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Most people have taken or collected friends or relatives from the airport an to be able to do so with the minimum amount of waiting around certainly eases the whole experience. generally one is expected to arrive prior to check in time for flight departures unless you have been told by the airline that it is OK to delay your arrival. Departure times revolve around far more than simply taking off and the check in desks may be needed for another flight so best always to arrive at the time advised to drop your passengers off or indeed embark on your own trip.

Flight arrivals are another thing altogether and generally an estimated arrival time can be obtained a soon as the aircraft you are waiting for has left it's destination. Generally you will need the flight number and sometimes where is is coming from to check the arrival time.

If collecting someone always allow a minimum of half an hour to allow for baggage reclaim and customs. If collecting someone from a longhaul flight best allow an hour.