Memmingen Airport - Flughafen Memmingen

Memmingen Airport

The Memmingen Airport, international: Memmingen Airport , is the smallest commercial airport in Bavaria. It is located 4.5 km southeast of Memmingen. Although it is about 100 km from Munich, it is considered a cheaper alternative to Munich Airport.

background

The airport was a military airfield until 2003. Regular flight operations have been in place since June 2007.

Arrival and departure

By train

The airport does not have its own train station. The nearest train station (and bus station) Memmingen is approx. 4 km away and can be reached by bus or taxi:

By bus

  • City bus line 2 and regional transport line 810/811 go from the airport to Memmingen train station, which is about four kilometers away: Die Bus timetables are not coordinated with the flight plan, so that you may have to accept considerable waiting times. Furthermore, the single ticket costs 3 € (January 2018). The city buses are also often late, some connections on this route, especially for the weekend, are set up as "call-collective-taxi". However, this can only be done during normal office hours (Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.), which is unfriendly to the customer, so that no flexibility is possible in the event of delays.
  • A local taxi company takes minibuses (eight-seater) between the airport and the train station and picks up individual travelers. Costs 3 euros per person.
  • The Allgäu Airport Express runs regularly seven days a week to the cities of Munich, Zurich and St. Gallen as well as Dornbirn. The timetable for buses to Munich is on the flight schedule from Ryanair Voted. It should be noted that for flights to Tel Aviv should be at the airport two hours earlier. Unfortunately, this is not possible with the AAE.
  • Coordinated with the flight times of the Wizzair to Kiev offers Bus and Fly a bus shuttle from Munich, Ingolstadt, Nuremberg, Erlangen and Bamberg.

With the taxi

The taxi from Memmingen costs about 10 to 15 €, depending on the place of departure.

In the street

From the A96-Exit Symbol: AS 14 Memmingen-Ost the airport is signposted with an airplane symbol.

Airlines and Destinations

Scheduled flights are mainly used by the low-cost airlines Ryanair and Wizz Air carried out. There are also seasonal destinations in charter traffic.

The line flies to London, Dublin, Sofia, various destinations in Spain, Portugal and Italy and in the east to Moscow, Kiev, Belgrade, Skopje, Kutaisi and several destinations in Romania. There are no domestic connections. Typical holiday destinations in charter traffic are Mallorca, Naples, the Canary Islands, Corsica and Crete. Destinations.

Terminals

The airport has only one terminal with four gates on the ground floor and three gates on the upper floor.

Arrival and departure

Parking / mobility

Short-term parking

Free short-term parking at the P1 car park in front of the terminal is possible for 10 minutes.

Long-term parking

Parking at the airport:Online booking

Many private car park agents such as

Storz parking service Memmingen

Car rental companies

  • Sixt
  • Europcar
  • hertz
  • Advice

The counters have different opening times, depending on company and day of the week. Please be sure to do so beforehand to inform.

Bike rental

Seasonally there is a rental for e-bikes and conventional bicycles at the airport.

Evasive

activities

Lounges

On the upper floor, where the gates for the extra Schengen destinations are located, there is a small children's play area from the nearby adventure park Legoland is sponsored. There is a larger assortment of Lego bricks of all types and sizes with which the juniors can shorten the waiting time. There are three slot machines (one-armed bandits) right next to the Lego play area.

Planespotting

museum

Aviation history museum of the traditional community JaboG 34: http://www.focus-starfighter.de/

  • History of the Memmingen Air Base and its military units (from 1936 until the end of military use by the Bundeswehr in 2003)
  • Exhibits and memorabilia, including jet-powered fighter aircraft that were formerly stationed at the Memmingerberg military airport.

Airport tours

There are guided tours for individuals and groups of 10 people or more. You can find more information here.

shop

There is a duty free shop in the security area.

kitchen

There is a offer (Cafe, restaurant, beer garden) in the public area, after the security check and near the airport.

accommodation

health

Practical advice

  • A list of links to European weather conditions and Air traffic information can also be found in the article Travel by plane.
  • The airport offers free wireless internet access.

literature

Web links

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