Leipzig/Halle Airport Terminal A
The central terminal, where check-in and the ticket desks are — the building you want dropping at, and not the building you come out of.
The price is agreed before you book. No meter, no surge pricing.
- Free stop at the kerb
- 10 min, 1× per day
- min waiting included
- 60 min
- Road access
- A14 · A9
Coming out of this terminal
Terminal A is Leipzig/Halle’s central building: check-in, the ticket desks, and the concourse everything else hangs off. For a departure, this is where you want your driver to stop.
For an arrival it is not, and that asymmetry is the useful thing to know about this airport. Arriving passengers come out at Terminal B, whose ground floor holds baggage reclaim and the exit. Leipzig/Halle splits departing and arriving across two buildings in a way most German airports do not, so "meet me at the terminal I flew out of" is a specific mistake here rather than a general one.
The free stop is a lane rather than a zone: lane 3 of the terminal forecourt, ten minutes, once per calendar day. The outer lanes are through traffic and you will be moved along, which catches out people who have not been before.
Where your driver stands
On departure your driver drops you at the Terminal A forecourt, at the check-in you are actually using. On arrival you are met inside Terminal B, on the ground floor, with a name sign — because that is where the doors are.
Leipzig/Halle is 20 km from Leipzig and roughly the same from Halle, which is unusual: the airport genuinely sits between the two cities it is named after rather than beside one of them. Give the actual destination address at booking and the price is calculated from it, rather than from an assumption about which of the two you meant.
If you land at a different terminal
Terminals A and B are part of the same complex and the walk between them is short and indoors. If somebody is waiting for you at Terminal A while you stand in Terminal B, nobody is stranded — but with a ten-minute stop in lane 3 running against them, it is a mistake with a price on it.
FAQ
Questions about this terminal
Do I arrive at Terminal A or Terminal B at Leipzig/Halle?
Terminal B. Terminal A is the central check-in building and is where departing passengers are dropped; baggage reclaim and the exit for arriving passengers are on the ground floor of Terminal B.
Where should my driver drop me for a departure?
At the Terminal A forecourt, in lane 3, which allows ten free minutes once per calendar day. The outer lanes are through traffic and stopping in them is not permitted.
Is Leipzig/Halle closer to Leipzig or to Halle?
Roughly 20 km from each — it sits between the two cities rather than beside either. That is why the fare is calculated from the address you give rather than from the airport’s name.
How long can a car wait at Leipzig/Halle Airport?
Ten minutes free in lane 3 of the terminal forecourt, once per calendar day. Since your driver meets you inside the building instead, that clock does not run against your baggage reclaim.
Routes
Transfers from this airport
| Destination | Distance | Journey time | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leipziger Messe | 13 km | 14 min | €46 |
| Leipzig Hauptbahnhof | 19 km | 22 min | €55 |
| Jena | 100 km | 1h 06 | €185 |
| Magdeburg | 109 km | 1h 10 | €199 |
| Magdeburg Hauptbahnhof | 112 km | 1h 15 | €204 |
| Chemnitz | 114 km | 1h 19 | €207 |
| Dresden | 123 km | 1h 26 | €222 |
| Dresden Hauptbahnhof | 128 km | 1h 23 | €230 |
| Erfurt | 142 km | 1h 36 | €252 |
| Potsdam | 145 km | 1h 32 | €257 |
| Berlin | 173 km | 2h 04 | €302 |
| Salzgitter | 185 km | 1h 57 | €321 |
| Wolfsburg | 189 km | 2h 02 | €327 |
| Braunschweig | 193 km | 2h 05 | €334 |
What is included
The same on every route, in every class, at every hour.
Fixed price
Agreed in full before you book. Traffic, tolls and airport charges are already in it — the meter does not exist.
Flight tracking
We watch the flight number you give us. Land early or three hours late and the pickup moves with you, at no extra cost.
Meet and greet
Your driver waits inside arrivals holding a name sign, helps with the luggage and walks you to the car.
60 minutes waiting
Free waiting time after touchdown — enough for passport control and baggage reclaim without anyone watching a clock.
Door to door
From the exact address to the exact address. Not to the nearest station, and not to a rank at the end of the road.
Child seats
Infant, child and booster seats specified at booking. They are not charged as an extra.
Free cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours before pickup at no charge. Plans change; that is not something to be fined for.
Professional drivers
Licensed, insured, English- and German-speaking, and briefed on your journey before they set off.
