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Glasgow Airport (GLA) · checked 5 Oct 2026

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Glasgow Airport

Glasgow Airport has a small group of hotels right by the terminal. If you sleep in the city instead, the Airport Express 500 runs all night. Here are the walking minutes on our map routes from the airport hotels, and the night times of the bus.

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3 ways to sleep before a Glasgow flight

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Closest2 minwalk to the terminal

Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport

  • Our route to the terminal: about 140 m, 2 minutes[2] Calculated from map data
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Short walk7 minwalk to the terminal

Premier Inn Glasgow Airport

  • Our route to the terminal: about 510 m, 7 minutes[3] Calculated from map data
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City centre, night bus24/7Airport Express 500

Premier Inn Glasgow City Centre (Buchanan Galleries)

  • Our route to Buchanan Bus Station: about 4 minutes[4] Calculated from map data
  • The 500 runs all night: hourly until 03:30, then every 30 minutes; 22 to 37 minutes to the terminal[5] Reported by official source
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Budget option: Travelodge Glasgow Airport (budget chain): Our route to the terminal: about 690 m, 9 minutes[1] Calculated from map data

What you only find here

Other sites say the Holiday Inn is "less than 30 metres" and the Premier Inn "less than 10 minutes' walk". We worked out the route on the map from each airport hotel to the terminal, and read the official bus timetable data: the Airport Express 500 runs all night, so a city hotel by Buchanan Bus Station also works for the first flights.

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Hotels, walking routes and shuttles

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AHoliday Inn Glasgow Airport
BCourtyard by Marriott Glasgow Airport
CPremier Inn Glasgow Airport
DTravelodge Glasgow Airport
EHoliday Inn Express Glasgow Airport
FPremier Inn Glasgow City Centre (Buchanan Galleries)
GHoliday Inn Express Glasgow City Centre
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These are the 7 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
Holiday Inn Glasgow AirportClosest
To Glasgow Airport2 min walk[2] Calculated
Shuttlenot needed[2] Calculated
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B
Courtyard by Marriott Glasgow AirportShort walk
To Glasgow Airport7 min walk[6] Calculated
Shuttlenot checked
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C
Premier Inn Glasgow AirportShort walk
To Glasgow Airport7 min walk[3] Calculated
Shuttlenot checked
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D
Travelodge Glasgow AirportShort walk
To Glasgow Airport9 min walk[1] Calculated
Shuttlenot checked
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E
Holiday Inn Express Glasgow AirportBy the terminal
To Glasgow Airportnot checked
Shuttlenot checked
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F
Premier Inn Glasgow City Centre (Buchanan Galleries)City centre, night bus
To Glasgow Airport500 bus, 22–37 min[5] Official
ShuttleAirport Express 500, all night[5] Official
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G
Holiday Inn Express Glasgow City CentreCity centre, night bus
To Glasgow Airport500 bus, 22–37 min[5] Official
ShuttleAirport Express 500, all night[5] 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.

4–5 minFrom a hotel by Buchanan Bus Station to the 500 stop
00:30–03:30Airport Express 500 every hour at night
From 04:00Every 30 minutes
22–37 minTo the terminal (for example 04:00, at the airport 04:24)
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Flight at 6am

Walk from the Holiday Inn (about 2 minutes), or take the 500 from the city: from 04:00 it runs every 30 minutes.

Late landing

The 500 leaves the airport through the night: 00:00, 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, then every 30 minutes from 04:00.

Hotel by the airport

The Courtyard, Premier Inn and Travelodge are 7 to 9 minutes on foot on our routes.

Holiday Inn Express

We could not check its walking route: a covered link is probably missing on the map. Ask the hotel.

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Good to know before you book

  • We could not read the airport's own website (it blocks automated reading). The bus times come from the official timetable data.[5] Reported by official source
  • Our walking minutes end at the outside of the terminal on the map, not at check-in. Allow a few extra minutes.[2] Calculated from map data
  • Not checked: hotel shuttle buses and breakfast times.

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

Every fact has a label

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 hotel is closest to Glasgow Airport?

On our routes the Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport: about 140 m, 2 minutes to the terminal.[2]

Does the Glasgow Airport Express 500 run at night?

Yes. In the official timetable data it runs all night, every day: hourly from Buchanan Bus Station until 03:30, then every 30 minutes, 22 to 37 minutes to the terminal.[5]

How do I get from Glasgow Airport to the city late at night?

The 500 leaves the airport at 00:00, 01:00, 02:00 and 03:00, then every 30 minutes from 04:00, in the official timetable data.[7]

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 6 Oct 2026
  2. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 6 Oct 2026
  3. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 6 Oct 2026
  4. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 6 Oct 2026
  5. Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), Scotland GTFS, published 5 Oct 2026, Open Government Licence; Glasgow Airport Express 500 operated by First Greater Glasgow · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
  6. Own route calculation on OpenStreetMap data (tools/walk-route.mjs) · link, checked 6 Oct 2026
  7. Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), Scotland GTFS, published 5 Oct 2026, Open Government Licence; Glasgow Airport Express 500 operated by First Greater Glasgow · link, checked 5 Oct 2026
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