South Bend Regional SBN Airport Overview

South Bend Regional Airport SBN serves Indiana's city of South Bend and its sourrounding areas. Due  to a multi-modal transportation complex in the Michiana Region, South Bend Regional Airport is the only small airport in the United States featuring air, interstate rail, and interstate bus services at one multi-modal terminal location. South Bend is home to famed Notre Dame University and four other universities & colleges.

The Airport is located a few miles south of South Bend, in the very northern part of the State of Indiana, close to the state border of Michigan, and within a 35-mile drive west to the shores of Lake Michigan. It has easy access to Interstate Hwys 80/90 and to State Hwy 20/31.

With an estimated 630,000 passengers a year, South Bend Regional Airport is served by a number of major airlines offering direct flights to major U.S. hubs, with connections to all points of the globe.

NOTE:  1. The Airport operates year-round on Eastern Time and is open 4am.-11:30pm or last flight.   2. It is recommended that you arrive at the Airport no later than 90 minutes prior to your scheduled departure. 3.  For questions go to the Airport Authority window next to the South Shore waiting area & Allegiant Air ticket counter - open 6am-10pm.

South Bend Regional Airport has one passenger terminal. (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.) 

If you want to pick up a passenger at the Airport,  you can use the short-term lot or  the Cell Phone Parking Lot located inside the 18-hr lot - a 3-4 inute walk to the terminal. Stay with your car until your party calls you to be picked up at the terminal's curb.

Other parking options at South Bend Regional:  Note that all but the 18-hour lot are available for overnight parking, while the 18-hour lot opens at 5am for limited-time parking.  You have the option to go ticketless payin by AMEX, VISA or MasterCard, pay-on-foot at the parking pay station by cash or credit card, or drive to the booth and pay the cashier with cash or credit card.
1. The short-term lot offers the first 30 mins. free - ideal for passenger pickup.
2. The long-term lot is only 2 mins from the terminal.
3. The Economy and 18-Hour lots are only 3-4 mins from the terminal.
Valet service (574-288-4912 or 800-681-8885) is available.  For more parking options call Republic at 574-234-1924.

Rental car
counters for major agencies are located in the Arrivals /baggage claim area and pickup/& return lot is within walking distance thereof.

To get from South Bend Regional Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, use taxi (Yellow Cab 574-233-9333), a door-to-door or hotel shuttle, a bus or a train: The bus station is open 24/7 and can be accessed through Doors A & B.
1. To Midway & O'Hare Airports: Coach USA (at Gary 800-248-8747; at Mishawaka 800-833-555; or visit busville.com) offers transfers eight times a day.
2. To South Bend area: Transpo (574-232-9901 or 233-2131 - or visit sbtranspo.com) departs the Airport at 24 and 54 mins after the hour.
3. To Goshen & Elkhart: Troley bus connects Airport with Goshen & Elkhart: Contact Interurban Trolley (574-674-4094 or visit interurbantrolley.com).
4. The South Shore railroad station is located right in the Airport (1-800-356-2079 or 574-233-3111) and serves cities throughout northwest Indiana, with a final stop in downtown Chicago (the trip takes 2hrs 20mins). Note that South Bend is on Eastern Time, all other stations observe Central Time. 

Present & future Airport Developments:  In August 2011, the Airport started its last phase of expansion consolidating screening points into one singular location, during which time passengers need to go through security screening at Concourse C and will be guided into the new terminal by covered walkway. No date for completion is available.




 



South Bend Regional SBN Airport Update History

  • Updated SBN Airport Intro page - Dec 28, 2011
  • Updated SBN Airports page - Dec 28, 2011
  • Updated SBN Main Terminals page - Dec 28, 2011

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