Transferring at Frankfurt Airport

After arriving in Frankfurt, the monitors at the arrivals gate will show you the gate and the gate of your onward flight. Then follow the signs to the relevant gate and use the journey time display.

Our Mobile Service Guides can be recognised by their red uniforms and are located at the important process points.

If you do not yet have a boarding pass for your connecting flight, you can obtain one from your airline's transfer desks. If there is no transfer desk on site, you will receive your boarding pass for your onward flight at the information desk at the departure gate and in the public area at your airline's check-in desk.

In most cases, your checked baggage will be automatically checked through to your destination airport. If this is not the case, collect your baggage from baggage reclaim and check it in again with your airline. This also applies if you have booked your flight connections individually.

Whether you will go through passport control during the transfer process depends on whether the departure and destination airports are inside or outside the Schengen area.

Airport of departure and destination in the Schengen area: As a rule, no passport control is required.

Departure airport in a Schengen country and destination airport in a non-Schengen country: Passport control is usually required. Depending on their nationality, travellers may require a transit visa. Please enquire at your diplomatic representation.

Airport of departure outside the Schengen area and destination in another non-Schengen country: As a rule, no passport control is required as long as you do not leave the transit area. Depending on their nationality, travellers may require a transit visa. Please enquire at your diplomatic mission.

Departure airport in a non-Schengen country and destination airport in a Schengen country: Passport control is usually required. Depending on their nationality, travellers may require a transit visa. Please enquire at your diplomatic mission.