Hotels Near Los Cabos Airport (SJD): Closest Hotels, Prices & Shuttles

The closest hotel to Los Cabos International Airport is Hotel Aeropuerto Los Cabos, about 1.2 km from the terminal, with a free airport shuttle and one-night rates from $169 for two. Suites Lomboy & Plaza, about 1.9 km away, has the higher guest score at 8.8/10 and is #1 by our weighted score for the airport area, from $135, but its shuttle costs extra. Cactus Inn sits next to Lomboy and lists a free shuttle, but it had no live rates in our system.

If you want restaurants, a historic centre and more hotel choice, San José del Cabo is usually more convenient than staying beside the airport, though for a very early flight the terminal hotels have the advantage. It is about 10 km from the airport, 10 to 20 minutes by car according to our Los Cabos airport transfer guide, and it has restaurants, a historic centre and hotels from $91 a night. We cover those below and in our best hotels in San José del Cabo guide.

Most travellers to Los Cabos do not need an airport hotel: our airport transfer guide puts San José del Cabo hotels 10 to 20 minutes from arrivals, the Tourist Corridor 25 to 40 minutes, and Cabo San Lucas about 40 to 50 minutes. An airport hotel earns its place in four situations:

If you are going straight to your resort, pre-book the transfer: the transfer guide compares shared shuttles from about $36 per person with private vehicles from $99 per group, and explains how to get past the timeshare desks in the arrivals hall.

Suites Lomboy & Plaza

Rated 8.8/10 across 158 guest reviews, Suites Lomboy is #1 by our weighted score for the airport area, an apartment-style hotel about 1.9 km from the terminal. Guests describe it as new and very clean, and cleanliness scores 9.5, with 9.3 for service and 9.2 for food: the breakfast, freshly prepared and served on a garden patio, comes up again and again, along with a 24-hour convenience store and a small restaurant serving wood-fired pizza late. One guest called it five minutes from the airport, and another stayed for a 6am flight. From $135 for one night for two. Room quality is its weakest score at 7.6, and guests mention double beds too small for two, pillows, and a sandy residential street that feels out of the way. The airport shuttle and early check-in both cost extra. We'd book this for a quiet, clean night before an early flight.

Hotel Aeropuerto Los Cabos

Rated 8.2/10 across 658 guest reviews, Hotel Aeropuerto is the closest hotel to the terminal, about 1.2 km away on the airport access road, and the most reviewed. Its facility data lists a free airport shuttle with pick-up and drop-off, and it has a pool and a restaurant. Location scores 9.3. Guests who stayed after a full or cancelled flight praise the staff, and one found the dinner the best meal of their trip. From $169 for one night for two, up to $199. Amenities and food are its weakest scores, both 7.3: guests describe a poor breakfast, restaurant hours that did not suit them, low water pressure, and on two recent visits no on-site parking. One guest said the shuttle did not answer the phone and they walked to the property. We'd book this for the shortest possible trip to the terminal, and confirm the shuttle time the evening before.

Cactus Inn Los Cabos

Cactus Inn is a small hotel next to Suites Lomboy, about 1.8 km from the terminal, rated 8.2/10 across 107 guest reviews. Guests describe clean rooms and helpful staff, and several mention a free shuttle to the airport; one paid $108 for the night. Others note an industrial, dusty neighbourhood with little nearby, a very small pool, and on one night loud music until midnight. It is not in our ranking because it returned no live rates through our reservation system on any of our five dates, and the most recent reviews we could read date from 2025, so check current reviews and book it directly if you choose it.

Beyond the three terminal hotels, the nearest hotels are in San José del Cabo, about 10 to 12 km from the terminal and 10 to 20 minutes by car. If you want restaurants, a historic centre and more hotel choice, San José del Cabo is usually more convenient than staying beside the airport; for a very early flight, the terminal hotels keep the advantage. These are the closest well-reviewed options from our San José del Cabo hotels guide, where they are ranked in full.

ℹ️ Note: the San José prices below come from a separate three-night search and are not directly comparable with the one-night airport-hotel prices above.

For the drive in, a pre-booked private transfer or a licensed taxi is the simple option; our Los Cabos airport transfer guide covers both, and warns that rideshare pickups at the terminal are unreliable.

• Confirm the shuttle the night before: Hotel Aeropuerto lists a free shuttle, but one guest could not reach it by phone. Ask the front desk for the departure time for your flight when you check in.
• Leave time at the airport: Even from 1 to 2 km away, allow for check-in queues and security. Our airport transfer guide covers what to expect in the terminal.
• Expect a stopover, not a resort: The streets around the terminal hotels are residential or industrial, with little nearby. Guests at Suites Lomboy value its late-opening restaurant and 24-hour store for exactly that reason.
• Walk past the arrivals-hall sales desks: If you are arriving and heading to an airport hotel, the timeshare and "transport" desks in arrivals are not your hotel shuttle. The transfer guide explains how to spot them.
• Rideshare is unreliable at the terminal: The transfer guide notes restrictions on Uber and DiDi pickups at the airport. Use the hotel shuttle, a licensed taxi or a pre-booked transfer.
• Parking fills up: A guest at Hotel Aeropuerto found no on-site parking on two recent visits. If you are returning a rental car the next morning, allow for it.

• Book an airport hotel only for early flights, late arrivals or disruptions: Otherwise, if you want restaurants and more choice, San José del Cabo is 10 to 20 minutes away.
• Pick Hotel Aeropuerto for the free shuttle, Suites Lomboy for the room: Hotel Aeropuerto is closer and includes the shuttle; Lomboy scores higher and has the better breakfast but charges for the shuttle.
• Book fast after a cancellation: Guests at Hotel Aeropuerto and Cactus Inn describe booking after a full or cancelled flight. With only three qualifying hotels by the terminal, rooms can go quickly when a flight is cancelled.
• Pre-book your onward transfer: If you stay near the airport on arrival, book the next morning's transfer to your resort in advance. Our Los Cabos airport transfer guide compares shared and private options.
• Choose your main hotel next: Our Cabo San Lucas hotels, San José del Cabo hotels and Cabo San Lucas all-inclusive and San José del Cabo all-inclusive guides cover where to stay, and our best things to do in Cabo San Lucas guide covers what to book once you arrive.

We started from the 188 properties our reservation system lists within 12 km of the Los Cabos International Airport terminal, and looked for hotels close enough to walk or take a very short shuttle. Six properties are listed within 2 km, and only three meet our minimum of 100 reviews: Hotel Aeropuerto Los Cabos, Suites Lomboy & Plaza and Cactus Inn. The other three are not meaningful options for a stopover yet: OYO Suites Aeropuerto is a listing with no reviews, Hotelito Inn Aeropuerto has only two reviews (scoring 3.0/10), and Estudio Cabo Lindo is a private apartment rental with 17 reviews. After them, the next properties are in San José del Cabo, about 10 km away, which our San José del Cabo guide ranks.

Because so few hotels serve the terminal, we lowered our usual review floor from 300 to 100 reviews for this page only, so that the airport hotels could be compared at all. We kept the rest of our rules: a guest score of at least 8.0 and live rates on at least four of our five dates. Cactus Inn returned no live rates and is described but not ranked. Shuttle details come from each hotel's facility data and from guest reviews; confirm them with the hotel before an early flight.

How the ranking is calculated

The order is set by the same formula as our other Los Cabos hotel guides, with no editorial adjustments. It uses guest score and review count only; distance and shuttle shape what we say about each hotel, not where it ranks:

Weighted score = (reviews × guest score + 300 × 8.8) ÷ (reviews + 300)

Pricing was checked across five check-in dates between October 2026 and February 2027 in September 2026, for one night and two adults, before the local taxes and fees added at checkout.