Cork Airport

Cork Airport (ORK)

Cork Airport (in Irish: Aerfort Chorcaí) is the second largest airport in Ireland after Dublin International Airport. In 2006 a new, extremely modern terminal was opened. The airport is now better equipped to process the three million passengers per year. Cork Airport is an important airport for the Irish airline Aer Lingus and budget airline Ryanair. There are direct international connections with cities including London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris and New York. Cork is on the south coast where the river Lee flows into Cork Harbour, a profound bay of the sea. The airport regularly contends with bad weather conditions. Under those circumstances airplanes are redirected to Shannon, Kerry or Dublin.

Local transport

Train

There is no train connection with Cork Airport. Trains go to all important destinations in Ireland from Kent Station in Cork. It is also the main station for city trains in Cork.

Car and bus

The airport is six kilometers south of the centre of Cork at the end of the motorway N27. The motorway goes further to the south by way of the R600 (to Kinsale).

Every half hour a Skylink shuttle bus leaves to Cork. This bus goes to all of the large hotels. There are also city busses that go from the airport to Cork with a travel time of approximately 25 minutes.

Car rental Cork Airport

In the Arrivals Hall you can find the counters for various car rental companies including Avis, Budget, Hertz, Europcar, Irish Car Rentals, Alamo, National and Thrifty. You can also reserve a rental car in advance using the service EasyTerra provides. They compare the rates of several providers in a single quote.

Taxi

Taxis are outside of the Arrivals Hall. A ride to the centre of Cork costs about € 15.00.

Airport Parking

Right next to the new terminal is a parking garage for short term parking (1 hour: € 2.00, 6 hours: € 7.50). There are two parking areas for long term parking (3 days: € 17.00, 15 days: €60.00). You are lead to a free parking place by electronic boards. Regular users of the parking facilities at Cork Airport are entitled to reduced rates.

Services

Hotels

There is one hotel at the airport that is directly across from the terminal: Radisson SAS. For more hotels and reserving online you can go to Booking.com. They have a large offering of hotels with great internet rates.

Shops and restaurants

With the completion of the new terminal the offering of bars, restaurants and shops has greatly expanded at Cork Airport. You will not find an à la carte restaurant, but there is a special sports bar (with large television screens), a Starbucks (coffee) and a Subway (sandwiches).

Baggage

Because of security reasons there are no baggage safes at Cork Airport. The office for lost and found items is available by telephone at tel: +353(0)21 4329600.

Information

There is an information counter in the Arrivals Hall between the car rental companies and the Londis shop (tel: +353(0)21 4313131).

Business

The Jack Lynch Executive Lounge that is accessible for business class passengers (€ 20.00), Priority Pass holders and Aer Lingus Gold Circle Club members is in the Departures Hall across from Gate 8. The lounge is open from 06:00 to 21:00 (tel: +353(0)21 4328854).

Excellent facilities for conferences are available in the Great Southern Hotel at the airport.

Handicapped persons

The new terminal is completely adapted for handicapped persons. There are adapted restrooms, telephones, elevators and wheelchair ramps. There are special parking places for handicapped persons on the ground level of the short term parking garage.

Other services

The bank and money exchange office can be found next to the bookstore Hughes & Hughes. The money exchange office (Bureau de Change) is open Monday-Friday from 06:45 to 20:00 and Sat-Sun from 09:00 to 18:30. The Bank of Ireland is only open weekdays from 10:00 to 16:00. There are two cash machines close by: one gives only euros and the other gives euros and British pounds.

There is no post office at the airport, but you can buy stamps at the Skyshop on the ground floor.

Contact

Address

Cork Airport
Kinsale Road
Co Cork
Ireland

Telephone, fax, email

Telephone: +353(0)21 4313131
Fax: +353(0)21 4313441
Email: through the contact form

Airport codes

IATA airport code: ORK
ICAO airport code: EICK