Fly Sleep Fly

Cross the country in two easy halves: fly in the evening, sleep at an airport where the hotel is a walk from the gate, and finish in the morning.

Stopover airports

An airport is on this list only if you can get from the terminal to a bed without a shuttle bus or a car. Whether it works for your trip depends on who flies there from your home airport.

AirportHotelGetting thereNotes

What you're looking at

Times come from flights that actually operated, matched to the month and weekday you picked, so a future date shows the usual pattern for that time of year and day of the week, not a live timetable. Check the real schedule before you plan around it. There are no fares here: airlines price an overnight stop as two flights, so book it as two one-ways — each flight links to the airline's own booking page.

Each option is checked against your limits: leaving too early, getting to bed too late or setting an alarm too early (both on your home clock, since that's the clock your body is on), too little time in bed, and landing too late. Options that fit are listed latest departure first, so you get the most of your day; ties go to the one with fewer extra costs: extra time in the air, a train to the hotel, a far terminal, or switching airlines. Options that miss by a little are listed separately, with the miss marked.