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Q: How do I get from Leipzig city centre to Leipzig airport?

S-Bahn S5 or S5X to Leipzig: €6.90 for one traveler, 13 min, boarding at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (tief), the underground S-Bahn platforms: an S5 or S5X toward Halle. The first one leaves at 03:41 and is at the airport by about 03:54; the last at 00:07.

City to airport · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to the airport

Leipzig/Halle Airport publishes no set time to arrive before a flight: it asks passengers to come to check-in in good time and to take the time from their airline or travel agent. No airline offers check-in the evening before. First departures

Recommended

The cheapest way to the airport. Nothing listed is quicker.

S-Bahn S5 or S5X to Leipzig

S5S5X · S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland (DB Regio), MDV tariff

13 min rideEvery 30 min03:41–00:07

Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (tief)Leipzig/Halle Flughafen station

Non-stop

€6.90total for 1 adult€6.90 eachBuy ticketOn S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, MDV tariff

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (tief), the underground S-Bahn platforms: an S5 or S5X toward Halle

A three-zone MDV single, EUR 6.90, valid two hours with changes; children aged 6 to 14 pay EUR 4.10, children not yet at school ride free. The 24-Stunden-Karte Plus for three zones, EUR 13.80, carries up to three children free.

Luggage. A commuter train: keep cases, prams and bikes out of the gangways.

Hours. Every day from 03:41, then 04:32 and every 30 minutes from 05:32 (05:02 too on weekdays). The last leave at 22:32, 23:02 and 00:07.

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Fares are the same ticket ridden the other way; the boarding points, hours and, where a ride differs by direction, the ride time are read for this direction. Every way from Leipzig airport into Leipzig

How do I get from Leipzig city centre to Leipzig airport?

For one traveler the S-Bahn S5 or S5X to Leipzig is the way we recommend: €6.90 in total, 13 min, boarding at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (tief). The first one leaves at 03:41 and is at the airport by about 03:54; the last leaves at 00:07. Leipzig/Halle Airport publishes no set time to arrive before a flight: it asks passengers to come to check-in in good time and to take the time from their airline or travel agent. No airline offers check-in the evening before.

First departures

Earliest at the airport first

S-Bahn S5 or S5X to Leipzig

First 03:41 from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (tief), at the airport by about 03:54.

Arrival times add the recorded ride time to the first departure; no walking or waiting is added.

Early flight?

The first S-Bahn leaves Leipzig Hauptbahnhof for the airport at 03:41 every day, then 04:32 and every 30 minutes from 05:32 (05:02 too on weekdays). From Halle Hauptbahnhof the first is 04:01, then 05:01.

Before you leave for Leipzig Airport

From the centre to each way out

How early to be there

Early flights

At the station

At Leipzig Hauptbahnhof the S-Bahn leaves from the deep-level platforms, Leipzig Hbf (tief). Take an S5 or S5X toward Halle; the airport is the stop after Leipzig Messe, 13 minutes out.

Tickets

From Leipzig or Halle buy a three-zone MDV ticket, EUR 6.90. A one-zone Leipzig ticket does not reach the airport.

Taxis to the airport

A taxi from Leipzig to the airport charges the tariff set for the airport, not a price agreed with the driver, and that tariff is not published. Ask for the price when you book.

Questions

When is the first S-Bahn S5 or S5X to Leipzig from Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (tief)?

03:41. It reaches the airport at about 03:54.

How early should I be at Leipzig airport?

What does a taxi to Leipzig airport cost from the centre?