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Edinburgh Airport (EDI) · checked 5 Oct 2026

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Edinburgh Airport

Edinburgh Airport has two hotels you can walk from. Others sit by a tram stop, and a city-centre hotel can work too: the Airlink 100 bus runs all night. Here are the minutes on our map routes, and why the tram alone is too late for a 6am flight.

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3 ways to sleep before an Edinburgh flight

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Walk to the terminal9 minwalk to the terminal

Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh Airport

  • Our route to the main entrance: 0.7 km, about 9 minutes[2] Calculated from map data
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By the tram14 mintram to the airport

Premier Inn Edinburgh Park

  • Our route to the Edinburgh Park Station tram stop: about 4 minutes[3] Calculated from map data
  • Tram to the airport 13 to 14 minutes; the first arrives at 06:15, the last at 00:51[4] Reported by official source
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City centre, night bus24/7Airlink 100

The Old Waverley Hotel

  • Our route to the Airlink 100 stop Waverley Bridge: about 2 minutes[5] Calculated from map data
  • The Airlink 100 runs all night: every 10 to 20 minutes, 23 to 35 minutes to the airport[6] Reported by official source
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Budget option: Travelodge Edinburgh Airport (Ratho Station) (budget chain): Our walking route to the terminal: 2.9 km, about 36 minutes[1] Calculated from map data

What you only find here

Most lists only name the hotels at the airport. We worked out the walk from each one, and read the official timetable data for the tram and the Airlink 100: the first tram reaches the airport only at 06:15, but the Airlink 100 runs all night, so a city-centre hotel by Waverley Bridge also works for the first flights.

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Hotels, walking routes and shuttles

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AHampton by Hilton Edinburgh Airport
BMoxy Edinburgh Airport
CTravelodge Edinburgh Airport (Ratho Station)
DNorton House Hotel
EPremier Inn Edinburgh Park
FNovotel Edinburgh Park
GThe Old Waverley Hotel
HMotel One Edinburgh-Princes
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These are the 8 hotels we checked for this page, not every hotel in the area. Every fact has a label that tells you how we know it. Prices are live, on the booking sites.

How we get these facts
A
Hampton by Hilton Edinburgh AirportWalk to the terminal
To Edinburgh Airport9 min walk[2] Calculated
Shuttlenot needed[7] Official
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B
Moxy Edinburgh AirportWalk to the terminal
To Edinburgh Airport9 min walk[8] Calculated
Shuttlenot checked
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C
Travelodge Edinburgh Airport (Ratho Station)Shuttle or taxi
To Edinburgh Airport36 min walk[1] Calculated
Shuttlenot checked, ask the hotel
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D
Norton House HotelShuttle or taxi
To Edinburgh Airport46 min walk[9] Calculated
Shuttlenot checked, ask the hotel
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E
Premier Inn Edinburgh ParkTram to the airport
To Edinburgh Airporttram, 13–14 min[4] Official
Shuttletram, first at the airport 06:15[4] Official
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F
Novotel Edinburgh ParkTram to the airport
To Edinburgh Airporttram, 13–14 min[4] Official
Shuttletram, first at the airport 06:15[4] Official
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G
The Old Waverley HotelCity centre, night bus
To Edinburgh AirportAirlink 100, 23–35 min[6] Official
ShuttleAirlink 100, all night[6] Official
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H
Motel One Edinburgh-PrincesCity centre, night bus
To Edinburgh AirportAirlink 100, 23–35 min[6] Official
ShuttleAirlink 100, all night[6] Official
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Step by step

Early flight from the city centre

From the official timetable data (5 October 2026 to 5 July 2027), every day of the week.

2–4 minFrom a hotel by Waverley Bridge to the Airlink 100 stop
NightAirlink 100 every 10 to 20 minutes, also between 01:00 and 04:00
23–35 minTo the terminal (for example 03:10, at the airport 03:35)
06:15The first tram only reaches the airport at 06:15
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Flight at 6am

Walk from the Hampton or Moxy (about 9 minutes), or take the Airlink 100 from the city centre. The tram is too late.

Late landing

The last tram leaves the airport at 22:52. After that the Airlink 100 still runs all night.

Hotel at Edinburgh Park

About 4 minutes to the tram stop, then 13 to 14 minutes to the airport.

Hotel further out

The Travelodge and Norton House are 36 to 46 minutes on foot. Ask the hotel about a shuttle.

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Good to know before you book

  • Airlink 100: adult single £6.00, adult return £8.50, says Lothian Buses (5 October 2026).[10] Reported by official source
  • The first tram reaches the airport at 06:15 (06:16 on weekdays). For an earlier check-in, walk or take the Airlink 100.[4] Reported by official source
  • The last tram from the airport leaves at 22:52, says the airport.[11] Reported by official source
  • Not checked: hotel shuttle buses and their charges. The airport says the DoubleTree has a free 2-minute shuttle; we could not place that hotel on the map.[7] Reported by official source

Times, routes and fares can change. We show what the official source said on the date we checked it; always check the operator before you travel.

How we know

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Measured by us

Someone from our team checked it on the spot, for example walked the route with a stopwatch. We say when.

Calculated from map data

Worked out from OpenStreetMap, for example a walking time along the footpaths. Good, but nobody walked it for this page.

Reported by official source

Taken from the airport, the transport company or the hotel's own website, with the date we checked.

Questions

What people ask

Which Edinburgh Airport hotels can you walk to?

On our map routes the Hampton by Hilton and the Moxy are about 9 minutes on foot from the terminal main entrance.[2]

Does the Airlink 100 run at night?

Yes. In the official timetable data the Airlink 100 runs all night, every day, every 10 to 20 minutes at night, 23 to 35 minutes between Waverley Bridge and the airport.[6]

What time is the first tram to Edinburgh Airport?

In the official timetable data the first tram arrives at the airport at 06:15 (06:16 on weekdays).[4]

Sources

Official pages only: the airport, the transport companies and the hotels' own websites. Checked 5 Oct 2026. Walking times come from our own route calculations on OpenStreetMap unless a fact says "Measured by us". Times, routes and fares can change: fares are the official operator's or venue's own figures on the date shown, never hotel prices, and only meant to help you compare. Always check before you travel.

  1. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  2. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  3. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  4. Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), Scotland GTFS, published 5 Oct 2026, Open Government Licence; Edinburgh Trams · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  5. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  6. Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), Scotland GTFS, published 5 Oct 2026, Open Government Licence; Airlink 100 operated by Lothian Buses · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  7. Edinburgh Airport: Hotels (official website) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  8. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  9. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  10. Lothian Buses: Airlink 100 (official operator website) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  11. Edinburgh Airport: Trams (official website) · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
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