Vienna International Airport is about 16 km east of Vienna in Schwechat. The city center can be reached quickly and in comfort by public transport.
The following services ply between the city center, the main railway stations, the Vienna International Centre and the airport:
- Plies between the airport and Wien Mitte/Landstraße
- Travel time: 16 minutes
- Operating hours:
- Wien Mitte/Landstraße - Airport
Daily from 5.38 am - 11.08 pm
Airport - Wien Mitte/Landstraße
Daily from 6.05 am - 11.35 pm - Frequency: every 30 minutes
- Rates:
One way: €11.00
Return: €17.00 - City Airport Train for less with the Vienna-Card:
One way: €10.00
Return: €16.00
Children up to 14 years travel on the CAT free of charge. - Passengers can complete check-in and receive their boarding cards for many flights at Wien Mitte.
You can buy your CAT ticket online, from ticket machines and from tourist information at the airport.
Express train S7
- Plies between the airport and Wien Mitte/Landstrasse
Other stops in Vienna: Kaiserebersdorf, Zentralfriedhof S-Bahn, Geiselbergstraße, St. Marx, Rennweg, Praterstern, Traisengasse, Handelskai, Floridsdorf - Travel time from/to Wien Mitte/Landstrasse: 26 minutes
- Operating hours:
Wien Mitte/Landstrasse - Airport
Daily from 4.31 am - 11.46 pm
Airport - Wien Mitte/Landstrasse:
Daily from 4.54 am to 0.18 am
Timetables for all stations are available at www.oebb.at
Frequency: mostly every 30 minutes - Rates:
Vienna-Card: You only need to buy one additional ticket for €2 in advance. Please validate before boarding.All holders of a multi-day network card of the Vienna Lines (e.g. 24-hour ticket, 72-hour ticket, weekly ticket, etc.) will also need just one additional ticket.
One way tickets: €4 in advance and at ticket machines. Each passenger needs two tickets of €2 each. Validate both tickets before boarding.The one way tickets can be purchased from tourist information at the airport and from ticket machines in Vienna and at the airport.
1. City center
- Stop: Morzinplatz/Schwedenplatz
- Travel time: 20 minutes
- Operating hours:
Morzinplatz/Schwedenplatz - Airport
Daily 0.30 am; 2.00 am; from 4.00 am to 11.30 pm - every 30 minutes
Airport - Morzinplatz/Schwedenplatz
Daily 1.20 am; 2.50 am; every 30 minutes from 4.50 am to 0.20 am
2. Westbahnhof - Vienna Meidling Station
- Stops: Vienna Meidling Station/Dörflerstraße and Westbahnhof
- Travel time:
Westbahnhof: 45 minutes
Vienna Meidling Station/Dörflerstraße: 30 minutes - Operating hours:
Westbahnhof - Airport
Daily every 30 minutes from 5.00 am - 11.00 pm
Vienna Meidling Station - Airport
Daily every 30 minutes from 5.15 am - 11.15 pm
Airport - Vienna Meidling Station - Westbahnhof
Daily every 30 minutes from 6.00 am - 11.59 pm
3. Kaisermühlen Vienna International Centre VIC - Kagran
- Stops: Donaumarina, Hotel Hilton Danube, Kaisermühlen Vienna Int. Centre, Julius-Payer-Gasse, Donauzentrum, Kagraner Brücke
- Travel time: about 17 to 42 minutes
- Operating hours:
Kagran - Airport
Daily, hourly from 5.58 am - 6.58 pm
Airport - Kagran
Daily, hourly from 7.10 am - 8.10 pm
Rates of the Vienna Airport Lines
One way: €8
Vienna-Card holders: €7
Children up to 15 years: €4
Children up to 6 years: free
You can purchase tickets from tourist information at the airport and on-board the buses.
Bratislava Airport
Bratislava Airport is 65 km from the centre of Vienna.
Train connection:
- From Bratislava Central Station to Vienna Südbahnhof (Ostbahn).
- Daily, mostly hourly from 5.46 am - 10.46 pm
- Online timetables: www.oebb.at
- Travel time: about 1 hour 15 minutes
- Bus line 61 plies the route from Bratislava Airport to the Central Station every 15-20 minutes from 5.00 am to 11.00 pm.
Bus connections:
- ÖBB Post Bus: from Bratislava bus terminal at Mlynske Nivy or Bratislava airport via Vienna International Airport to Vienna Südtirolerplatz (U1)
- Daily from 5.30 am to 8.00 pm
- Travel time: about 1.5 hours
- Advance reservations required
- Eurolines: from Bratislava Novy Most Center and Bratislava airport via Vienna International Airport to Vienna Erdberg (U3)
- Daily from 4.30 am to 10.45 pm
- Travel time: about 1 hour 20 minutes
- Advance reservations required
Some airlines offer a shuttle service from Bratislava airport to Vienna. Please make inquires about this with the airlines that land in Bratislava.