Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport Transfers
From €400 per vehicle
Summer and Winter Transfers Available
Private airport transfers from Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport. 138 km, around 1h 40min. Ski equipment included. We leave four hours before departure.
- Direct Operator, Not An Agent
- Winter Ready 4x4 Vehicles
- Experienced Local Drivers
- Direct To Friedrichshafen Airport Transfers
- Flight Tracked Pickups
- Free Cancellation Up To 24h
- Skis And Snowboards Free
- 24/7 Available
- Spacious — Up To 8 Passengers
Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport Transfers with Taxi Anton
A private Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport transfer with Taxi Anton covers 138 kilometres in about 1 hour 40 minutes and starts at €400 per vehicle for one to eight passengers, luggage and ski equipment included. The Lech to Friedrichshafen drive begins by going up rather than down — the Flexen road climbs past Zürs to Alpe Rauz before any descent starts — and that first half hour is the whole reason we leave four hours before your flight.
The price starts at €400 per vehicle — the same fixed price as the other direction, for up to eight passengers with luggage, from your accommodation to the door of departures at Friedrichshafen Airport. Skis and snowboards travel free, and child seats are fitted at no extra charge. What every Lech airport transfer costs is on one page.
An airport transfer with us is requested rather than bought like a seat: you send the pickup address, the date, the flight number and how many of you there are, and we send the fixed price back. It becomes a booking only when you say yes — and at that point the driver, the vehicle and the time are settled.
Your private transfer starts where you are staying, not at a meeting point. Nobody else travels with you, there are no stops on the way, and the journey ends in front of the departures hall. The Friedrichshafen Airport to Lech transfer works the same way in reverse.
When Should You Leave Lech am Arlberg for Friedrichshafen Airport?
Your transfer leaves four hours before your flight departs from Friedrichshafen. That is not the driving time — the journey itself takes about 1h 40min. The difference is the margin: the mountain stretch at the start, the border at Hörbranz, and check-in and security at Friedrichshafen Airport with ski luggage.
The Flexenstraße is the part of the Lech to Friedrichshafen transfer that a morning can change. It is a mountain road that climbs before it descends, and after heavy snow it is cleared rather than open by default. That is exactly why we ring the evening before: the four hours are the rule, and the call turns the rule into a time for your particular morning.
For comparison: for a flight from Innsbruck we leave three and a half hours before departure, later than we leave for this one — over 122 kilometres rather than 138, and with no border on the way. For Zurich we leave earlier than for Friedrichshafen. The three times differ because the three drives differ.
The table is the starting point, not the answer. On the day before you travel we ring you and set the exact time. It comes from the forecast for that morning, from what the mountain road is doing, and from the hour you are flying. You do not have to work it out, and you do not have to chase us.
| Your flight leaves Friedrichshafen | We collect you in Lech | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 06:00 | 02:00 | A night departure — routine for us |
| 07:00 | 03:00 | |
| 09:00 | 05:00 | |
| 11:00 | 07:00 | the most common |
| 13:00 | 09:00 | after breakfast |
| 15:00 | 11:00 | |
| 17:00 | 13:00 | a morning on the slopes still fits |
| 19:00 | 15:00 |
Worked out at 4 hours before departure. You get the binding time in the call the day before.
From Your Hotel Door to Friedrichshafen Departures
- 1We collect you at your accommodationHotel, chalet or apartment anywhere in Lech, at the time we confirmed the day before.
- 2Across the border, without changingNo shared passengers, no changes, no stops. Tolls and the vignette are inside the price.
- 3Friedrichshafen Airport, DeparturesWe set you down in front of the hall. One terminal, check-in a few steps from the car.
Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport Transfer: Price, Distance and Journey Time
A private transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport starts at €400 per vehicle for 138 km and about 1h 40min. The price covers the vehicle rather than the seat: whether two travel or six, the agreed transfer price is the same.
For ski groups and families that is the whole difference against a seat on a shared shuttle, where every passenger pays separately. An airport transfer for two costs what an airport transfer for six costs. When comparing prices, check what a quoted figure covers: the vehicle you actually need, or the smallest car on the list.
The transfer back costs the same as the Friedrichshafen Airport to Lech transfer. There is no night surcharge even when we are at your door at three in the morning, and no holiday surcharge. The transfer price does not move if snow makes the journey longer than planned — all our prices sit on one page.
What is included
Included in the price
- Fixed price — quoted before you book, unchanged on the day
- A call the day before — with the exact pickup time for that day
- Door pickup — at any hour, with no night surcharge
- Ski carriage — skis and boards on the rear rack, no extra charge
- Child seats — free, fitted on request
- Road charges — the Austrian vignette and the Pfänder tunnel, both inside the price; no Arlberg tunnel toll on this route
- Border — Austria into Germany, with no change of vehicle
What is not included
A stop you ask for on the way is charged by the time it takes and quoted before we make it. Beyond that there are no extras: no night surcharge, no holiday surcharge, nothing added for luggage and nothing added for the border.
Door-to-Door Pickup in Lech am Arlberg
Every private transfer starts at the entrance of your accommodation — the hotel, chalet or apartment you have been staying in — not at the edge of the village and not at a meeting point. Your driver comes to the door, helps with the cases and the ski bags, and loads the luggage himself.
In Lech the pickup address decides the first ten minutes. We collect in Lech itself and in Omesberg, Stubenbach and Zug, and from Oberlech — where most guests and their luggage come down by gondola, which is included in the lift pass. Tell us with the request where you are staying and we will tell you how that part works on the morning you leave.
Early transfers are normal for us. For one of the first flights out of Friedrichshafen that means a pickup at three in the morning, and nothing is added to the transfer price for it. Our drivers live on the Arlberg, and the same holds for every airport transfer we run from the Arlberg.
Door to door means every part of the village and not the centre only: we collect from Lech, Omesberg, Stubenbach, Zug and Oberlech, and from the hotels, chalets and apartments on the roads between them.
On luggage: tell us with the request how many cases, ski bags and boot bags are coming. Skis and snowboards travel on the external rear rack, the rest travels inside the vehicle with you. Child seats and booster seats are fitted free — just tell us the ages.
You can also leave from a different address than the one we dropped you at on the transfer in from Friedrichshafen Airport — a second hotel, a friend’s chalet, any accommodation in the village. Just tell us where you want to start.
Pickup in Lech for Your Friedrichshafen Airport Flight
No part of Lech is closed to the car: the Friedrichshafen transfer starts at your hotel in the centre, or in Omesberg, Stubenbach or Zug. In Oberlech the usual departure is by gondola: most guests take the Oberlechbahn down with their luggage, free with a lift pass, at any time between 07:00 and 01:00. At the valley station the taxi drives underground, through the Angerer Garage and a hall beneath the road into the basement of the Oberlechbahn, away from the forecourt. For a 17:00 flight from Friedrichshafen the pickup is at 13:00, within the gondola's hours.
Hotels with a tunnel from the Umschlaghalle work differently: we drive up the steep road, ring at the barrier, give the name of the hotel, and its electric cart brings you and the bags through the tunnel. Leaving, the barrier senses the car and opens itself. Beyond the Umschlaghalle the road goes on, steep, for about two kilometres to a few hotels and guesthouses that neither gondola nor tunnel serves; the taxi drives up to them, and a 4x4 with chains is what that road asks for. The hotel chooses between the three, because reception knows its own address best; we follow its lead. Then the road to Friedrichshafen begins the same way for everyone in Lech: on the Flexenstraße past Zürs, the only winter road out, since Lech–Warth is closed all season.
Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport: 138 km, about 1 hour 40 minutes, from €400 per vehicle. We leave Lech four hours before the flight, at 13:00 for a 17:00 departure. From Lech the road crosses into Germany at Hörbranz after the Pfänder tunnel, toll and vignette in the price, and 138 km later ends at the single terminal at Friedrichshafen.
The Route from Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport
The Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport route starts on the Flexenstraße, the L198, which climbs out of Lech through the galleries cut into the rock face and runs through Zürs to the junction at Alpe Rauz. There the transfer turns west and drops past Stuben am Arlberg to Langen, joins the S16 short of the tunnel mouth — the Lech to Friedrichshafen drive never enters the Arlberg tunnel — and follows the Klostertal down to Bludenz. From Bludenz it is the A14 through the Rhine valley and the Pfänder tunnel, the border at Hörbranz, and then the lake shore to the airport.
The journey is direct: no other passengers, no second vehicle and no stop between your door and the hall. The hard part comes at the beginning rather than the end — once the mountain road is behind you, the rest is motorway all the way to the lake.
Two places on that road have pages of their own: Zürs am Arlberg, the first village on the Flexen road, and Stuben am Arlberg, where the descent into the Klostertal begins. We drive the same road from both.
Austria into Germany: what the border means on the way out
The border is crossed at Hörbranz, just before Lindau, about twenty minutes short of the airport. Austria and Germany are both in the Schengen area, so there is normally no check there. Temporary checks can be reintroduced, which is why the identity document you are flying with should be somewhere you can reach it rather than at the bottom of a case.
Everything else is our problem. The Austrian vignette and the Pfänder tunnel toll are inside the fixed price, and no Arlberg tunnel toll arises on this route at all. Nobody stops at a toll booth, and nobody adds anything up at the end of the journey.
In practice the border is a road sign and nothing more. You stay seated, the vehicle keeps going, and the luggage is not moved once between your accommodation and the departures hall. Anyone covering the same ground by train and bus changes vehicle several times in those hours — each time with a ski bag.
Innsbruck is the only one of the six airports we drive to with no border involved at all. Zurich lies in a third country, with a vignette of its own. Friedrichshafen sits between the two: one border, close to the end, with the airport immediately beyond it.
On the Morning of Your Flight
By the evening before, you know when you are leaving. The call is the point at which a forecast is replaced by something better: around sixty colleagues are connected by radio, and whoever is out on the road says what it is doing.
After fresh snow we leave earlier. If the morning needs more time, you hear it the evening before and plan around it. Nobody can promise a mountain road is always open — but we can promise you hear about it before you get up, not on the doorstep.
Lech is the furthest of the five villages from Friedrichshafen — 138 kilometres against 125 from Stuben — and the extra distance is all at the start, on the Flexen road. For an early flight that means a pickup around three in the morning, and the Lech to Friedrichshafen transfer price does not change for it.
Friedrichshafen is a compact regional airport with a single terminal. We set you down directly in front of it; the walk from the vehicle to check-in is a short one, and there is no second terminal and no train between them. That is the difference from a large airport, and on the morning of a departure you notice it.
Checking in with ski luggage still takes longer than checking in without it: oversized bags go in separately. That is what the four hours are for — not the drive itself, which takes about 1h 40min.
Not everyone flies home from Friedrichshafen. If your flight out goes from Innsbruck instead, we set that pickup time the same way — the evening before, from the road and the forecast — just with a different lead time.
Transfers from Lech am Arlberg to Other Airports
Not everyone flies home from Friedrichshafen. We run private airport transfers from Lech to the other airports in the region as well, at a fixed price per vehicle and on the same logic: the lead time follows the distance, the border and the size of the airport, and the exact time comes in the call the day before.
| To airport | km | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lech to Altenrhein Airport | 118 | 1h 30min | from €300 |
| Lech to Innsbruck Airport | 122 | 1h 35min | from €300 |
| Lech to Memmingen Airport | 175 | 2h | from €440 |
| Lech to Zurich Airport | 200 | 2h 20min | from €460 |
| Lech to Munich Airport | 304 | 3h 15min | from €690 |
Figures are per vehicle for one to eight passengers. Every transfer from the Arlberg on one page: transfers from the Arlberg.
The same fixed price per vehicle applies to the Lech to Altenrhein Airport transfer, and to the transfers to Memmingen Airport and Zurich Airport.
How Do You Want to Get to Friedrichshafen Airport?
On the way home one argument turns around. Arriving, you get there when you get there; leaving, the timetable decides when your day starts — you work back from the train’s departure rather than from your flight.
Lech has no railway station of its own, so a rail journey from here begins with a road connection down to Langen or St. Anton and only then becomes a train — with the change at the border on top of it. For one traveller with light luggage that can work. For a family with a ski bag each, a private Lech to Friedrichshafen transfer is one vehicle from the hotel door to the departures hall, and the luggage is handled twice rather than six times.
On this route there is also something the Innsbruck drive does not have: the border. By rail that usually means moving between two networks and two timetables; in the car it means a road sign. A rental car also has to be returned at the airport, which on departure day is one more task with a deadline attached.
A private transfer removes exactly that: one time, one door, one fixed transfer price — and the same cars work as a local taxi while you are here.
| Travel choice | Works well when | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-booked private transfer | Families, groups and anyone travelling with ski luggage | Collected at your accommodation and driven straight to the terminal, in a vehicle reserved for you. The time is agreed with you the day before. |
| Shared airport shuttle | Travelling alone, with the fare as the first priority | Departure times are the shuttle’s rather than yours, and the run can include waiting and pickups along the way. |
| Taxi booked on the day | Plans that change at short notice | Fine when one is free. On a departure morning nobody can promise in advance that the size of vehicle you need will be. |
| Train and bus | Travelling light, with time to spare for connections | The least direct of the four: the luggage moves at every change, and you work back from a timetable rather than from your flight. |
Why Choose Taxi Anton for Your Transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport?
Most companies selling a transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport sit neither on the Arlberg nor on Lake Constance — they pass the job on. Every airport transfer we sell, we drive ourselves, in our own vehicles and with our own drivers. For a pickup at three in the morning that is the whole difference.
The same drivers and the same vehicles run this road in the other direction and for the other villages on the Arlberg: Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg, Friedrichshafen Airport to St. Christoph, Friedrichshafen Airport to Stuben and Friedrichshafen Airport to Zürs.
Five reasons
We set the time, you do not have to
You do not have to work out the pickup time yourself. We give you one — four hours before departure — and then ring the day before to set it for that day: from the forecast, from what the road is doing, and from the hour you fly. It is the question a departure actually turns on, and it is the one nobody else answers.
A fixed price per vehicle, known in advance
The transfer price is agreed before you book and does not move on the day — not for a night pickup, not on a holiday, and not when snow makes the drive longer. Tolls, the vignette and the border are inside it. Over 138 kilometres and two countries the figure is settled from the start rather than climbing on a meter.
Our own 4x4 vehicles
Our fleet is the Mercedes Minibus 4x4 and the VW Caravelle Minibus 4x4, and they are ours rather than hired in for the season. From November to April they are on winter tyres, with chains carried all season, and ski bags travel outside on the rear rack. The same cars work as a local taxi in Lech during your stay.
Private means private
Nobody else travels with you, there is no meeting point, no change of vehicle and no stop between your door and the hall — not even at the border. Child seats and booster seats are free.
Drivers who speak English
Our drivers speak German and English. On a departure morning that is more than politeness: if something changes on the way — a closure, a slower stretch, a question about the terminal — you hear it in a language you can answer in, rather than finding out at the airport.
Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport Transfer — Frequently Asked Questions
How far is Friedrichshafen Airport from Lech am Arlberg?
The road distance from Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport is about 138 kilometres — down the Klostertal, through the Rhine valley and across the border into Germany.
How long does the Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport transfer take?
The Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport transfer takes about 1h 40min for the 138 kilometres. The pickup time does not follow the driving time alone, though — for a Lech to Friedrichshafen transfer we leave four hours before departure.
How much is a transfer from Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport?
A private airport transfer from Lech am Arlberg to Friedrichshafen Airport costs from €400 per vehicle. The same fixed price covers the Friedrichshafen Airport to Lech transfer in the other direction.
Is the price per person or per vehicle?
The price of the Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport transfer is per vehicle, not per person. €400 is the price of the car, whether two travel or six. Up to eight passengers with luggage is still one vehicle and one price. When comparing quotes, check what a figure covers — the vehicle you actually need, or the smallest car on the list.
What time do we leave Lech for a 07:00 flight?
For a 07:00 flight from Friedrichshafen Airport, the transfer leaves Lech at 03:00. That is worked out at four hours before departure; the binding time comes in the call the day before.
And for an 11:00 flight?
For an 11:00 flight from Friedrichshafen Airport, we collect you in Lech at 07:00, and at 13:00 for a 17:00 flight. The table in when you should leave covers the usual departure times.
Who decides the exact pickup time?
We set the exact pickup time for the Friedrichshafen Airport transfer ourselves, in the call on the day before you travel. The four hours are the starting point; the final time comes from the forecast for that morning and from what the mountain road is doing. You do not have to work anything out.
Why four hours and not three?
The transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport leaves four hours before departure, not three, because three things sit on top of the 1h 40min drive: the mountain stretch at the start, the border at Hörbranz, and checking in with ski luggage. For Innsbruck we leave later than this and for Zurich earlier — the lead time follows the route rather than a round number.
Do you drive in the middle of the night?
Yes — we drive in the middle of the night for early flights from Friedrichshafen, and nothing is added to the price. For the first flights out of Friedrichshafen that means a pickup at 02:00. In the ski season it is routine.
What happens if it snows heavily overnight?
If it snows heavily overnight, the transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport leaves earlier, and you hear about it the evening before rather than on the doorstep. The price does not change even when the drive takes longer.
Does this transfer cross a border?
Yes — the Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport transfer crosses a border. Lech am Arlberg is in Austria and Friedrichshafen Airport is in Germany, so the drive crosses at Hörbranz, just before Lindau and about twenty minutes short of the airport. Both countries are in the Schengen area, so there is normally no check.
Do we need our passports in the car?
Yes — on the transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport, keep the identity document you are flying with somewhere in the car you can reach it, rather than at the bottom of a case. There is normally no routine check at this border, but temporary ones can be reintroduced.
Are tolls and the vignette included?
Yes — tolls and the vignette are included in the Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport transfer. The Austrian vignette and the Pfänder tunnel toll are inside the fixed price, and no Arlberg tunnel toll arises on the Lech to Friedrichshafen route at all.
Do we stop at the border?
No — the transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport does not stop at the border. You stay seated, the vehicle keeps going, and the luggage is not moved once between your accommodation and the departures hall.
How many passengers fit in one vehicle?
One vehicle takes up to eight passengers 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 — skis and snowboards come free of charge on every transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport. Skis and boards 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.
Are child seats available?
Yes — child seats and boosters are free on the transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport. Tell us the ages of the children when you book and the seats and boosters are fitted before we arrive.
Where do you collect us in Lech?
We collect you at the door of your accommodation, not at a meeting point — in Lech itself and in Omesberg, Stubenbach, Zug or Oberlech. The driver comes to the entrance and loads the cases and the ski bags himself.
Can we leave from a different address than the one we arrived at?
Yes — the transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport can start from a different address than the one you arrived at. A second hotel, a friend’s chalet, any accommodation in the village — just say where you want to start when you send the request. The transfer in from Friedrichshafen Airport and the way back do not have to use the same address.
Where do you set us down at Friedrichshafen Airport?
We set you down at Friedrichshafen Airport directly in front of the departures hall. Friedrichshafen is a compact regional airport with a single terminal — the walk from the vehicle to check-in is a short one, and there is no second terminal and no train between them.
Is the transfer private?
Yes — every transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport is private. The vehicle runs for your group alone. Nobody else is collected on the way, there is no meeting point, no change of vehicle and no stop between your door and the hall.
Do you drive Lech to Friedrichshafen in summer as well?
Yes — we drive to Friedrichshafen Airport all year, summer included. It is the same road and the same price; in summer we carry walkers and cyclists rather than skiers.
How do we pay?
You pay the driver directly for the transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport, in cash or by card. The price is fixed per vehicle and confirmed when you book, so you know the full amount before the journey starts.
Can we cancel at short notice?
A transfer to Friedrichshafen Airport can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before the pickup.
Can we take the train from Lech to Friedrichshafen Airport?
Lech has no railway station of its own, so a rail journey from here begins with a road connection down to Langen or St. On top of that, rail means moving between two national networks at the border — and every change is made carrying the ski bags yourself.
Do you drive to the other airports too?
Yes — from Lech am Arlberg we drive to all six airports: Innsbruck, Friedrichshafen, Altenrhein, Memmingen, Zurich and Munich, each at a fixed price per vehicle. The lead time differs because the drives differ.
Returns to Friedrichshafen Airport from the other Arlberg villages
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