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Cheap hotels near the airport in Kure Beach

Marc Delacroix

Marc Delacroix France

Updated 1 September 2026 · 20 Kure Beach hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Kure Beach, out of the 20 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.

Every one comes in under $130 a night, and the one I would book first is $102.

Private room with separate entrance & private parking with your secluded space.

Highest rated of the five

Private room with separate entrance & private parking with your secluded space.

★★★★★4.9 from 118 reviews

Private room with separate entrance & private parking with your secluded space. comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 118 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.

It is found under the airport and around $102 a night on the dates we checked.

20 hotels in Kure Beach qualified for this list and five made it. Best Western Plus Westgate Inn & Suites is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Private room with separate entrance & private parking with your secluded space.1

    Private room with separate entrance & private parking with your secluded space.

    ★★★★★4.9 from 118 reviews

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    • Best Western Plus Westgate Inn & Suites2

      Best Western Plus Westgate Inn & Suites

      ★★★★★4.6 from 1,334 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Bar
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly

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    • Holiday Inn Express Leland - Wilmington Area by IHG3

      Holiday Inn Express Leland - Wilmington Area by IHG

      ★★★★★4.3 from 738 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Restaurant
      • Parking
      • Kitchen

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    • Spark by Hilton Wilmington4

      Spark by Hilton Wilmington

      ★★★★★4.3 from 79 reviews

      • Pool
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly
      • Kid friendly
      • Air conditioning

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    • MainStay Suites Wilmington - University Area5

      MainStay Suites Wilmington - University Area

      ★★★★★4 from 445 reviews

      • Pool
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Kitchen
      • Pet friendly
      • Kid friendly

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    How this list was put together

    20 Kure Beach hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.

    Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.

    The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.

    What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.

    Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.

    Marc Delacroix

    Marc Delacroix France

    Closes the shop two weeks each winter and goes wherever people make something fermented. Dairies in the Basque country, the Caucasus and rural Sardinia.

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