Arrivals
Every Budapest flight lands at Terminal 2, one building divided into 2A and 2B around the central SkyCourt, roughly 20 km from the middle of Pest. Work through passport control, lift your cases off the belt, then claim skis, boards and golf bags from the outsize counter. The 100E stop and the regulated taxi rank sit a few steps beyond the doors. Your e-ticket carries your driver's name and a number that is answered day or night.
Private transfers
Look for your surname on a board in the arrivals hall, just beyond the barrier, held by a driver with the 'hoppa' logo.
Minibuses and coaches
These load at the coach park rather than the kerb. Confirm your numbers when you book and the correct size is parked and waiting.
Delays & Driver Info
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Free waiting time
You get up to 60 minutes of free waiting after your flight lands. On an international arrival a 30-minute buffer is added before the waiting time starts, which covers a slow non-Schengen passport queue arriving from the UK.
Delayed, diverted or landing early?
Your driver works from the live arrival time rather than the one you booked on. Freezing fog on the plain is the local hazard here and occasionally sends a flight to Debrecen or across to Vienna. Your operator spots it first and contacts you to reposition or rebook. A delay just moves the pick-up, with nothing for you to do.
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Can't find your driver?
Stay put in Terminal 2 rather than heading outside and call the number on your e-ticket. hoppa's team picks up in an average of 11 seconds, a 99.7% call answer rate: a real person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The hoppa help centre answers most questions before you need to call.
What to do around Budapest?
If the flight home leaves late in the day, the city is generous with spare hours.
- Széchenyi and Gellért both open early, and an hour in an outdoor thermal pool in December is the local argument for winter.
- The Great Market Hall on Fővám tér runs three floors of paprika, langos and leatherwork, five minutes from the Danube.
- The Advent market on Vörösmarty tér is the city's oldest, with a second running in front of St Stephen's Basilica.