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FRANKFURT AIRPORT
Airport Symbol: FRA
Contact Info:
Phone: 49 (0) 69 6 90-66634
Website: www.airportcity-frankfurt.com
Overview: About 11km, 7m from city center. Even though I really like the airport, the Frankfurt airport upon arrival is a bit of a labyrinth. Airport assistance will take you through, what seems like, a lot of hallways to get you to the baggage claim. Even though there are only two terminals, there are several floors in Terminal 1 and the floors have several hallways and shops that may take you here and there.
Departure is fairly straightforward. Sometimes the signs seem to take you past the actual halls you need to take. There are a few security checkpoints along the way to depart, or rather, to make connections. If you have a shorter hop within Europe, you’re likely to take a smaller plane. To reach the smaller planes, you’ll need to take a shuttle to the plane. The shuttles do have lifts and belts to secure you. Once at the plane, you’ll be transferred to a service lift, operated by a service truck. At this point, you transfer onto an aisle or plane chair, then be transferred into the large truck. The truck will take you directly beneath the plane’s door and lift you up. It’s a pretty exciting system.
For long haul flights, you enter the plane in the customary fashion: through the gate, down the corridor and transfer to an aisle chair and then airport assistance will wheel you to your seat.
The Frankfurt airport is a great, clean airport and even a nice safe place to stay the night if you’re without a hotel room during a trade fair. There are lounge chairs to extend your feet or three row seats with no armrests in between, making it perfect to stretch out and sleep. Plus, you can check you luggage in 24 hours in advance. The powers that be are expanding the airport to include a third terminal.
There is also a variety of options to reach Frankfurt’s city center or downtown. You can take a taxi, bus or the S Bahn. Or, arrange a hotel service transport.