Transferring at FRA

If you do not yet have a boarding pass for your connecting flight, you can obtain one at your airline's transfer counters. If there is no transfer desk on site, you will receive your boarding pass for the connecting flight at the information desk of the departure gate as well as in the public area at the check-in desk of your airline.

In most cases, your checked baggage will be automatically checked through to your destination airport. If this is not the case, pick up your baggage at baggage claim and check it in again with your airline. This also applies if you have booked your flight connections individually.

Whether or not you must clear a passport check depends on whether the airport you have arrived from and your destination are within or outside the Schengen Area.

• You are arriving from and are heading for an airport within the Schengen Area:  Usually there is no ID check.
• You are arriving from a Schengen country and are traveling to a non-Schengen country:  You will probably have to clear a passport check. Depending on your nationality, you may require a transit visa. If in doubt, please contact an embassy or consulate of your country.
• You are arriving from outside the Schengen Area and your destination is in a non-Schengen country:  Usually no passport check is mandatory, provided that you do not leave the transit zone. Depending on your nationality, you may require a transit visa. If in doubt, please contact an embassy or consulate of your country.
• You are arriving from an airport in a non-Schengen country and are traveling to a destination within the Schengen Area:  You will probably have to clear a border check. Depending on your nationality, you may require a transit visa. If in doubt, please contact an embassy or consulate of your country.