where a taxi without logo can charge you 1.5 times of what a normal taxi in Budapest with do.
You will even find a lot of Budapest taxi drivers standing in front of arrivals section and offering you the ride. Never travel with them as there are still reports of overcharging with those taxis.
Our first advise to either book a taxi in advance. Other option is to install Budapest taxi app,register yourself even before arriving to Hungary. And once you are at Budapest airport, order taxi with it.
Taxi companies at Budapest Airport
Once you are out of the Budapest airport arrivals, you will see taxis from major registered brands picking up passengers. However, you would be wondering which of these is best,and where are their offices. As of Jan 2024, there is only one taxi office in front of Budapest airport, and that is of FoTaxi. Other taxi companies in Budapest do not have any offices at the Liszt ferenc airport,hence you have to order their taxi online.
We used the apps of the major brands in Budapest and try to find, which taxi company has more taxis at the airport.
City Taxi Budapest Airport
City taxi in Budapest does not have any office at Budapest Airport. There is no option to see the list of available taxis using their website,but this function is available in their app.
In the app it shows Budapest airport as Budapest Nemzetikozi Repuloter (Meaning Budapest international Airport) as well as Liszt Ferenc Repuloter(which is the name of the Budapest Airport).
If you want to get a transfer from Budapest airport to city center,you can book your taxi here.You can use the taxi fare comparator from KiwiTaxi and SunTransfers to select the best one.
However, around 6 am in the morning, we could find quite a few taxis, which means once you book the taxi through the App, you easily onboard the taxi in around 5 mins.
Taxi4 Taxi Budapest Airport
Taxi4 Budapest does not have any physical office at Budapest Airport. Additionally,their website does provide any live information about number of taxis at Budapest airport.
However, you can find Taxi4 taxis reaching there in few minutes. Around 6AM we could found some taxis nearby. Although Taxi4 shows Budapest Nemzetkozi Repuloter in the app,but uses its older name i.e. Ferihegy.
Bolt Taxi Budapest Airport
Bolt is one the best online booking taxi app in Budapest. However, it does not have any office or booth at Budapest airport.
Bolt taxi website does not provide any live data on their website,but only through their mobile app.
If you want to get a transfer from Budapest airport to city center,you can book your taxi here.You can use the taxi fare comparator from KiwiTaxi and SunTransfers to select the best one.
Checking the Bolt App, we could find a taxi near the Budapest Airport. Assuming 6AM in the morning is not a very crowded time, if you are planning to book a Bolt taxi at Budapest airport,we assume it will be available in few minutes as taxis at Airport are also subject to the load of arriving visitors.
Fo Taxi Budapest Airport
FOTaxi in Budapest has a big booth when you come out of the arrivals section. This booth may have some small or large queue for passengers depending upon the number of flights arriving at that time.
If you want to get a transfer from Budapest airport to city center,you can book your taxi here.You can use the taxi fare comparator from KiwiTaxi and SunTransfers to select the best one.
Being the official partner of Budapest Airport, we would assume that FoTaxi will have more taxis than any other taxi company at Budapest Airport.
This was certainly true,as at 6AM Fo Taxi had more than 4 taxis at the airport.
Best Taxi Budapest Airport
Best Taxi in Budapest does have taxis at the Budapest Airport. They do not have any office at the Liszt Ferenc Airport.
However, at 6 AM we did find a taxi around the airport,which could arrive in few minutes if you order it using their application. Here is the print screen of the Best Taxi app in Budapest,as their website does not have any such functionality.
