Munich Airport: Cheap Flights, Transport and Terminals

Munich Franz Josef Strauss Airport lies in the Erdinger Moos about 28 kilometres from the city centre and is Germany's second-largest airport after Frankfurt. Operated by FMG, it is Lufthansa's second hub: Lufthansa and its Star Alliance partners use Terminal 2 with its satellite building, while all other airlines use Terminal 1, and the Munich Airport Center sits between the two.

To Turkey, Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa fly several times a day to Istanbul Airport; Pegasus and AJet serve Sabiha Gökçen, SunExpress flies to Antalya, Izmir, Ankara, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Samsun and Trabzon, and Condor and Discover add Antalya in summer. Nouvelair and Tunisair link Munich with Tunis and Monastir, Aegean and Lufthansa with Athens, and Lufthansa, Discover and Eurowings are popular for flights from Málaga, Palma and Ibiza back to Munich.

For the cheapest flights from Munich, compare the non-stop Pegasus, AJet and SunExpress services with Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa connections via Istanbul; midweek dates, the off-season and early booking lower the price. Adding the Bavarian airports of Nuremberg and Memmingen to your search and pricing outbound and return separately also helps. The prices on this page are the current lowest Munich fares found by our searches.

S-Bahn lines S1 and S8 link the airport with Munich Hauptbahnhof and Marienplatz in about 40 minutes, the S1 via the west of the city and the S8 via the east. The Lufthansa Express Bus runs to the Hauptbahnhof, and regional buses serve Freising, Erding and the surrounding districts. Timetables and fares change, so check the airport website for current details.

• Taxi: ranks are in front of the terminals; the ride to the centre takes 35 to 50 minutes depending on traffic.
• Car: the A92 motorway connects the airport with the Munich ring road and the A9; car-hire desks are on the arrivals levels.
• Long-distance coaches: FlixBus and other operators run to Austria, Italy and other German cities.

Both terminals offer duty-free, numerous shops and restaurants, currency exchange, ATMs, a pharmacy, prayer rooms and children's play areas; Wi-Fi is free. Besides the Lufthansa lounges there are independent lounges that can be entered for a fee. The Munich Airport Center between the terminals has a supermarket, restaurants and Airbräu, the world's only airport brewery, with the Hilton and Novotel hotels within walking distance.

The multi-storey car parks beneath and next to the terminals are for short stays, while the remote car parks cover long-term parking with shuttles to the terminals. Booking online is considerably cheaper; current rates are listed on the airport website.