Practical guide
Early flight from Beauvais: where to sleep and how to reach the airport
At a low-cost airport like Beauvais, a good share of departures leave before 7am. The question is then no longer which hotel is cheapest, but which one gets you to the terminal at 5am without paying for a night taxi. Here is the costed answer, backed by official timetables.
Sleeping in the terminal is not an option
Plenty of travellers plan to turn up the evening before and wait in the hall until check-in opens. At Beauvais that is impossible: the terminals close overnight. The airport says so itself, answering this exact question in its own FAQ.
“I have an early morning flight, can I sleep at the airport? No, the airport is closed at night.” Paris-Beauvais airport FAQ.
Its opening hours page is just as blunt: outside operating hours the terminals are not open to the public.
Opening hours follow the flight schedule and change from day to day. Over the week we recorded, Terminal 1 opened between 3.15am and 4.30am depending on the day, and Terminal 2 between 3.15am and 3.45am. Those windows are revised every air season, so check the current listing before you travel. The consequence does not move, though: for an early departure you need a room nearby, or a night taxi at €21.
The €1 bus trap
Corolis route 6 links the centre of Beauvais to the airport for €1, every 30 minutes, in about a quarter of an hour. It is by far the cheapest option, and the one most websites recommend… without mentioning the part that matters.
Route 6 does not serve the airport early in the morning. Its first arrival at the terminal is 7.55am Monday to Saturday, and only 9.55am on Sundays and public holidays.
In other words, for any flight leaving before 9.30am on a weekday, which covers a large share of departures from Beauvais, this bus is of no use to you.
This is the point that makes people miss planes. Many travellers book a town-centre hotel trusting the €1 bus, discover the evening before that it does not run early enough, and end up in a €21 night taxi, which wipes out most of what they saved on the room.
The real morning service: the Navette Express
Corolis runs a second, separate line built around flights: the Navette Express Aéroport & Hôtels (line NA). It costs €4, runs seven days a week including public holidays, and above all it leaves before dawn. Its other advantage: it stops directly outside several hotels, instead of forcing you into the town centre first.
| Stop | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvais Centre / Hôtel de Ville, quai J | 4:15 | 6:15 | 7:15 | 8:20 |
| Gare SNCF | 4:18 | 6:18 | 7:18 | 8:23 |
| Kennedy | 4:25 | 6:25 | 7:27 | 8:32 |
| Descartes Welcomotel | 4:29 | 6:30 | 7:32 | 8:37 |
| Délie | 4:31 | 6:32 | 7:34 | 8:39 |
| Brisson Elema Hotels | 4:37 | 6:38 | 7:40 | 8:45 |
| J. Goddet ibis Aéroport | 4:40 | 6:41 | 7:43 | 8:48 |
| Elispace / Parc Dassault | 4:44 | 6:45 | 7:47 | 8:52 |
| Tillé Aéroport | 4:49 | 6:50 | 7:52 | 8:57 |
Beauvais → airport direction. There are only these four morning runs: after that, nothing until 7.50pm.
Three stops change the calculation entirely, because they sit at a hotel door: Brisson serves Elema Hotels (departure 4.37am), J. Goddet is on the same street as the ibis Beauvais Aéroport (4.40am), and Descartes on that of the Welcomotel (4.29am). From these three addresses you board outside the hotel without going via the centre.
No hotel in Beauvais runs an airport shuttle of its own. The five properties that advertise one all point, in reality, to this same public line at €4 per person. We checked each of them, by telephone or on their own site: The Originals City, Elema Hotels (“Brisson stop”), Hôtel de la Cathédrale (“Navette Express Hôtel”), Welcomotel and ibis Beauvais Aéroport.
The shuttle remains reliable, leaves very early and stops outside several hotels. The ride is chargeable, though, and for two travellers that means €8 each way, a cost no booking platform shows you while you are comparing prices.
The Cathédrale stop trap
Compare the two directions and an asymmetry appears that nothing on the ground warns you about: the Cathédrale stop only exists in the airport → town direction. The shuttle sets down there at 7.08am, 8.16am, 8.43pm, 10.18pm and 11.18pm, but never calls there heading for the terminals.
In practice, if you are staying at the Hôtel de la Cathédrale, whose own site names this very stop, the shuttle will set you down outside the hotel on arrival but will not take you back. To leave, you must walk to the Beauvais Centre / Hôtel de Ville, bay J stop, a few minutes away, and board at 4.15am, 6.15am, 7.15am or 8.20am. Getting this wrong costs a taxi, or a flight.
In the other direction, for a late arrival, the shuttle leaves the airport at 6.55am, 8.00am, 8.30pm, 10.05pm and 11.05pm.
Where to get breakfast before 6am
Leaving at 4am on an empty stomach before two hours in the air is a false economy. Three properties open service early enough to work with a morning flight:
| Hotel | Service from | Getting to the terminal |
|---|---|---|
| ibis Beauvais Aéroport | 4.00am reduced service | Shuttle, stop on its own street |
| ibis budget Beauvais Aéroport | 5.00am | On foot |
| The Originals City Hôtel | 6.30am | Airport shuttle, €4 per passenger |
The ibis Beauvais Aéroport also has a bar open around the clock, useful if your flight is delayed or you land in the middle of the night.
What to choose by departure time
Flight before 6.30am
Do not count on the shuttle. It reaches the terminal at 4.49am: for a 6.00am flight that leaves only about 1h10 on site, workable at an airport this size but tight with hold luggage. And if you miss that run, the next one does not arrive until 6.50am, too late.
The only way to remove the problem entirely is to sleep within walking distance. The Tillé rentals sit 430–610 metres from the terminals: you leave when you like, on foot, with no timetable and no ticket. Le Repère is the closest (430 m), The Share House the most road-tested (9.4/10 across 994 reviews) and Le Bassam the cheapest (from €81). Among the hotels, only the ibis budget (1.08 km, breakfast from 5am) stands comparison.
The trade-off with these rentals: there is no reception. You let yourself in with a key box, which is an advantage at 4am since there is nobody to wake, but a risk if your inbound flight is diverted and you arrive with no one to speak to.
Flight between 6.30am and 9am
The Navette Express works well, provided you target the 4.15am or 6.15am run depending on your time. The hotels on its route, the ibis Beauvais Aéroport and the Welcomotel, offer the best balance of price and peace of mind, since you board outside the hotel.
Flight after 9.30am (10.30am on Sundays)
You finally get the €1 bus, and with it the freedom to sleep in the town centre: better restaurants the evening before, usually softer rates, and Saint-Pierre cathedral a short walk away. It is the only window in which staying in town carries no transport premium at all.
Worth checking before you go
Four habits that head off nasty surprises:
- Shuttle timetables change with every season. Re-check the current listing on corolis.fr a few days before departure.
- Tell reception if you are leaving before the normal checkout time: most properties in the area staff reception around the clock, but settling the bill at 4am is best arranged the evening before.
- Price your journey before choosing between shuttle, taxi and parking; our transfer table compares the six options at the official fare.
- If you are relying on a hotel's private shuttle rather than the public line, get the first departure time confirmed in writing: it is the least reliable piece of information on any online listing.
Transport timetables taken from the official Corolis listings (line NA in force since 3 November 2025, route 6 since 27 April 2026). Overnight closure and terminal opening hours: FAQ and airport opening hours. Taxi fare: indicative table published by Paris-Beauvais airport. Guide updated August 2026.