How to reach Bayreuth by plane
The closest international airport to Bayreuth is Nürnberg. Other options are the international airports in Frankfurt/Main and Munich with a larger offer of flights.
International airports with good train connections to Bayreuth
- International airport in Nürnberg (NUE)Hide
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location:
90 km south-west of Bayreuth,
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address:
Flughafenstraße 100, 90411 Nürnberg
travel to Bayreuth:
flight to Nürnberg → metro “U2” to central train station (direction “Röthenbach”, 15 min)
→ regional train to Bayreuth (1 hour)
The metro station is directly in front of the arrival hall of the airport. At the ticket vending machine at the metro entrance you can buy a ticket for the entire journey to Bayreuth, which is valid for the metro, the train and also in the buses within Bayreuth.
Note: Due to trackworks with bus replacement (see below for details), the travel time from Nürnberg Airport to Bayreuth will be 30-45 minutes longer than usual on the weekend before MTNS.
A taxi from Nürnberg airport directly to Bayreuth will take about 65-70 minutes and cost approximately 160 EUR.
closest train station:
central train station “Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof”
website:
https://www.airport-nuernberg.de/english/ - International airport in Frankfurt/Main (FRA)Hide
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location:
280 km west of Bayreuth,
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address:
Hugo-Eckener-Ring 1, 60547 Frankfurt am Main
travel to Bayreuth:
flight to Frankfurt/Main → walk to long-distance train station in Frankfurt Airport (10 min)
→ train (ICE) to Nürnberg (2,5 hours) → regional train to Bayreuth (1 hour)
closest train station:
long-distance train station in Frankfurt Airport “Frankfurt/Main Flughafen Fernbahnhof”
10 min walk from Terminal 1 (not to be confused with “Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof” in the city centre!)
website:
https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en.html - International airport in Munich (MUC)Hide
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location:
220 km south-east of Bayreuth,
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address:
Nordallee 25, 85356 München-Flughafen
travel to Bayreuth:
Route 1:
flight to Munich → walk to regional train station in Munich Airport (5 min)
→ suburban train S1 or S8 to Munich Central Station “München Hauptbahnhof” (40 min)
→ ICE train to Nürnberg (1 hour 10 min) → regional train to Bayreuth (1 hour)
Route 2:
flight to Munich → walk to regional train station in Munich Airport (5 min)
→ regional train to Regensburg (1 hour 15 min) → local train to Weiden (1 hour)
→ local train to Bayreuth (1 hour)
The Deutsche Bahn connection query will give you connections via both routes.
Click on “show details” in the query to see the route of the connection.
closest train stations:
Munich Airport Station “Flughafen München” or “München Flughafen Terminal” for regional trains
(location: Google maps)
Munich Central Station “München Hauptbahnhof” in the city centre for long distance trains
(location: Google maps)
website:
https://www.munich-airport.com/
When continuing your journey by train, an advantage of Frankfurt Airport over Munich Airport is that you can reach Bayreuth with changing trains only once, while from Munich Airport you have to change trains twice. However, the overall travel time by train between Munich Airport and Bayreuth is a little shorter.
How to continue your journey by train
Please see the individual airport descriptions, above, for information on train connections and read also our information on traveling to Bayreuth by train.
How to continue your journey by coach
Flixbus offers several direct coach connections per day between Frankfurt/Main, Munich (and several other German cities) and Bayreuth. Some of these connections also stop at the airports. Please see the the Flixbus web site for details.
How to continue your journey by car
At all airports you can hire rental cars from international and local rental car companies (Nürnberg and additional infos in German, Frankfurt, Munich). Please see also our information on traveling to Bayreuth by car.