How do I get from Marseille Airport to Aix-en-Provence?

Take bus A2 from the airport bus station, between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. In the Métropole's timetable data it has the same times every day, from 05:35 and then every 30 minutes until 23:05, with two later buses at 23:40 and 00:25. The one gap is the public holiday on Wednesday 11 November, when the data shows no A2 buses although lecar says the line runs all year, so check with lecar for that day. It reaches Aix-en-Provence TGV station in 10 minutes and the Aix bus station (Pôle d'Échanges) in 32 to 38 minutes. A single costs €15.

How do I get from Marseille Airport to Marseille city centre?

Bus A1 runs direct by motorway to the bus station at Marseille Saint-Charles railway station. In the timetable data it leaves every 10 minutes between 07:00 and 20:00 and every 20 minutes early in the morning and in the evening, every day, and takes 22 to 30 minutes. The airport itself allows 30 to 50 minutes. A single costs €15, a return €25.

What time is the last bus from Marseille Airport?

To Aix, the last A2 leaves at 00:25 every night. To Marseille, the operator's data shows a last A1 at 01:50 every night into December, but the airport's English page and its ticket shop say the 01:50 runs only from May to October, with 01:40 as the last departure from November to April. From 1 November, plan on 01:40.

Is there a train from Marseille Airport?

Not at the terminal. Bus 13 takes about 5 minutes to Vitrolles Aéroport Marseille Provence station; it is not free, a single is €1.20 on board. From there, in Région Sud's ZOU! train data from 26 October, 39 trains a day run to Marseille Saint-Charles on weekdays and 27 to 29 on Saturdays and Sundays, but none to Aix-en-Provence. Bus 13 stops at 21:24 on weekdays and 21:02 at weekends and on public holidays.

How much is a taxi from Marseille Airport?

We found no flat fare. Service Public's 2026 list of airport flat fares covers Paris, Nice and Toulouse, not Marseille, and the airport refers to kilometre fares set by the prefect's order, so expect the meter. We could not obtain the 2026 fare order, so we give no price. The rank is in front of Terminal 1. By road it is about 25 to 26 km to central Marseille and 26 to 27 km to central Aix on our map check.

Will my transfer driver wait if my flight is late?

Up to a point. Your driver comes for the pickup time you booked, and the 60 minutes of free waiting at airports start then, so a long delay can use them up. If your flight is delayed, message your driver in the LocalsRide chat.

Marseille Airport to Aix-en-Provence and Marseille city centre

Marseille Provence Airport is at Marignane, north-west of Marseille. On our map check, central Marseille is about 20 km to the south-east in a straight line and about 25 to 26 km by road, and the centre of Aix-en-Provence is about 20 km to the north-east, about 26 to 27 km by road. The airport has two terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, with the bus station between them. Two airport buses, A2 to Aix and A1 to Marseille Saint-Charles, a local bus to a railway station, taxis and booked cars cover both trips.

This guide uses the Métropole’s and Région Sud’s timetable data, the operators’ and airport’s pages, and Service Public. All times below are for 26 October 2026 onwards, after the clocks change, and say which days they cover. Where the airport’s pages and the timetable data differ, we say so.

The short answer

Option	Time	Price	Best for
Bus A2 to Aix	32 to 38 minutes to the Aix bus station	€15 single	Aix centre, from 05:35 to 00:25 (the data has no buses on 11 November)
Bus A2 to Aix TGV	10 minutes	€6 single	A TGV from Aix-en-Provence TGV station
Bus A1 to Marseille	22 to 30 minutes to Saint-Charles in the timetable; the airport allows 30 to 50	€15 single, €25 return	Marseille centre, every day from 04:05 to 01:40 (November to April, per the airport)
Bus 13 and a train	About 5 minutes by bus, then 14 to 24 minutes by train on weekdays, up to 33 on some Saturdays	€1.20 for the bus, plus an SNCF ticket	Marseille only, light luggage, until the last bus 13 (21:24 on weekdays, 21:02 at weekends and on public holidays)
Taxi	About 25 to 27 km by road	Meter; we found no flat fare	Arrivals after the last bus, door to door
Private transfer	Door to door	Offered by drivers when you book; the accepted price does not change	Late landings, families, addresses away from the bus stops

Bus A2 to Aix-en-Provence

The line. A2 (formerly line 40) belongs to the Métropole’s lecar network. From the airport it calls at Aix-en-Provence TGV station, then at Pôle d’Activités and P+R Plan d’Aillane, and ends at the Aix-en-Provence bus station, which lecar calls the Pôle d’Échanges and the airport calls the gare routière. Towards Aix, the two middle stops are for getting off only, and on request: tell the driver when you board. From the bus station to Cours Mirabeau is about 1 km on foot on our map check.

Where to board. At the airport bus station, between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. The airport’s map link for A2 points to platform (quai) 3.

Timetable. We checked every day in the Métropole’s timetable data from 19 October to 13 December, and on sample days to 22 December. The times are the same every day, Monday to Sunday, before and after 25 October, with one exception: the data has no A2 buses on Wednesday 11 November, a public holiday. The lecar timetable valid from 24 August 2026 says the line runs all year, Monday to Sunday, so the gap may be in the data only; check with lecar if you travel that day.

From the airport: 05:35, then every 30 minutes, at 05 and 35 past the hour, until 23:05; then 23:40 and 00:25.
To Aix-en-Provence TGV: 10 minutes.
To the Aix bus station: 32 to 38 minutes. The longest rides in the data, 36 to 38 minutes, are on buses leaving the airport between 08:05 and 09:05 and between 17:05 and 18:35. The airport says “30 minutes environ” and its ticket shop “35 minutes environ”.

Fares. lecar changed the A2 fares on 1 July 2026. A single between Aix and the airport is €15, two journeys cost €25 (the airport’s shop sells this as a return), and a single between Aix-en-Provence TGV and the airport is €6. lecar lists lower fares for 6 to 11 year olds and for 12 to 25 year olds.

Tickets. lecar’s timetable lists the online shop and app of La Métropole Mobilité, ticket machines at Aix-en-Provence, Aix TGV and the airport, the Métropole’s shops, and buying on board by contactless bank card, phone or watch, or in cash with the exact amount. The airport also sells A2 tickets in its online shop and at the ticket office (guichet) at the airport, by card or cash.

Bus A1 to Marseille Saint-Charles

The line. A1 runs direct by motorway, with no stops in between, from the airport bus station to the bus station at Marseille Saint-Charles, the city’s main railway station.

Timetable. In the Métropole’s timetable data the A1 has the same times every day of the week, from 19 October into mid-December.

From the airport: 04:05, 04:25 and 04:40, then every 20 minutes from 05:00 to 07:00, every 10 minutes from 07:00 to 20:00, and every 20 minutes after that until 01:40.
The last bus: the data shows a last departure at 01:50 every night, and the airport’s French page gives 01:50 without mentioning a season. The airport’s English page says the 01:50 runs “only from may to october”, and its ticket shop gives the last departure as “01h50 (1h40 de novembre à avril)”. From 1 November, plan on 01:40.
Journey time: 22 to 30 minutes in the timetable, with the longest times in the morning and late-afternoon peaks. The airport’s page allows “between 30 and 50 minutes in normal traffic conditions”, its ticket shop says 25 minutes and RTM about 30.

Fares and tickets. The airport’s online shop sells the A1 at €15 single and €25 return for an adult (from age 26). The airport also lists its ticket office (card or cash) and paying on board by contactless bank card, and says the driver sells tickets when the ticket office is closed. RTM, which runs the Saint-Charles bus station, says A1 drivers do not sell tickets, though contactless payment on board is possible; buy online or at the ticket office if you can.

From Saint-Charles to the Vieux-Port. The Vieux-Port is about 1.4 km on foot from the Saint-Charles bus station on our map check, or two stops on metro line M1 (Colbert, then Vieux-Port), which takes 2 to 3 minutes in the timetable data. An RTM Carte 1 voyage costs €1.70 and gives 59 minutes of connections; RTM also lets you pay with a contactless bank card at the metro gates. Note the evening closures: because of works before the metro is automated, RTM closes the metro on Monday to Wednesday evenings, with the last trains leaving the end stations at 21:30 and free relay buses every 10 minutes from 21:30 to 00:30. In the data, the last M1 from Saint-Charles to Vieux-Port is at 21:40 on those evenings and about 00:40 on Thursday to Sunday. RTM says the metro stays open normally on public holidays.

Bus 13 and the train via Vitrolles

The nearest railway station is Vitrolles Aéroport Marseille Provence (VAMP), about 1.4 km east of the airport bus station in a straight line and about 2.5 km on foot by road on our map check. The airport sends you there on bus 13 (lebus+ 13) from the bus station, platform 5. The airport puts the ride at about 5 minutes.

The bus is not free. The airport and SNCF both give the fare as €1.20 for a single bought on board; the airport says you can pay the driver by card or in cash, and lists a 10-ticket book at €9.

Bus 13 times. These come from the airport’s 2026 bus 13 timetable, which covers Monday to Friday “toute l’année” (all year) and Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The Métropole’s data has bus 13 only up to 18 October, and for those days it matches the timetable.

Monday to Friday: from the airport every 12 minutes, 06:24 to 21:24. From the station, 06:23 to 21:42.
Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays: from the airport at 06:17 and 06:47, then every 15 minutes to 21:02. From the station at 06:03, then every 15 minutes from 06:28 to 21:13.

Trains to Marseille Saint-Charles. In Région Sud’s ZOU! train data from 26 October:

Monday to Friday: 39 trains, from just after 06:00 (06:06 to 06:11, depending on the day) to 22:14 or 22:15. There is a gap of 84 to 85 minutes in the late morning, with no train between about 10:53 and 12:17.
Saturday and Sunday: 27 to 29 trains, from 06:53 to 06:55 until 21:58 or 21:59. Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November have 29 each.
Journey time: 14 to 24 minutes on weekdays; 13 to 27 minutes on 31 October and 1 November, and up to 33 minutes on some Saturdays from 21 November.

In practice the bus sets the limits: at weekends the first bus 13 reaches the station in time for the first train, at 06:53 or 06:55, while on weekdays the first bus leaves the airport at 06:24, after the first trains have gone; and after the last bus (21:24 on weekdays, 21:02 at weekends) the route is closed.

No train to Aix. In the ZOU! data, no train from Vitrolles Aéroport Marseille Provence calls at Aix-en-Provence or at Aix-en-Provence TGV. For Aix, take bus A2.

Train tickets. The airport lists SNCF ticket machines at the airport (card only) and online sales. SNCF says the ticket office at the station is no longer in service.

Taxis

The airport says its taxi rank is in front of Terminal 1, with 86 vehicles available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and payment by cash or card.

The fare. We found no flat taxi fare for Marseille Provence. Service Public’s list of 2026 airport flat fares covers Paris, Nice and Toulouse, not Marseille, and the airport refers to kilometre fares set by the prefect’s order (the order it links to is from 2022), so expect the meter. We could not obtain the Bouches-du-Rhône prefect’s 2026 fare order, so we give no price here. On our map check the drive is about 25 to 26 km to central Marseille and about 26 to 27 km to central Aix; Aix-en-Provence TGV station is about 12 km by road.

If someone is dropping you off or collecting you

The airport’s help centre names these places for a short stop:

Terminal 1: the PA Minute and PB Minute car parks, with the first 20 minutes free, and the Dépose express in front of Terminal 1, with the first 8 minutes free.
Terminal 2: the P2 Minute car park, with the first 15 minutes free.

After the free time the airport’s price list applies:

Dépose express: €1 per minute from 8 to 20 minutes, €0.50 per minute from 20 to 30 minutes, then €0.20 per minute up to 3 hours; €60 from 3 to 12 hours and €100 from 12 to 24 hours.
PA Minute and PB Minute: €4 from 20 to 30 minutes, then €1 per 10 minutes up to an hour and €1 per 15 minutes up to 12 hours; €50 from 12 to 24 hours.
P2 Minute: €3.50 from 15 to 20 minutes, €4 from 20 to 30 minutes, then the same as PA and PB.

The airport says these rates apply for up to two entries a day per vehicle, and a €50 flat rate applies from the third entry of the day.

Going back to the airport

From Aix: A2 leaves the Aix bus station at 04:50, 05:20, 05:45, 06:10 and 06:40, then every 30 minutes until 22:40, and a last bus at 23:25, with the same times every day except 11 November (see below). The ride takes 32 to 39 minutes. Between Aix and Aix TGV the A2 runs every 15 minutes, but only every second bus goes on to the airport, so check the bus you board.
From Marseille: A1 leaves Saint-Charles at 03:30, 03:45 and 04:00, then every 20 minutes until 07:00, every 10 minutes from 07:00 to 20:00, and every 20 minutes until 01:00. The airport says the 01:15 runs only from May to October, and its shop gives 01:00 as the last departure from November to April. The ride takes 22 to 35 minutes in the data. The airport adds that between 01:00 and 04:30 the Saint-Charles transport hub is reached by the stairs on place Victor Hugo, on the university side.

Public holidays

1 November (All Saints’ Day) falls on a Sunday this year. In the data, A1 and A2 keep their usual times, the trains run their Sunday service (29 to Saint-Charles), and bus 13 runs its weekend and holiday timetable. On Wednesday 11 November, also a public holiday, the data shows the A1 as usual, 29 trains instead of the weekday 39, and the metro open in the evening, and bus 13 runs its weekend and holiday timetable, with the last bus from the airport at 21:02, but no A2 buses; lecar says the line runs all year, so check with lecar before relying on it that day.

Which option suits your trip

Staying in central Aix: bus A2 to the bus station. It runs every 30 minutes until 23:05, then at 23:40 and 00:25 (check 11 November with lecar).
Catching a TGV at Aix-en-Provence TGV: the A2 again, 10 minutes for €6.
Staying in central Marseille: bus A1 to Saint-Charles, then the metro or a 1.4 km walk to the Vieux-Port.
Travelling light on a weekday daytime, to Marseille only: bus 13 and the train, if the train times suit you.
A family of four: four adult singles on A1 or A2 cost €60, before any onward metro tickets. A taxi runs on the meter.
Landing after the last bus: after 00:25 to Aix and after 01:40 to Marseille (November to April), a taxi or a car booked in advance.

The private transfer

On LocalsRide you post your route, date, time and the number of passengers. Local drivers send offers showing the vehicle and a price, with a star rating from past passengers once the driver has completed rides. You choose one and pay by card online, and the price of the accepted offer does not change.

The driver comes for the pickup time you booked, and airport pickups include 60 minutes of free waiting from then, so a long delay can use them up. If your flight is delayed, message your driver in the LocalsRide chat. If you ask for a name sign, each offer shows whether the driver will meet you with one; otherwise you agree a pick-up point with the driver. Child seats and a note about your luggage go in your request, so drivers see them before they make an offer, and each offer’s details show the vehicle’s luggage capacity.

A booked car makes most sense where the buses are weakest: after the last A2 or A1, for an address in Aix or Marseille away from the bus station and the metro, with several suitcases, or for a group, where four adult bus fares already come to €60. For one or two people travelling light to central Aix or Saint-Charles in the daytime, the A2 or A1 is the sensible answer.

Checking a transfer for your date

Whether you get offers on this route depends on the drivers available on your date. Enter your landing time and your address and see what offers arrive before you count on a car, then compare them with the A2 and A1 buses and the taxi above. Driver offers for Marseille Provence are on our Marseille Airport transfer page.