Off to the Next Destination: The 11 Best Airports in Germany

What could be better than the anticipation of your next vacation? For weeks, travelers look forward to the day of departure - until it finally arrives. The alarm clock rings in the morning, the luggage is ready, and off to the airport we go. Once you have made it through security, the relaxed part begins: watching the hustle at the gate with a fragrant coffee in hand, flipping through your favorite novel, and simply waiting for the boarding announcement to ring out.

To ensure a perfect start to the vacation, everything should go smoothly at the airport - from finding parking to choosing breakfast. The team at Travelcircus has wondered which airports are actually the best in Germany. Which airport attracts the most travelers, where is there the largest selection of shopping opportunities, and who comes out on top when it comes to potential flight destinations? Travelcircus has identified the top 11 airports in Germany!

To determine the 11 best airports in Germany, the Travelcircus team initially compiled a list of all airports in the country that serve at least 10,000 passengers annually and at least one international destination. Following that, a list of 27 airports was created. In a further step, categories were established and points assigned based on these categories:

For those who are already planning their next vacation or are soon looking for their next destination, the Travelcircus team has identified the top 11 best airports in Germany:

Kicking off the ranking at 11th place is Memmingen Airport. Also known as Allgäu Airport, it is the smallest of the three Bavarian airports and is only a few kilometers from the city of Memmingen.

Memmingen Airport earns points especially for the number of individual destinations and the total number of countries served. A total of 57 different places in 23 countries are served. Allgäu Airport also ranks among the top 11 most visited airports with 1,991,208 passengers annually.

With a narrow lead of just 0.04 points, Bremen Airport secures 10th place in the ranking. Even though only 25 destinations in 13 countries are served from Bremen Airport, the international airport scores with a rating of 4.0 and good amenities featuring 11 restaurants and 7 shops.

No other airport in Germany offers faster departures than Bremen: the airport is just 3.5 kilometers from the city center and can thus be reached quickly, easily, and conveniently by public transport. If you're in a hurry, you need just around 10 minutes to get there - missing your flight is nearly impossible in Bremen!

9th place goes to Hannover-Langenhagen Airport. It is the largest airport in Lower Saxony and the home of the German airline TUIfly. Hannover-Langenhagen Airport is about 10 kilometers from the capital of Lower Saxony, Hanover, in the small town of Langenhagen.

With an annual passenger count of 3,961,983, Hannover Airport ranks 8th among the top 10 most visited airports in Germany. Additionally, it impresses with its number of destinations, countries served, and airlines. From this Lower Saxony airport, travelers can fly with 24 airlines to 53 destinations.

The airport in Nuremberg is one of the three international airports in the state of Bavaria. While Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport is the largest airport in Bavaria, Nuremberg's Albrecht Dürer Airport ranks second.

This international airport in Middle Franconia makes it into the top 10 and reaches 8th place in the airport ranking due to various criteria. Visitors and passengers are particularly satisfied with the airport: with a Google rating of 4.3 stars, Albrecht Dürer Airport is among the most popular of the 11 best airports in Germany.

7th place in the ranking of the best airports in Germany goes to Cologne/Bonn Airport. The airport is located in the south of the large metropolis of Cologne, about 12 kilometers from the city center. It is 16 kilometers to the center of Bonn.

The choice is yours: travel enthusiasts and summer vacationers can choose from a total of 113 different destinations. If you visit all these locations, you will have traveled to a total of 32 countries, including many vacation spots in Europe and North Africa, as well as destinations in Iran, Iraq, and Israel.

Stuttgart's Manfred Rommel Airport is the largest and most important airport in Baden-Württemberg, securing the 6th place among the top 11 German airports. With an influx of 6,986,943 passengers annually, it falls among the ten most visited traffic airports in Germany.

The airport earns points primarily for the number of airlines and the variety of flight destinations. With 46 different airlines, travelers can fly from Stuttgart to destinations around the world.

The race for the top 5 is closely contended with Hamburg Airport, which has officially been named Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt since 2016. Located just 8 kilometers from the Hanseatic city, in the district of Fuhlsbüttel, the airport is quickly accessible from the city center via public transport.

Between the two terminals, travelers will find the Airport Plaza at Hamburg Airport. Here there are most of the 34 shops and shopping opportunities, as well as 25 restaurants and bars.

Landing at 4th place is Düsseldorf Airport, which bears the name Düsseldorf Airport. The airport is located just 6 kilometers from the city center of the Rhine metropolis and is easily reachable using local transport with two own train stations on site.

Düsseldorf Airport is considered the most important international hub in North Rhine-Westphalia. Additionally, the categories of passenger numbers, flight destinations, countries, airlines, and dining options place the airport among the top 5.

With a narrow lead of just 0.18 points, Berlin Brandenburg Airport, also known as Willy Brandt Airport, makes it into the top 3 - remarkable, considering it only opened in 2020. Willy Brandt Airport is currently the only airport in the federal capital and has replaced Tegel and Schönefeld airports since its opening.

With two terminals, the Berlin airport serves around 19,845,046 passengers annually - almost double the visitors as Hamburg Airport. Vacationers can choose from 121 destinations in 49 countries, served by 82 airlines.

With just one flight to the samba in Rio de Janeiro, to the forests of Vancouver, to the Ferris wheel at Santa Monica Pier, or to a sky pool over the rooftops of Bangkok - 2nd place in the airport ranking makes it possible. Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport is among the busiest international airports in all of Europe.

From Munich Airport, a remarkable 31,642,738 passengers travel to one of the 199 offered destinations each year. With over 50 restaurants and bars and 63 shops on site, travelers can relax and easily pass the time during long waits.

A place that never sleeps, bustling 24/7 year-round and attracting 48,918,482 travelers from all over the world: Frankfurt Airport truly deserves its 1st place ranking among the 11 best airports in Germany.

With 292 destinations in 92 countries worldwide, the airport counts as the largest traffic airport in the country. There are over 80,000 employees on site, and more than 140 shops await, along with a gastronomic offering consisting of 76 different restaurants and bars.