Car rental prices at Nottingham Airport

For October 2026, booked about a month ahead, a good price for a rental car at Nottingham Airport is around $54 a day for a Compact (a Nissan Juke-sized car). An Economy is $47 a day. In the last 2 weeks before pickup a Compact is nearer $44. If your quote is well over these, the price checker will tell you for your exact dates.

Waiting pays off at Nottingham Airport, where booking late saves about 29%: across the year, a Compact averages $66 a day 9 months before pickup against $51 around 2 weeks before. Prices stay relatively flat across months, so timing your booking matters far more than the travel calendar. In October 2026, an Economy car sits at $47 a day a month before pickup and drops to $38 in the final 2 weeks. Across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 48% of our customers book within 2 weeks of travel.

Budget and Avis are the cheapest companies at Nottingham Airport for a Compact car, both averaging $50 a day over the last 12 months from 503 and 573 prices. Alamo and Enterprise sit close behind at $54 a day, while National averages $61. All 6 counters are located directly at the terminal, but 4 of them require a credit card. Budget has enough recent reviews to hold an 87/100 score, whereas Avis does not yet have enough reviews for a score.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

National is the best-reviewed company at Nottingham Airport, scoring 88/100 from 109 reviews with an average desk wait of 22 minutes. Budget scores 87/100 from 37 reviews while offering the lowest Compact price at $50 a day, though the counter wait averages 26 minutes. Alamo serves renters in 6 minutes on average, but with 7 reviews it does not yet have enough reviews for a score. Enterprise and Avis also do not yet have enough reviews for an overall score.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At Nottingham Airport, security deposits held on your card range from $270 with Enterprise and National to $2,427 with Drivalia, and only 2 of the 6 counters take a debit card. The remaining 4 desks require a credit card for the deposit. If you plan to pay without a credit card, filter for debit card acceptance before comparing options. The exact deposit and card terms are listed beside each vehicle in your results.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

The biggest catch at Nottingham Airport is that 4 of the 6 desks refuse debit cards, and desk queues can take up to 26 minutes during busy weekday morning arrivals. Budget and Avis both average over 20 minutes at the counter, whereas Alamo gets you moving in 6 minutes. Deposits can also tie up considerable credit, reaching $2,427 at Drivalia. If you land with back-to-back meetings, taking 26 minutes to reach the motorway quickly turns your schedule into someone else's problem.

Only 14% of prices at Nottingham Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

For motorway driving between Midlands cities, pick a Compact car like a Nissan Juke at Nottingham Airport, priced at $54 a day for October 2026 with 5 seats and room for 3 bags. An Economy car like an Opel Corsa costs $47 a day but holds only 2 bags, while an Intermediate like a Nissan Qashqai provides 4 bags of luggage capacity for $65. Automatics make up 54% of cars on offer and cost $66 a day, which is $13 more a day than a manual Compact car. Electric cars account for only 1% of the fleet, so do not rely on finding one available.