As an expat, it can sometimes feel like you spend half of your time in airports – whether that’s heading back home to visit family and friends, going on business trips or just taking a holiday.
Thankfully, residents of Germany are well-served when it comes to flying: the federal republic is home to more than thirty commercial passenger and cargo airports, most of them served by both premium and budget airlines. Most major airports also have good transport connections that link air travel with rail travel and other forms of public transportation in Germany’s largest cities.
International airports in Germany
There are a total of 36 international airports in Germany, ranging from smaller airfields only operating a few routes and airlines, to mega complexes such as Frankfurt and Munich that transport tens of millions of passengers per year. These larger airports may have as many as 100 different airlines, serving multiple national and international routes.
Major airports in Germany
With no fewer than 79 major cities, Germany has no shortage of large international airports. Some of the most well-known ones are:
- Berlin Tegel (soon to be replaced by Berlin Brandenburg Airport)
- Cologne / Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Düsseldorf International, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Frankfurt, Hesse
- Frankfurt-Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Hamburg
- Munich, Bavaria
- Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg
Other big airports in Germany
Some of the less well-known, but still sizeable, airports in Germany include:
- Weeze, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Memmingen, Bavaria
- Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Rostock, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
- Erfurt / Weimar, Thuringia
