Covid-19 testing at the airport

    We inform you about quarantine regulations and corona testing for returning and departing passengers. Please note that the testing opportunities at Frankfurt Airport are available exclusively to arriving and departing passengers and that all tests are subject to a fee. Visitors who are not passengers are asked to visit other test centers.

    Operator CENTOGENE

    The Test Center is located right at the airport on the pedestrian bridge connecting Terminal 1 and the long-distance train station. Please register in advance via the Test Portal.

     

    Opening hours during the holidays:
    24th of DEC 2021:                          from 6:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
    25th and 26th of DEC 2021:         from 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.    
    31st of DEC 2021:                          from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.
    1st of JAN 2022:                            from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.

     

    General opening hours - except during the holidays: 
    daily 6:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. (the smear times for individual products may vary)

     

    RT-PCR tests 

    • 24 hours: 69 € incl. VAT. Results within 24 hours after sample receipt in 95% of cases (available daily from 06:00 a.m. until 08:00 p.m.).
    • 3 hours 129 € incl. VAT. Results within 3 hours after sample receipt in 95% of cases (available daily from 06:00 a.m. until 06:00 p.m. - if samples are taken after 06:00 p.m., the results are made available by 09:00 a.m. the following day).
    • 75 minutes 199 € incl. VAT:  Results within 75 minutes after sample receipt in 95% of cases. This offer is only available at the Test Center after registration and booking in the Corona Test Portal. Please register for your test and book a suitable time slot (available daily from 06:00 a.m. to 07:30 p.m.).
    • 35 minutes 279 € incl. VAT: Results within 35 minutes after sample receipt in 95% of cases. This offer is only available at the Test Center after registration and booking in the Corona Test Portal. Please register for your test and book a suitable time slot (available daily from 6:00 a.m. until 07:00 p.m.).
    • 24 hours for entry into Japan:  89 € incl. VAT. For your entry into Japan, detection of SARS-CoV-2 is done via a saliva sample and throat swab. Results within 24 hours after sample receipt in 95% of cases (available daily from 06:00 a.m. to 08:00 p.m.).
    • 3 hours for entry into Japan:  159 € incl. VAT. For your entry into Japan, detection of SARS-CoV-2 is done via a saliva sample and throat swab. Results within 3 hours after sample receipt in 95% of cases (available daily from 06:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.).
     

    Antigen test

    • 30 minutes: 29 € incl. VAT: Results within 30 minutes after sample receipt in 95 % of cases (available daily from 6:00 a.m. to 07:00 p.m.).

    Antibody test

    • 60 minutes: 34 € incl. VAT: Results within 60 minutes after sample receipt in 95 % of cases (available Mon - Fri from 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.).

    Additional services

    • There is the option to add identity verification on to your purchase free of charge. Your identification details, including your passport number/travel document details, will be included on the medical report – verifying that the test results belong to you and have not been tampered with. Please note that you need to present the original identification document for this service - printed or scanned copies cannot be accepted.
    • Medical certificate: 25 € incl. VAT. (available Mon - Fri from 09:00 a.m. to 05:00 p.m.).
     

    You find more information here.

     

     

    Operator EcoCare

    The EcoCare Test Center Terminal 1 is located in Hall B on the mezzanine floor.

    The EcoCare Test Center Terminal 2 is located on level U4 at the connection to the parking garage.

    Opening hours: daily, 24 hours continuously 

    Please register here to make an appointment for a test.

    RT-PCR-Test

    • RT-PCR-Test: Result after
      • 24 hrs: 69 €
      • 12 hrs.: 79 €
      • 6 hrs.: 119€
      • 1-1,5 hrs: 149 € 
      • 0,5 hrs: 269 €

    Inlcudes multilingual certificate incl. Test results sent digitally (free verification of identity on your test result). Please note that the times shown for obtaining test results are based on past experience and intended as guidance. It might transpire that we are unable to meet the deadlines shown, especially if there is a capacity shortage. This is due to the dynamic way the coronavirus pandemic is unfolding.

    Rapid Tests

    • Rapid antigen test 29 €: Results available in 15-20 minutes. Inlcudes multilingual certificate incl. Test results sent digitally (free verification of identity on your test result).
    • Rapid antibody test 35 €: Results available in 15-20 minutes. Inlcudes multilingual certificate incl. Test results sent digitally (free verification of identity on your test result).

    Find more information here.

    Medical Center

    Our medical center is now offering supplementary medical checkups and tests in "special appointments". You can get a nose and throat swap test for Sars-CoV-2 just in case or get checked for antibodies (there is a charge for both of these services). To give our medical staff a chance to prepare and appropriately protect themselves, you must make and receive advance confirmation of an appointment via the internet. 

    As self-paying or without a written declaration for assumption of costs, it is required to pay directly, e.g. with credit card. The current costs can be found on each online booking tool( appointment via the internet). 

    Regulations for domestic flights

    As part of Germany's new Infection Protection Act, the 3G rule is now in effect for public passenger transportation. This means that all passengers traveling on a domestic German flight must have a negative Covid-19 test, a vaccination certificate or proof of recovery ready.

    Regulations for entry into Germany

    In general, all passengers (whether returning from a risk area or non-risk area) who wish to enter Germany by air, need to be tested and show proof of a negative Covid-19 test before departure (vaccinated and recovered persons are only affected by this testing requirement if they have been in a virus variant area within the last ten days, in all other cases proof of vaccination or proof of recovery is sufficient). Children under 6 years are exempted from the testing requirement. Further information can be found here.

    In addition, the following rules apply to travelers returning from risk areas:

    You must notify the local health department without delay by submitting a before entry completed arrival form through a entry portal. Carry the form with you at all times, either printed out on paper or stored on an electronic device, so that you can also show it to transportation providers or immigration authorities if asked to do so. If digital registration is not possible, in exceptional cases you must fill in a written substitute registration and hand it in to the carrier or the border authority. Returning travelers from all risk areas need to be able to provide the proof of the negative Covid-19 test no later than 48 hours upon request to the competent authority.

    The following quarantine obligations apply to different risk areas:

    • High risk areas: 
      • Returning travelers who have met their test verification requirement by having a negative test result prior to departure, must go straight home or to other suitable accommodations immediately after landing in Frankfurt and quarantine yourself there for 10 days without interruption. You may end the quarantine five days after arriving in Germany by presenting a negative test result. However, you must wait for at least five days after arriving before taking the test (you may briefly interrupt your quarantine to take the test).
      • For travelers who have submitted proof of full vaccination against Covid-19 or proof of recovery through the entry portal, the quarantine will end early.
      • Children under 6 years the quarantine is obliged but ends automatically after 5 days without having a proof of a negative test.
      • The quarantine also ends automatically as soon as the affected area is no longer listed as a risk area.
    • Areas of variant of concern: 
      • In general, all returning travelers (including children under 6 years) must go straight home or to other suitable accommodations immediately after landing in Frankfurt and quarantine yourself there for 14 days without interruption. 
      • If, during the self-isolation period following entry into Germany, an area of variants of concern is downgraded to a high risk area, from the date of entry into force of the new classification, the end of self-isolation is governed by the regulations for high risk areas.

    Go here for further information on exceptions to the quarantine requirement. 

     

    We urge departing passengers to obtain detailed information on the current immigration rules at their destinations and get tested well in advance if this is required. 

     

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