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Isn't arriving one hour before the flight already pretty tight since boarding closes 30-40 Minutes before. If there is some kind of queue at security you will h

• thesumofall 8y ago
  And for the regular travelers among us it’s 40min before departure - using the fast lane and knowing that boarding won’t close earlier than 15min before take off
  • isostatic 8y ago
    Depends how much you trust the trip to the airport. I used to be a 7 minute taxi/30 minute walk away, so I'd leave home at t-45, if the taxi didn't turn up I'd still have time, if it did turn up I had time for a coffee in the lounge. Now I live further away it's much more variable. If I'm travelling from Heathrow T5 you have to be into security at t-35, so off the train at t-40, so out of Paddington at t-62, add a bit of leeway means leaving Paddington at t-80 to t-90 depending when the trains are due. If it's a long haul where there only one flight a day I may well push it out to plan to arrive at an airport as early as t-75, which while excessive, is just in case there are problems like punctures or whatever.
• dmitriid 8y ago
  Boarding closes 10 minutes before. If you only have your carry-on luggage, and if you're lucky with lines at metal detectors, it takes ~20-30 minutes from the time you enter the airport to get to the plane (YMMV for some of the larger and busier airports).
• taejo 8y ago
  IME the "boarding closes" time is usually the time that boarding opens in reality (at least on budget airlines in Europe).