The nearest airport to the Railway Cottage is Carcassonne (35 minutes drive). You can fly cheaply from the UK to Carcassonne airport from Manchester, East Midlands, Edinburgh and Stansted (Ryanair). From Ireland, you can fly from Dublin and Cork (Ryanair). Alternative airports are Perpignan (1h20), Toulouse (1h30), Béziers (1h40) and Montpellier (2h). You can fly to Perpignan from Leeds, London Stansted and Birmingham (Ryanair). You can fly to Toulouse from Bristol and Gatwick (with easyJet), Stansted (Ryanair). You can fly to Béziers from Bristol, Luton, Stansted, Manchester, Edinburgh and Shannon (with Ryanair). And you can fly to Montpellier from Gatwick (easyJet) adn BA) or Luton (easyJet).