Stuttgart Airport: Cheap Flights, Transport and Terminals

Stuttgart Airport lies on the Filder plateau about 13 kilometres from the city centre and is the largest airport in Baden-Württemberg. Flights are handled in Terminals 1 to 4, which are connected under one roof, with the Stuttgart trade fair grounds right next door. Thanks to the region's large Turkish and Kosovar communities, flights to Turkey and Pristina are busy all year round.

To Turkey, Turkish Airlines flies to Istanbul Airport, Pegasus and AJet to Sabiha Gökçen and SunExpress to Antalya, Izmir, Ankara, Adana and other Anatolian cities, while Corendon and Eurowings add Antalya in summer. There are several daily flights to Pristina, Nouvelair serves Monastir, and Hurghada, Athens and Lufthansa connections via Frankfurt and Munich complete the network. Eurowings keeps a base at the airport.

For the cheapest flights from Stuttgart, 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 nearby Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Memmingen and Frankfurt to your search and pricing outbound and return separately also helps. The prices on this page are the current lowest Stuttgart fares found by our searches.

From the station beneath the terminal, S-Bahn lines S2 and S3 reach Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof in about 27 minutes, and the U6 light rail line also links the airport with the city centre. Regional buses serve the Filder districts as well as Tübingen and Reutlingen. 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 20 to 30 minutes depending on traffic.
• Car: the airport junction of the A8 motorway is right next to the terminals; car-hire desks are in arrivals.
• Long-distance coaches: FlixBus and other operators run from the airport's coach terminal to destinations across Germany and neighbouring countries.

The terminals offer duty-free, shops, restaurants and cafés, currency exchange, ATMs, a pharmacy, a prayer room and children's play areas; Wi-Fi is free. Besides the Lufthansa lounge there is the Airport Lounge, which can be entered for a fee. The Mövenpick and other hotels as well as the trade fair grounds are within walking distance of the terminal.

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