Reserve an airport transfer in Irvine: your bags set the car size, and your yes starts the booking
Reserve an airport transfer in Irvine or a nearby Orange County town by starting with what rides along: your load decides the size of car the desk asks for. Within two phone hours the desk replies in writing, with one local company's fixed fare when a car of that size is free. After your yes, that company confirms and drives you to or from John Wayne Airport, LAX or Long Beach Airport.
from $110for the car, one way: a sedan from Irvine to John Wayne Airport at the low end, up to $235 for an SUV from Mission Viejo to LAXFuel, the airport's trip fee and tolls are inside the figure; a tip is up to you.
Service areas: eighteen Orange County towns, among them Irvine with Woodbridge, Turtle Rock and Northwood, Tustin, Costa Mesa, Mission Viejo and Seal Beach; see every town.
Call +1 (949) 794-6207
School year: Monday to Saturday 5:30 a.m. until 9:30 p.m., Sunday 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Summer and the two holiday stretches: every day 5:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
Your payment goes to the local company that drives you; it holds its own state permit, sets its fare and confirms in its own name. That company, never you, pays the desk in Irvine one flat fee per completed ride.
A slider for every suitcase
One form covers all three airports; once you pick yours, step two offers only that airport's terminals, and you may leave the choice at "Not sure yet."
Drawn to scale, counted in points
First the three car sizes, with the riders and load points each one takes. Then a short table draws a few items to scale on a one-foot grid, each with its points and the smallest car to ask for. Points are the desk's rule of thumb, never a promise.
| Car size | Riders | Load points it takes | In plain terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sedan | 3 | 3 | Three riders with two large suitcases and two carry-ons |
| SUV | 6 | 6 | Six riders with about six suitcases, or fewer riders and a golf bag or two |
| SUV, third row folded | 4 | 9 | Four riders and long gear laid flat behind them: skis, snowboards, a bike box |
| Item | Drawn to scale, seen from above | Typical size | Load points | Smallest car to ask for | Tell the desk this |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bags and suitcases | |||||
| Carry-on rolleroverhead-bin size, two wheels or four | 22 × 14 in | 22 × 14 × 9 in | 0.5 | Sedan | Count it with the carry-ons and small bags |
| Large suitcase28- to 30-inch checked bag | 30 × 20 in | 30 × 20 × 12 in | 1 | Sedan | Count it on the suitcase slider |
| Golf, surf and ski | |||||
| Golf bag, soft travel coverclubs in a padded cover | 52 × 15 in | 52 × 15 × 13 in | 2 | SUV | Count it as a golf bag |
| Ski bag, one pairskis and poles | 72 × 12 in | 72 × 12 × 7 in | 2 | SUV, third row folded | Count it with the ski, snowboard, bike and rod bags |
| Child seats and strollers | |||||
| Full-size strollerfolded, wheels on | 32 × 24 in | 32 × 24 × 14 in | 1 | Sedan | Count it as a stroller |
| Cases and instruments | |||||
| Guitar in a hard caseacoustic or electric | 42 × 16 in | 42 × 16 × 5 in | 1 | Sedan | Count it with the guitars and small hard cases |
Bike boxes, display cases and the rest of the fit list are on the page about an airport transfer for luggage and gear in Irvine.
What rides with you decides the size
Riders are easy to count; the bags, boards and strollers behind them decide the car. Three riders with carry-ons ask for a sedan, two riders with golf bags for an SUV. The biggest the desk asks for is an SUV, which seats 6 riders, or 4 when skis, boards or a bike box take the space of its third row.
Suitcases, duffels and carry-ons
Suitcases, duffels, taped boxes, bodyboard and dive bags count one point each, carry-ons half; a sedan takes about three points.
Planning an airport transfer with extra luggage in Irvine? Boxes, garment bags and rolling duffels each have a row there.
Golf bags, skis and bikes
Golf bags count two points each and need an SUV; ski, snowboard, bike and rod bags ride with its third row folded.
Clubs, skis and boards are counted one by one on the page for an airport transfer with golf bags in Orange County.
Kids' strollers and car seats
A stroller counts one point in a sedan. A child seat takes a rider seat; the company can bring one when asked.
Families with seats and strollers can count both on the page for an airport transfer with car seats in Orange County.
Guitars, cellos and hard cases
Guitars and small hard cases are one point in a sedan; cellos, keyboards and display cases are two points in an SUV.
Need an airport transfer with instrument cases in Irvine? That page shows where a cello or light stand bag belongs.
Each airport's curbs, miles and fares
Every figure is for the whole car, one way, required charges inside, tip outside. Each covers the ride itself for its town, airport and car size, and is the most a company may charge through the desk for that ride. Extras you ask for go on their own lines on top; the whole written fare stays within $250 for the car.
John Wayne's two pickup choices
1.4 mi · about 4 min from the deskThe car lets you out at the upper-level curb of Terminal A, B or C. Coming home, bring your bags to the lower level, to a white curb zone or the Ground Transportation Center, as the confirmation says; the driver helps load them there.
- Sedan from $110 for the car, one way, from Irvine; up to $140 from Seal Beach
- SUV from $135 for the car, one way, from Irvine; up to $165 from Seal Beach
Every town's miles, minutes and figures for a John Wayne Airport transfer from Irvine are in one table.
LAX and its outermost curb
42.3 mi · about 53 min from the deskDrop-off is at the upper-level curb of your terminal, 1 through 8 or Tom Bradley International. For the ride back, walk out past baggage claim to the outermost curb of the arrivals level, at the door your confirmation names.
- Sedan from $150 for the car, one way, from Seal Beach; up to $185 from Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach
- SUV from $190 for the car, one way, from Seal Beach; up to $235 from Mission Viejo
Terminal and flight number both go on the form; the page on an LAX airport transfer from Irvine explains why.
Long Beach at the median strip
22.3 mi · about 28 min from the deskThe car takes you to the one terminal. After landing, collect your bags and walk out to the median strip in front of it, where the company's driver meets you and loads the bags at the car.
- Sedan from $125 for the car, one way, from Seal Beach; up to $165 from Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach
- SUV from $150 for the car, one way, from Seal Beach; up to $190 from Laguna Hills, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo and Laguna Beach
Leaving from Long Beach? The town table for a Long Beach Airport transfer from Irvine has every row.
Fare figures set on September 27, 2026, from the fares that car companies in the area publish. A company's written fare for the ride itself, for the same town, airport and car size, is the same or lower; extras you ask for are listed on their own lines. No payment is taken on this site.
Every town's figure, and what each one holds, is set out in the airport transfer rates from Irvine.
Eighteen towns and their miles
Rides start or end at an address in these towns, each shown with its road miles to John Wayne Airport. Irvine's villages Woodbridge, Turtle Rock and Northwood have entries of their own. For another town, say which in the form's note.
- Irvine 3.2 mi
- Irvine, Woodbridge 5.2 mi
- Irvine, Turtle Rock 6.5 mi
- Irvine, Northwood 7.8 mi
- Tustin 6.6 mi
- Costa Mesa 4.4 mi
- Newport Beach 7.8 mi
- Santa Ana 6.1 mi
- Orange 9.8 mi
- Anaheim 14.4 mi
- Lake Forest 11.9 mi
- Laguna Hills 13.6 mi
- Laguna Woods 11.3 mi
- Aliso Viejo 13.5 mi
- Mission Viejo 14.6 mi
- Laguna Beach 13.1 mi
- Huntington Beach 10.2 mi
- Fountain Valley 7.4 mi
- Garden Grove 13.8 mi
- Westminster 11.9 mi
- Seal Beach 17.9 mi
Miles and minutes to all three airports, town by town, are on the page listing airport transfer service areas in Orange County.
Waits, money, changes and your details
How long does the driver wait once my flight lands?
Every company accepts a free wait counted from the moment your flight actually lands: 60 minutes after a domestic flight, 90 after an international one. Past that, waiting is charged only if you ask the driver to stay, at your written fare's rate, and the total stays within $250 for the car.
Do I pay anything on this site?
No payment is taken here, and the desk never charges riders. You pay the company that drives, using a card in the car or the payment route its confirmation gives. The desk's income is a flat fee, equal for every company, which each company carries inside its fare and owes only for a completed ride.
Can I cancel or change a ride after I say yes?
Yes. Canceling stays free until 6 hours before the pickup time; after that, the company may charge as much as the written fare. To move the time, address or load, tell the desk or use the line on the confirmation. The company replies in writing, naming any new size or fare.
Which details reach a company before I accept?
Before your yes, companies asked about a car see only date, time, pickup town, airport, riders, load and any child seats, extra stop or longer wait you ask for. Your name, phone, email, street address and note, child ages included, go only to the company whose fare you accept. Calls and texts concern that request alone; replying STOP ends texts.
Seats, long gear and refunds come up again among the questions about airport transfers in Irvine.
Once the load is counted
The form at the top takes a request at any hour. Or call while the phone is open. To check availability, the desk asks local companies once a request arrives and answers in writing within two phone hours; after-hours requests are read when the phone opens.
The full request page is here: book an airport transfer in Irvine.
