Friedrichshafen Bodensee FDH Airport Overview
Friedrichshafen Bodensee Airport FDH ) serves the south-western State of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany and its Bodensee area.
The Airport is located 3km north of the city of Friedrichshafen, and can be reached via B30 motorway via a new access road (B30 connects to the north with A7 (at Ulm) and to the south with B31 (along the northside of the Bodensee). Situated on the lake 'Bodensee', it shares its border with Switzerland and is close to the Austrian border.
With an estimated 590,000 passengers a year, Frierichshafen Bodensee Airport is served by domestic and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to European, North African, and Middle Eastern cities. Seasonal charter flights to popular vacation destinations are also available.
NOTE: Opening hours of the passenger terminal depend on flight schedules. For very early charter flight departures the terminal opens at least 2 hrs before. In general the terminal is closed between 11pm and 4am (no overnight stay at the Airport!).
The on-Airport IBIS Airport Hotel can be reached at +49 (7541) 399070.
The new passenger terminal at Friedrichshafen Bodensee Airport opened officially in September 2010 with 14 check-in counters and triple the space of the old terminal. Passenger arrivals and departures are both on the street level - Arrival is to your right, departures to the left. After security you have access to gate areas A-D and E-G. The new 300 square meter shopping center is to open late 2011, but has already opened the duty-free area. The Information Desk is in the Arrivals area, open 7:30am-10:30pm (tel: +49(0) 7541-284-01), and provides the following services: Train, bus, catamaran & ferry schedules; hotel & tourist information; currency exchange (US dollar, British pound, Swiss franc, Icelandic & Swedish kroners); catamaran tickets to Konstanz, and lost & found.
To get from the Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi, a bus, a train, a boat or catermaran.
1. A taxi ride to the city train station takes 10 minutes and costs about 10 EUR. A number of taxi companies serve the Airport, among them is Alex Taxi Service (tel: +49 (0) 75 41 / 59 99 59).
2. Shuttle buses wait outside the terminal.
3. Express Buses run weekdays between the cities of Konstanz & Friedrichshafen.
4. The train station ‘Friedrichshafen Flughafen’ is right across from the passenger terminal. The local ‘Bodensee-Oberschwaben Bahn’ (BOB train) runs between Aulendorf and Friedrichshafen Harbor and stops at the Airport (the ninth stop after Aulendorf). DB Bahn (the German Railroad) also stops at the Airport station. For more information contact its site directly.
The catermaran is the quickest connection to Konstanz by crossing the lake, taking 46 minutes, operating 6:02am-8:02pm, and costing 9.50 EUR. Tickets are available at the information desk.
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Address:
Am Flugplatz 64
Friedrichshafen, Baden-Wurt. , D-88046
Germany - Website for Friedrichshafen Bodensee: http://www.fly-away.de/en/
- Email Address: http://www.fly-away.de/en/nc/general/contact/
- Phone: +49 75 412 8401
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