Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg From €380 per vehicle
Winter and Summer Transfers Available
Private airport transfers from Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg. 132 km, around 1 hour 40 minutes. Ski luggage included. Local St. Anton taxi company.
- Winter Ready 4x4 Vehicles
- Local St. Anton Drivers
- Direct To St. Anton Transfers
- Flight Tracked Pickups
- Free Cancellation Up To 24h
- Skis And Snowboards Free
Private Taxi & Airport Transfers from Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg
Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg is about 132 km by road and takes around 1 hour 40 minutes. A private transfer with Alpinum Taxi costs from €380 per vehicle, one way — not per person — for up to eight passengers with luggage and ski equipment.
Airport transfers on this route are priced the same in both directions, and the price covers every toll, the Arlberg and Pfänder tunnels included, skis and snowboards, child seats, and the drive to the door of your accommodation. We take no deposit and hold no card details, and you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before pickup.
Alpinum Taxi is a taxi company based in St. Anton am Arlberg. We do not pass work on to anyone: the cars are our own — Mercedes Minibus 4x4 and VW Caravelle Minibus 4x4 — and so are the drivers, experienced local drivers who know these roads.
The one airport we drive to in another country
Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen is in Germany and St. Anton am Arlberg is in Austria. Of the six airports we serve, this is the only drive that crosses a border — just past Lindau, at Hörbranz. What that means in practice is further down, under the border.
Which resort the transfer serves
St. Anton am Arlberg is the largest of the five Arlberg resorts and the one most guests travelling through Friedrichshafen are heading for. The other four — St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — share the same lift pass and the same roads, and we drive private transfers from Friedrichshafen to all of them.
Skiing here runs from early December to late April, with around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts on one pass. What the skiing means for the journey in is in our guide to skiing in St. Anton, and the rest is in what you need to know about the Arlberg.
Winter and summer transfers
Most of our Friedrichshafen transfers run in winter, when the resort is full and the skiing is on. Summer transfers are quieter, but it is the same road and the same price, and the same private transfers carry walkers and cyclists in July that carry skiers in February.
The five Arlberg resorts sit close enough together that one driver serves all of them in a day. A transfer to St. Anton and a transfer to Lech leave the same garage and take the same road as far as Langen — which is why we can quote every resort from the same price list.
Ski transfers from Friedrichshafen
What a ski transfer carries
A ski transfer is not simply a taxi with skis in it. The rear ski rack takes skis and boards outside the cabin, so eight people and eight ski bags travel in one vehicle instead of two, and nobody spends a hundred and thirty kilometres with a boot bag on their knees. If you are collecting hired equipment on the way, tell us and we will stop at the ski shop in the resort before your accommodation.
The ski pass covers all five resorts, so where you ski and where you sleep need not be the same village. Guests who fly into Friedrichshafen and stay in St. Anton ski the whole of the Arlberg on one pass, and our ski transfers run to every resort on it. What to bring and what travels free is set out on the luggage page.
Most of our winter work is ski transfers. Skis and snowboards travel free on the rear rack, outside the cabin — over 132 kilometres that is the difference between a full vehicle and a comfortable one. St. Anton belongs to the Ski Arlberg area along with St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts, on one pass.
Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton Transfer: Price, Distance & Journey Time
A private transfer from Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg costs from €380 per vehicle, one way. The price is for the vehicle and not per person: two of you or eight of you, the figure is the same. That is what a Friedrichshafen to St. Anton transfer costs whether you book it in December or in July.
It is fixed before you book and does not move on the day — not for a pickup in the middle of the night, not on a holiday, and not when snow makes the drive longer. Every fare is on the price list, and every route is on the airport transfer page.
Friedrichshafen sits in the middle of the field: Innsbruck is 100 km from St. Anton, Altenrhein 110, Friedrichshafen 132, Memmingen 170, Zurich 200 and Munich 230. Which airport suits you is decided by the flight.
| Distance | about 132 km |
|---|---|
| Journey time | around 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Price | from €380 per vehicle, one way |
| Passengers | up to 8 with luggage |
| Skis and snowboards | carried free |
| Child seats | no extra charge |
| Tolls | included, Arlberg and Pfänder tunnels |
| Border | Germany → Austria, at Hörbranz |
The Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg Route
The drive begins on Lake Constance and ends under the Arlberg. From the airport the B31 runs east along the shore, past Eriskirch and Langenargen, to Lindau. A few minutes later, at Hörbranz, the road crosses into Austria.
From there it is motorway: the A14 through the Pfänder tunnel, which passes Bregenz by going under the mountain, then down the Rhine valley past Dornbirn, Hohenems and Rankweil to Feldkirch and on to Bludenz.
At Bludenz the route turns east onto the S16 and climbs into the Klostertal, past Wald am Arlberg and Klösterle to Langen am Arlberg.
And there comes the part that separates this drive from our other routes out of the west: we stay on the S16 and go through the Arlberg road tunnel. Fourteen kilometres under the pass, and on the Tyrolean side St. Anton am Arlberg is a short distance beyond the portal. The transfers to Stuben, Zürs and Lech leave the S16 at Langen instead and never enter it.
No mountain pass is crossed at all. That is why this route holds up in winter: the mountain is gone under rather than climbed.
Winter conditions on this road
Conditions change along the way rather than all at once, and the conditions at the lake are rarely the conditions in the Klostertal. Friedrichshafen can be dry while the Klostertal is already under snow, and the last thirty kilometres are the ones that decide the timing. The roads we use are main roads, cleared early and driven all winter, and the Arlberg tunnel means the Friedrichshafen to St. Anton drive never depends on a pass being open.
Germany into Austria: what the border means for your transfer
The border is crossed at Hörbranz, just past Lindau, about twenty minutes after setting off. Germany and Austria are both in the Schengen area, so there is normally no check there. Temporary checks can be reintroduced, which is why you should carry the identity document you flew with.
Everything else is our problem. The Austrian motorway vignette, the toll for the Pfänder tunnel and the toll for the Arlberg tunnel are all inside the fixed price. Nothing is collected from you in the car, and you do not stop at a toll booth with your wallet out.
In practice the border is a road sign and nothing more. You stay seated, the vehicle keeps going, and the only difference is that the signs start counting in Austrian from there on.
Meeting Your Driver at Friedrichshafen Airport
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall, holding a sign with your name on it. There is nobody to ring and no meeting point to find.
Friedrichshafen makes this part easy. It is a compact regional airport with one terminal and the car parks directly in front of it — a few steps from the door to the vehicle, rather than a walk through two halls and a train underneath, as at the big hubs.
We track the flight number you give us when booking. If the flight lands late the pickup moves with it, at no extra charge and without you having to do anything. Your driver loads the luggage, skis and snowboards go on the rear rack, and the next time we stop is in front of your accommodation — door to door, with nothing in between.
The drive ends in the resort itself, not at its edge: your hotel door, whichever part of the resort it stands in. Transfers are available all year, on any day and at any hour, including the hours when no bus runs. Your arrival time sets ours rather than the other way round, and the Friedrichshafen to St. Anton drive is the same comfortable journey at six in the morning as it is at six in the evening.
Why Choose Alpinum Taxi for Friedrichshafen to St. Anton Transfers
Most companies selling this route sit neither in Friedrichshafen nor on the Arlberg — they pass the job on. We drive every transfer ourselves, in our own vehicles and with our own drivers.
The drive ends on the Arlberg, and that is where we live. It counts on the last stretch: when it is snowing on the S16, the driver knows what the road is doing today because he was on it this morning. The same cars work as a local taxi in St. Anton while you are here.
And the price is settled beforehand. Over 132 kilometres, across a border and through two tolled tunnels, that is not a detail: you know the figure before you get in, and it covers everything.
What you are buying is a reliable arrival: experienced drivers who are on these roads every day of the winter, a comfortable vehicle that takes eight people and their equipment, and a drive that runs door to door. The same drivers run the transfers from Innsbruck and Zurich — one company and one fleet, a different road.
The vehicle for your Friedrichshafen to St. Anton transfer
Picked up at the airport
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall and walks you to the vehicle.
Skis on the rear rack
Outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag on their knees.
Chains on when the road needs them
Our drivers carry chains all season and fit them themselves.
To the hotel door
We stop in front of your accommodation, not at a drop-off point.
A hundred and thirty-two kilometres, two countries and two tunnels, and almost all of it at motorway speed with your luggage behind you rather than on your knees. What decides the car on this route is not the mountain — the Arlberg tunnel takes care of that — but the fact that a ski group and its equipment have to travel as one vehicle.
VW Caravelle T6.1 — Long — 4x4
- Up to 8 passengers
- AWD (4MOTION)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Mercedes Minibus 4x4
- Max. 6 passengers
- AWD (4MATIC)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Skis, snowboards and luggage
Skis and snowboards travel on the rear-door ski rack, outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag across their knees. Ski carriage is free: we charge no equipment supplement the way a shared shuttle does. Boot bags, helmets and suitcases go inside with the rest of the luggage.
Both vehicles: 4x4, winter tyres from November to April, snow chains on board.
Both vehicles are four-wheel drive on winter tyres, with chains on board through the season, and skis travel outside on the rear rack. Up to eight passengers with cases, at one price for the vehicle.
Getting from Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton: Transfer, Train, Bus or Rental Car?
There are four realistic options for getting from Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton, and which of them is the affordable one depends entirely on how many of you are travelling.
St. Anton has its own station on the Arlbergbahn, so the train is a genuine alternative here and not a polite mention. There is no train from the airport itself, though: you first have to reach a station and change on the way, carrying your luggage while you do it.
With hand baggage and two of you, that is a sensible journey. With a ski bag and a boot bag each, the changes are what decide it — every one of them means lifting everything again.
A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay. If it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves you the winter driving across a border, the equipment in the boot, and the return of the car on the morning of the flight home.
The bus has the most changes on this route and the tightest timetable. It can be cheap; it is never direct.
The four options, side by side
Of the four options, the private transfer is the only one with no change of vehicle: one car, one price, your door. The train is the strongest of the other options for one or two people travelling light, because St. Anton has a station and the resort centre is a short walk from it. The bus is the cheapest option and the slowest. A rental car is the option that pays off only if you intend to drive during the stay rather than park for a week.
Ski groups rarely find the comparison close. Four people travelling with skis pay one fare between them for a private transfer, and every other option charges each of them separately and asks them to carry the equipment between vehicles.
St. Anton am Arlberg from Friedrichshafen, Zurich, Innsbruck & Munich
St. Anton am Arlberg is reached from six airports, and we drive from all of them. Friedrichshafen sits in the middle of the field: closer than Zurich and Munich, further than Innsbruck and Altenrhein.
Distance alone rarely settles it, though. A direct flight at the right hour from Friedrichshafen is worth more than a shorter drive from an airport you have to connect through, and the Friedrichshafen to St. Anton drive is a convenient one either way: motorway almost throughout, with the mountain gone under at the end.
We drive private transfers from Friedrichshafen to the other four resorts as well — St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — and the same vehicles work as a local taxi and a train station taxi once you are here.
| From airport | km | Journey time | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innsbruck (INN) | 100 km | 1h 15min | €200 |
| Altenrhein (ACH) | 110 km | 1h 20min | €300 |
| Friedrichshafen (FDH) | 132 km | 1h 40min | €380 |
| Memmingen (FMM) | 170 km | 2h | €420 |
| Zurich (ZRH) | 200 km | 2h 20min | €460 |
| Munich (MUC) | 298 km | 3h 25min | €640 |
Return Transfer: St. Anton am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport
For a flight from Friedrichshafen we leave St. Anton four hours before departure. That covers the 132-kilometre drive, the border and the time you need at the airport, all together. There is nothing to add on top — tell us your flight number and we will give you the pickup time.
Four hours is the rule for this airport. For Innsbruck it is three, and for Zurich it is five. The St. Anton to Friedrichshafen drive is the same road as the way in, in reverse.
The return costs the same as the way in: from €380 per vehicle, tolls and ski equipment included. We collect you from your accommodation at any hour, including before daylight. Booking the return at the same time as the arrival is the convenient way to do it: one message, one fixed price, both directions.
| Flight from Friedrichshafen | Pickup in St. Anton |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | 03:00 |
| 09:00 | 05:00 |
| 11:00 | 07:00 |
| 13:00 | 09:00 |
| 15:00 | 11:00 |
| 17:00 | 13:00 |
| 19:00 | 15:00 |
Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg — Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a Friedrichshafen Airport transfer to St. Anton am Arlberg?
A private Friedrichshafen Airport transfer to St. Anton am Arlberg costs from €380 per vehicle, one way. The price is fixed when you book and covers all tolls including the Arlberg tunnel, skis and snowboards, child seats and the drive to the door of your accommodation.
Is the €380 price per person or per vehicle?
Per vehicle. €380 is the price of the car, not of a seat in it, and it does not change between two passengers and eight. For a family or a ski group that is the whole difference against a shared shuttle, where every passenger pays separately.
How far is St. Anton am Arlberg from Friedrichshafen Airport?
About 132 kilometres by road. The drive runs east along Lake Constance to Lindau, crosses into Austria, follows the Rhine valley south through Feldkirch to Bludenz and then turns east into the Klostertal and the Arlberg.
How long does the Friedrichshafen to St. Anton transfer take?
Around 1 hour 40 minutes for the 132 kilometres. Almost all of it is motorway and expressway; the mountain part is short, because the Arlberg road tunnel takes the transfer under the pass rather than over it.
Does the transfer cross a border?
Yes. Friedrichshafen Airport is in Germany and St. Anton am Arlberg is in Austria, so the drive crosses from one into the other near Hörbranz, just past Lindau. It is the only one of our airport routes that begins in another country.
Do we need a passport or ID for the drive?
Carry the identity document you flew with. Germany and Austria are both in the Schengen area, so there is normally no routine check at this crossing, but temporary checks can be reintroduced and the document is what settles the matter if there is one.
Does the route use the Arlberg road tunnel?
Yes, and that is what separates this route from our other drives out of the west. Coming from Friedrichshafen the transfer stays on the S16 past Langen am Arlberg and goes through the 14-kilometre Arlberg road tunnel, which comes out in Tyrol a short distance from St. Anton. The transfers to Stuben, Zürs and Lech leave the S16 at Langen instead and never enter it.
Is the Arlberg tunnel toll included?
Yes. The tunnel toll and every road charge on the route, Austrian and German, are inside the fixed price you are quoted. You never pay a toll separately, and nothing is collected from you in the car.
What is the Pfänder tunnel?
The Pfänder tunnel carries the A14 under the Pfänder mountain just after the border, which is how the drive passes Bregenz without going through it. It is the second tunnel on this route, and like the Arlberg one its toll is inside your fixed price.
Where will our driver meet us at Friedrichshafen Airport?
In the arrivals hall, holding a sign with your name. Friedrichshafen is a compact regional airport with one terminal and the car parks directly in front of it, so the walk from the door to the vehicle is a short one.
What happens if our flight is delayed?
Nothing changes for you. We track the flight number you give us when booking and the pickup moves with the actual landing time, at no extra charge. You do not need to call or message us from the aircraft.
Is the transfer private?
Yes. The vehicle runs for your group alone. Nobody else is collected, there is no meeting point to find, and there is no stop between the terminal and the door of your accommodation in St. Anton.
How many passengers can travel?
Up to eight with luggage. Our fleet is Mercedes 4x4 minibuses and VW Caravelle 4x4 minibuses; for a larger group we send two vehicles to the same door at the same time.
Can we bring skis and snowboards?
Yes, free of charge. Skis and snowboards travel on the external rear rack and the rest of the luggage travels inside with you. Tell us with the request how many ski bags and boot bags are coming so the right vehicle turns up.
Are child seats available?
Yes, free. Tell us the ages of the children when you book and the seats and boosters are fitted before the vehicle leaves for the airport.
Do you drive at night and very early?
Yes, at any hour, and nothing is added to the price for it. Our drivers live on the Arlberg, so a pickup timed to an early departure does not begin with somebody driving in from far away.
What happens in heavy snow?
The drive takes longer and the price does not change. Every vehicle we run is four-wheel drive, on winter tyres from November to April and carrying chains all season. The Arlberg tunnel is also why this route holds up well in winter: it goes under the pass instead of over it.
Is Friedrichshafen a good airport for St. Anton?
It sits between the short transfers and the long ones. Innsbruck is 100 kilometres from St. Anton and Altenrhein 110; Friedrichshafen is 132, Memmingen 170, Zurich 200 and Munich 230. Which airport suits you is decided by the flight rather than the distance.
Can we take the train from Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton?
St. Anton has its own station on the Arlbergbahn, so the train is a real alternative — but not a direct one from the airport. You first need to reach a station, then change on the way, and arrive with the luggage you are carrying. With light bags it is a sensible journey; with a ski bag and a boot bag each, the changes are what decide it.
Is a rental car a good alternative?
It depends on what you do after you arrive. A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay; if it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves the winter driving, the cross-border paperwork and the return of the car on the morning of the flight.
How do we pay?
By card or in cash, before or after the journey. We agree which when you book: we take no deposit and we store no card details.
Can we book the return to Friedrichshafen as well?
Yes, and it costs the same in that direction. For a flight out of Friedrichshafen we leave St. Anton four hours before departure, and we ring you the evening before to set the exact time. Say so with the request and both journeys come back in one quote.