Exeter Airport Hotels 2026: Walkable Premier Inn, Shuttle & PSF
Exeter (EXT) is the South-West's main international airport — single terminal, mostly Flybe-replacement Loganair, TUI and easyJet, with a walkable Premier Inn that's a 90-second stumble from check-in.
Exeter Airport at a glance
Single terminal, 5 miles east of Exeter city. EXT mostly serves seasonal sun routes (TUI to Lanzarote, Tenerife, Mallorca) plus Loganair domestic to Aberdeen, Belfast and Newcastle.
Hotel options are limited but well-placed: one walkable, a couple of shuttle picks near Sandy Park (the Exeter Chiefs rugby ground), and Park-Sleep-Fly bundles along the M5.
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Hotels you can walk to from the terminal
- Premier Inn Exeter Airport90-second walk • directly opposite terminal
Opened 2018, sits across the road from EXT departures. Predictable Premier Inn beds, Brewers Fayre attached, and the easiest possible pre-flight night in the South-West.
Hotels with free shuttle buses to Exeter
- Holiday Inn Express Exeter (M5 Jct 29)Free shuttle (pre-book) • 8-min ride
IHG points, free breakfast, on the same junction as Sandy Park. Often £20 cheaper than the Premier Inn — worth the shuttle if you're not flying at 05:30.
- Sandy Park HotelPre-bookable shuttle • 10-min ride
The Exeter Chiefs rugby ground hotel — boutique 4-star with a restaurant overlooking the pitch. Worth it for a stopover, especially when there's a Premiership match on.
Park-stay-fly: cheaper than a week's airport parking
The Park, Sleep & Fly package: check in the night before, leave your car for the duration, take the shuttle in. For longer holidays it often beats on-airport parking alone.
- Premier Inn Park, Sleep & FlyUp to 8 days parking + 1 night + walk-to-terminal
From £69 total. Cheapest bundle in the South-West. No shuttle, no faff.
- Holiday Inn Express Park & StayUp to 15 days parking + 1 night + shuttle
From £99. The longer-trip bundle — pays back vs EXT Long Stay on any holiday of 6+ days.
Need parking only? JustPark Exeter driveway spaces often undercut bundles for trips of 10+ days. Compare against our full Park, Sleep & Fly comparison and EXT airport parking deals.
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Onward travel from Exeter
Airport transfer
Welcome Pickups runs flat-rate meet-and-greet transfers — useful for late arrivals, families, or anyone who doesn't want to gamble on the rank queue.
Car hire
Compare EXT car hire on Trip.com, then add stand-alone excess insurance via iCarhireinsurance.com — usually a third of the rental desk price.
Trains and onward rail
Exeter Airport has no rail station. Stagecoach 56 bus runs to Exeter Bus Station and St Davids station (25 minutes, £4.50). From St Davids, GWR runs to London Paddington (2h 12m), Plymouth, Penzance and Bristol. Taxis to Exeter city centre run £18–22.