Frankfurt Airport Departures (FRA)

The distance between Frankfurt Airport and the city is just 12 km / 7.5 miles distance and departures at Frankfurt Airport can choose from some excellent public transport options to get from the city of Frankfurt to the airport in time to catch their flight.

Almost 53 million passengers chose to use the airport in 2010, confirming once again that Frank is the world’s ninth busiest airport in terms of passenger numbers. Frankfurt Airport offers 275 travel destinations in some 111 countries for onward connections.

Departures at Frankfurt Airport can use some of the world’s best known airlines for their onward journey. The airport is the base and main aviation hub for Lufthansa, Germany’s flagship carrier, an airline with a new fleet of Airbus A380 super-large jets to serve long-haul passengers.

At Terminal 1 departures are handled via 56 gates for boarding. Shopping, refreshments, toilets and first aid services can be found located in the three concourses A, B and C. Here passengers will find the check-in areas, too.

Frankfurt Airport Regional station is located underneath Terminal 1 and departures at Frankfurt Airport can take fast metro train connections from the city to the airport by boarding the S-Bahn at stations throughout the city. The metro trains S8 and S9, which run at 15 minute intervals and take only 15 minutes to get to the airport from locations in central Frankfurt.

A second train station, also located at Terminal 1, provides Frankfurt Airport departures with a link to major cities in Germany and some of her neighbouring countries. The InterCity Express trains use the high speed Cologne-Frankfurt rail network to transport departures at Frankfurt Airport from Bonn, Cologne, Dortmund or Düsseldorf and also link (via Cologne) into international rail networks with the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

At Terminal 2 Frankfurt Airport departures will find the two concourses D and E with check-in desks, shops, toilets, bars, cafes and restaurants serving local and international cuisine. The two terminal buildings are linked by a continuous concourse and a People Mover conveyor belt system that permits departures at Frankfurt Airport to reach their boarding gates in time. There are a total of gates to 42 at Terminal 2.

European travel destinations include, Berlin, Vienna, Dublin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Prague, Istanbul among others. Long-haul flights from Frankfurt Airport include Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Seoul.

Frankfurt Airport departures can hand back their rental cars at the end of the rental agreement to providers such as Avis, Budget, Hertz, Europcar, Sixt, National, Alamo and Enterprise, whose offices are open for business every day from 06.00 am to 11.00 pm at both terminals. Getting to Frankfurt Airport by car is easy thanks to motorway connections via the Autobahns A3, A67 and A5, all of which lead directly to Frankfurt Airport.

Motorists who need to park their car at the airport have a large number of parking facilities on offer, most of which are underground car parks with airport shuttle services transporting passengers from the parking areas back to the departure areas at the terminals.

Such shuttle buses stop at Terminal 1 in the front of the B-Arrivals and Departure Halls. Tickets for the shuttle can be bought from the driver upon boarding.

Frankfurt Airport departures can also avail themselves of a number of other airline shuttle buses, which leave from Darmstadt train station via the AIRLiner to reach Frankfurt Airport , where they drop off at the bus 14 stop at Terminal 1 and at Terminal 2 on level 2.

A taxi journey from the city to the airport takes just 10 to 15 minutes during off peak hours, but during rush hour it might take between 20 to 30 minutes to reach the airport. Departure passengers coming from Frankfurt city centre should inform their taxi driver, which airline will provide their departure flight and the driver will drop them off at the correct check-in area for the airline.

German taxis can be ordered via a central reservation desk and visitors should ask their hotel reception for the relevant companies to contact or consult the hotel manual typically displayed in the rooms. All licensed taxis have a clearly displayed meter in the front of the vehicle.

For more information about departures at Frankfurt Airport, please visit the official airport website at http://www.frankfurt-airport.com.

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Airline Flight No. Scheduled Actual Status
Newcastle (NCL) Lufthansa LH950 16:20 Scheduled
Nantes (NTE) Lufthansa LH1056 16:20 Scheduled
Toulouse (TLS) Lufthansa LH1098 (+2) 16:20 Scheduled
Zurich (ZRH) Lufthansa LH1196 (+4) 16:20 Scheduled
Budapest (BUD) Lufthansa LH1344 (+3) 16:20 Scheduled
Warsaw (WAW) Lufthansa LH1350 (+3) 16:20 Scheduled
Beijing (PEK) Air China CA1014 16:25 Scheduled
Milan (MXP) Air Dolomiti EN8812 (+1) 16:25 Scheduled
Manchester (MAN) Lufthansa LH946 (+2) 16:25 Scheduled
Bologna (BLQ) Air Dolomiti EN8882 (+1) 16:30 Scheduled
Geneva (GVA) Air Dolomiti EN8100 (+1) 16:40 Scheduled
Amman (AMM) Lufthansa LH692 (+2) 16:40 Scheduled
Billund (BLL) Lufthansa LH840 (+3) 16:40 Scheduled
Amsterdam (AMS) Lufthansa LH996 (+3) 16:40 Scheduled
Ankara (ESB) AJet VF524 16:40 Scheduled
Bucharest (OTP) Flyyo H4202 16:40 Scheduled
Innsbruck (INN) Air Dolomiti EN8054 (+1) 16:45 Scheduled
Berlin (BER) Lufthansa LH192 (+2) 16:45 Scheduled
Nice (NCE) Lufthansa LH1064 (+3) 16:45 Scheduled
Turin (TRN) Air Dolomiti EN8848 (+1) 16:50 Scheduled
Venice (VCE) Lufthansa LH330 (+4) 16:50 Scheduled
Copenhagen (CPH) Lufthansa LH830 (+2) 16:50 Scheduled
Paris (CDG) Lufthansa LH1040 (+1) 16:50 Scheduled
Lyon (LYS) Lufthansa LH1078 (+2) 16:50 Scheduled
Florence (FLR) Air Dolomiti EN8858 (+3) 16:55 Scheduled
Brussels (BRU) Lufthansa LH1016 (+4) 16:55 Scheduled
Luxembourg (LUX) Air Dolomiti EN8754 (+1) 17:00 Scheduled
Hamburg (HAM) Lufthansa LH24 (+2) 17:00 Scheduled
Hannover (HAJ) Lufthansa LH54 (+3) 17:00 Scheduled
Dusseldorf (DUS) Lufthansa LH84 (+4) 17:00 Scheduled
Stuttgart (STR) CityJet LH132 (+1) 17:00 Scheduled
Leipzig (LEJ) CityJet LH160 17:00 Scheduled
London (LHR) Lufthansa LH916 (+1) 17:00 Scheduled
Salzburg (SZG) Lufthansa LH1106 (+1) 17:00 Scheduled
Prague (PRG) Lufthansa LH1400 (+2) 17:00 Scheduled
Espargos (SID) LATAM Cargo UC1506 17:00 Scheduled
Linz (LNZ) BRA OS266 (+1) 17:05 Scheduled
Toronto (YYZ) Air Canada AC843 (+6) 17:10 Scheduled
Washington (IAD) United Airlines UA933 (+2) 17:10 Scheduled
Milan (LIN) Air Dolomiti EN8802 (+1) 17:15 Scheduled
Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH114 (+1) 17:15 Scheduled
Bremen (BRE) Lufthansa LH356 (+3) 17:15 Scheduled
New York (JFK) Lufthansa LH404 (+2) 17:15 Scheduled
Amsterdam (AMS) CityJet LH998 17:15 Scheduled
Basel (BSL) Lufthansa LH1206 (+2) 17:15 Scheduled
Krakow (KRK) Lufthansa LH1368 (+4) 17:15 Scheduled
Shanghai (PVG) China Cargo Airlines CK216 17:15 14:19 En-Route
Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH9951 17:15 Scheduled
Nuremberg (NUE) CityJet LH148 (+2) 17:20 Scheduled
Dresden (DRS) Lufthansa LH214 (+2) 17:20 Scheduled
Madrid (MAD) Lufthansa LH1122 (+3) 17:20 Scheduled
Vienna (VIE) Austrian Airlines OS214 (+3) 17:20 Scheduled
Guangzhou (CAN) China Southern Cargo CZ468 17:20 Scheduled
Chicago (ORD) Lufthansa LH432 (+2) 17:25 Scheduled
San Francisco (SFO) United Airlines UA927 (+3) 17:25 Scheduled
Paris (CDG) Air France AF1319 (+5) 17:30 Scheduled
Thessaloniki (SKG) Aegean Airlines A3533 (+2) 17:30 Scheduled
Seoul (ICN) Asiana Airlines OZ542 17:35 Scheduled
Casablanca (CMN) Royal Air Maroc AT811 17:35 Scheduled
Barcelona (BCN) Lufthansa LH1134 (+1) 17:40 Scheduled
Istanbul (IST) Lufthansa LH1304 (+2) 17:40 Scheduled
Lisbon (LIS) TAP Air Portugal TP573 (+6) 17:45 Scheduled
London (LCY) British Airways BA8735 17:50 Scheduled
Tunis (TUN) Nouvelair BJ235 17:55 Scheduled
Hamburg (HAM) Lufthansa LH28 (+3) 18:00 Scheduled
London (LHR) Lufthansa LH918 (+3) 18:00 Scheduled
Zagreb (ZAG) Croatia Airlines OU411 (+4) 18:00 Scheduled
Heraklion (HER) Cyprus Airways A3431 (+1) 18:05 Scheduled
Vienna (VIE) Lufthansa LH1242 (+5) 18:10 Scheduled
Chicago (ORD) Lufthansa Cargo LH8188 18:10 Scheduled
Taipei (TPE) China Airlines Cargo CI5522 18:10 15:32 En-Route
Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH116 (+1) 18:15 Scheduled
Zurich (ZRH) Lufthansa LH1198 (+2) 18:15 Scheduled
Istanbul (IST) Turkish Airlines TK1594 (+2) 18:20 Scheduled
Doha (DOH) Qatar Cargo QR8055 18:25 Scheduled
Beijing (PEK) Air China Cargo CA1042 18:30 Scheduled
Amsterdam (AMS) German Airways KL1822 (+4) 18:35 Scheduled
Antalya (AYT) SunExpress XQ145 (+1) 18:35 Scheduled
Berlin (BER) Lufthansa LH198 (+6) 18:45 Scheduled
Espargos (SID) LATAM Cargo UC1507 18:50 Scheduled
Athens (ATH) Aegean Airlines A3833 (+3) 18:55 Scheduled
Astana (NQZ) Air Astana KC922 (+1) 18:55 Scheduled
Hamburg (HAM) Lufthansa LH30 (+6) 19:00 Scheduled
Shanghai (PVG) Air China CA936 (+2) 19:00 Scheduled
Madrid (MAD) Air Europa UX1506 (+2) 19:05 Scheduled
London (LHR) British Airways BA911 (+2) 19:10 Scheduled
Baku (GYD) Lufthansa LH612 19:10 Scheduled
Sofia (SOF) Lufthansa LH1428 19:10 Scheduled
Riga (RIX) Air Baltic BT246 19:15 Scheduled
Munich (MUC) Lufthansa LH118 19:15 Scheduled
Beijing (PEK) Air China CA932 19:15 Scheduled
Helsinki (HEL) Finnair AY1416 19:20 Scheduled
Dubrovnik (DBV) Croatia Airlines OU419 19:25 Scheduled
Bucharest (OTP) Tarom RO306 19:25 Scheduled
Bangkok (BKK) Condor DE2362 19:30 Scheduled
Seoul (ICN) Korean Air KE946 19:30 Scheduled
Istanbul (SAW) Pegasus PC998 19:30 Scheduled
Madrid (MAD) Iberia IB766 19:35 Scheduled
Tel Aviv (TLV) El Al LY356 19:35 Scheduled
Vienna (VIE) Austrian Airlines OS216 19:40 Scheduled
Milan (LIN) ITA Airways AZ419 19:45 Scheduled
Berlin (BER) Lufthansa LH200 19:45 Scheduled
Mombasa (MBA) Discover Airlines 4Y144 19:50 Scheduled
Warsaw (WAW) LOT LO380 19:50 Scheduled
Dublin (DUB) Aer Lingus EI657 19:50 Scheduled
Milan (MXP) Korean Air Cargo KE513 19:55 Scheduled
Mombasa (MBA) Condor DE2282 20:00 Scheduled
London (LHR) Lufthansa LH920 20:00 Scheduled
Delhi (DEL) Air India AI120 20:00 Scheduled
Tokyo (NRT) Japan Airlines JL408 20:05 Scheduled
Cairo (CAI) Nesma Airlines NE7308 20:05 Scheduled
Cairo (CAI) Lufthansa Cargo LH8290 20:15 Scheduled

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