Airport transfers between Prague and the rest of Central Europe

Q: How do I get from Vienna Airport to Prague?

Three ways. A coach with RegioJet or FlixBus is the cheapest at roughly €17–24, but takes five hours or more and many connections change at Brno. A train means getting to Vienna Hbf first, then about four hours to Prague. A private transfer is about 3h 50 door to door, from 9,300 CZK for the whole car, and the driver waits if your flight is late. There is no direct flight worth taking — the airports are 350 km apart.

Q: Does Berlin still have Tegel and Schönefeld airports?

No. Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt (BER) has been Berlin's only commercial airport since it opened on 31 October 2020. Tegel handled its last passengers on 8 November 2020 and closed fully in May 2021; Schönefeld closed on 25 October 2020 and was absorbed into BER as Terminal 5, which is itself now shut to scheduled traffic. All our Berlin transfers go to and from BER.

Q: Which foreign airport is closest to Prague?

Dresden (DRS), at about 155 km and two hours by road — closer to Prague than Munich, Vienna, Berlin or Frankfurt, and the cheapest route we run at 4,500 CZK for the car. It's a small airport with a mostly German and European network, so it isn't always an option, but when your fare works out it's the easiest border to cross.

Q: Is a transfer cheaper than the coach?

No, and we won't pretend otherwise. A coach seat from Vienna Airport to Prague is around €20; our car is 9,300 CZK however many of you there are. What the fare buys is a driver who waits for your delayed flight, no change at Brno, your suitcases handled, and a door rather than a bus station. If none of that matters to you, the coach is the right answer.

Q: Can we stop somewhere on the way?

Yes, and the detour itself is free. Pilsen sits almost exactly halfway to Munich, Dresden's old town is half an hour from its airport, and Mikulov and the Lednice–Valtice grounds are a natural break on the Vienna run. Tell us when you book. You pay only for the time the driver spends waiting, at the hourly rate above.

Q: How far ahead should I book a cross-border transfer?

48 hours is comfortable for a saloon car. Book earlier for a minivan or XXL minibus, a same-day return, unusual luggage, or a departure between 22:00 and 06:00 — a driver is committed to you for most of a day. In peak season and around Christmas and Easter, allow a week. Booking early never costs more.

Q: Can you carry skis, golf clubs or a musical instrument?

Yes — tell us what it is when you book and we'll send a vehicle that fits. There's no oversized-luggage charge, which on these routes often makes the whole trip cheaper than flying the last leg: airlines price sports equipment aggressively, and some refuse it outright.

Q: Do you go to airports that aren't on this list?

Yes. Brno, Bratislava, Budapest, Krakow, Nuremberg, Linz, Leipzig, Zurich and more — the booking system quotes most of them directly, and anything it doesn't, we'll quote by e-mail the same day. See intercity transfers for the full list, or just ask us.

Looking for the airport in Prague itself? All 5 ways from Prague Airport to the city centre →

You don't have to fly into Prague to get to Prague. We drive between the city and five foreign airports — Vienna, Dresden, Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt — in one car, door to door, at a price fixed before you book. Vienna Airport to your Prague hotel is about 3h 50m and 9,300 CZK for the whole car. The coach is cheaper. Below is honestly when each one makes sense.

PRAGUE ↔ CENTRAL EUROPEAN AIRPORTS
FIXED PRICES

CODE	AIRPORT	FROM	TIME	DISTANCE	WHO TAKES IT
DRS	Dresden Airport Germany · Dresden Klotzsche	4,500 CZK whole car · one way	~2h 00	155 km	The closest foreign airport to Prague. Cheap flights, short drive.
VIE	Vienna Airport Austria · Vienna Schwechat	9,300 CZK whole car · one way	~3h 50	350 km	Long-haul arrivals with no direct flight to Prague.
BER	Berlin Brandenburg Germany · BER Willy Brandt	9,500 CZK whole car · one way	~3h 45	360 km	Berlin–Prague in one trip. BER sits on the Prague side of the city.
MUC	Munich Airport Germany · Franz Josef Strauss	10,500 CZK whole car · one way	~3h 50	330 km	Big hub, wide long-haul network, no train worth the name.
FRA	Frankfurt Airport Germany · Frankfurt am Main	15,000 CZK whole car · one way	~5h 30	525 km	Europe's biggest connecting hub. The long one.

Prices are per vehicle for a saloon car, one way, and include fuel, tolls, motorway vignettes, border crossing and the driver's return. Minivans for 5–8 people cost more — the exact figure appears in the booking form. Both directions available.

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WHY ANYONE DRIVES 350 KM TO AN AIRPORT

Four reasons people book this, and none of them is price

A coach from Vienna Airport to Prague costs about €20. We cost a great deal more than that. So here is what you're actually buying — and if none of it applies to you, take the coach.

Your flight is late and the coach doesn't care

This is the big one. You book a coach for 18:00, your plane lands at 19:30, and your ticket is worthless — the next departure may be tomorrow morning. We track your flight number. Land three hours late and the driver is there three hours later, at the same price. It's the one thing scheduled transport structurally cannot do.

You landed at the wrong airport on purpose

Long-haul into Prague is thin. Plenty of people fly into Vienna, Munich or Frankfurt because the fare was several hundred euros cheaper or because it was the only sensible connection, and then need the last 350 km solved. That's what this page is for.

There are four of you, with luggage

The coach charges per person and stores your case in a shared hold. We charge per vehicle, the driver loads it, and skis, golf bags, a cello or a pushchair are a sentence in the booking form rather than a problem at the door.

You'd rather not change coaches in Brno at midnight

Most "direct" coach connections from Vienna Airport to Prague route through Brno, and some of them mean getting out with your bags and boarding a second vehicle. Our car leaves the terminal and stops at your address. Nothing in between unless you ask for it.

THE FIVE ROUTES

What each journey is actually like

Including, for each one, the cheaper way to do it — because you'll find that out anyway and we'd rather you heard it here.

Vienna Airport → Prague

VIE 350 km ~3h 50 from 9,300 CZK

Vienna Schwechat is the busiest airport within driving distance of Prague and the one most people end up at by choice — it has the long-haul network that Prague doesn't. The drive runs south-east out of Prague, past Brno and across the Austrian border, on motorway almost the whole way.

Both directions work the same. Flying out of Vienna, we'll pick you up in Prague at whatever hour your check-in demands, including 03:00, without a surcharge. Arriving, the driver meets you in the arrivals hall with a board.

There are two routes — via Brno or via South Bohemia. Ask if you want the scenic one, or a stop in Mikulov or the Lednice–Valtice chateau grounds on the way. Neither adds to the fare; only the waiting time does.

The cheaper way

RegioJet and FlixBus both run coaches from Vienna Airport to Prague, typically €17–24 per person. Book ahead and it's excellent value.

The catch: journey times run to five hours or more, many connections change at Brno, and the coach leaves whether your flight has landed or not. It also stops at Florenc or Wilsonova, not at your hotel.

Travelling alone with a cabin bag on a punctual afternoon flight? Take the coach.

The cheaper way

There's no direct public transport from Dresden Airport to Prague. You'd take the S-Bahn into Dresden Hbf, then a EuroCity train or a coach to Prague — roughly 2h 15 for the second leg plus the connection and the wait.

It works, and it's cheap. It's also two changes with your suitcases, and the trains don't run all night.

Dresden Airport → Prague

DRS 155 KM ~2H 00 FROM 4,500 CZK

The closest foreign airport to Prague, and the cheapest route on this page by a wide margin. Two hours up the D8 and through the Ore Mountains, and the border is a sign you pass at motorway speed.

Dresden Klotzsche is small — a few dozen destinations, mostly German and European. But when the fare works, the maths is unusually kind: 4,500 CZK for a whole car isn't far off what four people pay individually to fly the last leg into Prague, and it's door to door.

The same drive is also a rather good day out. Dresden's old town is thirty minutes from the airport, and a stop there on the way is a common request.

Berlin Brandenburg (BER) → Prague

BER 360 KM ~3H 45 FROM 9,500 CZK

One airport, not three. Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt opened in October 2020 and is now the only commercial airport serving Berlin — Tegel handled its last passengers on 8 November 2020 and Schönefeld closed that October. If a website still offers you a transfer to Tegel, it hasn't been updated in five years.

BER's location helps this particular journey: it sits south of the city, on the Prague side, so you never drive through Berlin. Straight onto the A13 and the E55 and south.

Prague–Berlin is one of the routes where driving genuinely competes on time. There's no useful direct flight, and the train takes about four and a half hours from centre to centre, before you add getting to and from the stations.

The cheaper way

Take the S-Bahn or the FEX from BER into Berlin Hbf, then a EuroCity train to Prague — around 4h 30 for the train, plus roughly an hour of getting there and waiting. RegioJet also runs coaches on the Berlin–Prague leg.

Comfortable and good value. Just not door to door, and not at 01:00.

The cheaper way

The S-Bahn into Munich Hbf, then a RegioJet or Flixbus coach to Prague — roughly 5h 30 to 6h in total, from about €25.

There is no fast direct train between Munich and Prague. The rail route via Nuremberg or Regensburg takes longer than the coach.

Munich Airport → Prague

MUC 330 KM ~3H 50 FROM 10,500 CZK

Munich is Lufthansa's second hub, which means it's often the cheapest or the only way to reach Prague from North America or Asia on one ticket. Franz Josef Strauss sits north-east of the city, on the Prague side, so the drive skips Munich entirely.

The route runs through Bavaria and crosses at Rozvadov or Bayerisch Eisenstein depending on conditions, then down the D5. It's the prettiest drive on this page and the one most often booked with a stop — Pilsen and the Brewery are almost exactly halfway.

This is also the route where the public transport case is weakest: there's no direct train, and the coach involves a change and the better part of six hours.

Frankfurt Airport → Prague

FRA 525 KM ~5H 30 FROM 15,000 CZK

The longest route here, and the one to think hardest about. Frankfurt is Europe's biggest connecting hub, so people land there from everywhere — but 525 km is a real drive, and there's usually a Lufthansa hop to Prague that takes an hour.

When it's worth it: your connection is cancelled and the next flight is tomorrow; you're a group of six and six one-way fares cost more than the car; you're moving equipment that airlines charge a fortune for or refuse outright; or you simply won't get back on a plane today.

We'll break the journey wherever you like — Nuremberg and Pilsen are the usual choices — and the stop costs nothing beyond the waiting time.

The cheaper way

Frankfurt Airport has its own long-distance railway station, so a train to Prague is genuinely possible: roughly 7h via Nuremberg with a change, from about €40 booked early.

Or, honestly, fly. Lufthansa flies FRA–PRG several times a day and it takes an hour. The car is for when that isn't an option, not when it is.

THE THING NOBODY ELSE DOES

Same-day return: we wait, and the drive back is free

If you're going somewhere and coming back the same day, you don't pay for the second journey. You pay for the driver's time while he waits.

How it works

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Book a one-way transfer and tell us you're returning the same day.

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The driver waits at the destination for as long as you need.

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The return journey costs nothing. You pay only for the waiting.

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Waiting time: 800 CZK/hour for a saloon car, 900 CZK/hour for a minibus.

When it pays for itself

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Dropping someone at Dresden Airport and coming straight home — a 4-hour round trip that would otherwise be two fares.

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A meeting in Vienna or Munich — the car is outside when you finish, not booked for a guessed time.

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Collecting family from a foreign airport — go out empty, come back together, pay once.

THE PRICE

What's in the fare on a cross-border route

These journeys cross borders, use foreign motorways and need the driver to get home again. All of that is already in the number you're quoted.

Included

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Fuel, tolls, motorway vignettes and border charges

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The driver's journey back — you pay one way, not two

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Meet & greet in the arrivals hall with a name board

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Flight tracking, and up to 60 minutes free waiting after you land

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Child and booster seats, free — legally required outside the city, and we bring them

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Luggage handling, Wi-Fi, bottled water

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A comfort stop en route, and a sightseeing stop if you want one

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VAT and your downloadable invoice

Never charged

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Waiting time after a delayed flight

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Night, weekend or bank holiday surcharges

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Per-passenger or per-suitcase supplements

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Traffic, roadworks or a border queue — there's no meter

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A short stop for coffee or a photograph

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Card fees

A child seat is legally required on every journey on this page. The Czech exemption that lets taxis carry children without one applies only within a municipality — never on a motorway to Vienna or Munich. The full explanation →

BOOKING

How to book a cross-border transfer

Longer routes need a little more notice than a run into town — but the process is the same and nothing is payable today.

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Enter both ends and your flight

Pick the airport and your Prague address — or the reverse. Add the flight number: it's what lets us move the pick-up when the aircraft does. Say how many of you there are and whether you need a child seat.

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Get the exact price, in writing

The booking form quotes the real fare for your route and vehicle before you commit. For a same-day return, a stopover, unusual luggage or a group of nine-plus, ask for a quote and we'll come back the same day.

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Confirm — pay when you travel

Confirmation is instant, with the price on it. Pay the driver in cash or by card, or online in advance, or on invoice if you have a corporate account. Nothing is due at booking.

How far ahead?

48 hours is comfortable for a saloon car on any of these routes. Book earlier for a minivan, an XXL minibus, a same-day return, or a departure between 22:00 and 06:00 — these are long jobs and a driver is committed to you for most of a day. In peak season, and around Christmas and Easter, give us a week.

Booking early never costs more. Need something today? Call +420 721 333 131 — someone answers 24/7.

WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY

Reviews from people who've done this drive

Real reviews from our Tripadvisor profile. Every one is verifiable — click through and read the rest.

★★★★★

I had the best possible experience with Prague airport transfer. We were two families 4 adults + 3 children and rented a van with 3 booster seats. I had my doubts when booking which is why I chose to pay directly to the driver by card. The driver sent me WhatsApp message introducing himself and letting me know he’s waiting.

Aleksandra S

Jun 2026

★★★★★

Excellent service, good prices and fantastic city to visit. The transfer pick ups were on time, the driver could not be more courteous, had a fantastic knowledge of the city and gave some excellent advice on the journey both to the hotel and pick up back to the airport. Would highly recommend them.

David S

Apr 2026

★★★★★

Booked on line, simple process and communication was good. Driver contacted us morning of arrival and was waiting when we arrived. Also arrived promptly at the hotel for the return journey. Well driven cars. English speaking, friendly drivers. Would recommend.

the_posh_bunny

Aug 2025

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NOT WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR?

Three pages that probably answer it

If you want	Go here	From
To get from Prague Airport into Prague	All 5 ways from Prague Airport to the city centre — trolleybus, Airport Express, taxi, apps and transfer, compared honestly	200 CZK
To book a car at Prague Airport	Prague airport taxi — fixed price, book now and pay later	850 CZK
To go to a Czech or European city, not an airport	Intercity transfers — Karlovy Vary, Český Krumlov, Vienna, Budapest, ski resorts and 50 more	3990 CZK
These are separate services with separate prices. This page is only about the five foreign airports above.

QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

How do I get from Vienna Airport to Prague?
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Three ways. A coach with RegioJet or FlixBus is the cheapest at roughly €17–24, but takes five hours or more and many connections change at Brno. A train means getting to Vienna Hbf first, then about four hours to Prague. A private transfer is about 3h 50 door to door, from 9,300 CZK for the whole car, and the driver waits if your flight is late. There is no direct flight worth taking — the airports are 350 km apart.

Does Berlin still have Tegel and Schönefeld airports?
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No. Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt (BER) has been Berlin's only commercial airport since it opened on 31 October 2020. Tegel handled its last passengers on 8 November 2020 and closed fully in May 2021; Schönefeld closed on 25 October 2020 and was absorbed into BER as Terminal 5, which is itself now shut to scheduled traffic. All our Berlin transfers go to and from BER.

Which foreign airport is closest to Prague?
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Dresden (DRS), at about 155 km and two hours by road — closer to Prague than Munich, Vienna, Berlin or Frankfurt, and the cheapest route we run at 4,500 CZK for the car. It's a small airport with a mostly German and European network, so it isn't always an option, but when your fare works out it's the easiest border to cross.

Is a transfer cheaper than the coach?
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No, and we won't pretend otherwise. A coach seat from Vienna Airport to Prague is around €20; our car is 9,300 CZK however many of you there are. What the fare buys is a driver who waits for your delayed flight, no change at Brno, your suitcases handled, and a door rather than a bus station. If none of that matters to you, the coach is the right answer.

Do you charge for the driver's journey back?
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No. The one-way price already includes the driver returning empty — it isn't added afterwards. And if you're coming back the same day, the return leg is free: the driver waits and brings you home, and you pay only waiting time at 800 CZK an hour for a saloon car or 900 CZK for a minibus.

What happens at the border?
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Usually nothing. Austria and Germany are both in the Schengen Area, so there are no routine passport checks and you won't stop. Spot checks are occasionally reintroduced — bring your passport or ID card, and if there's a queue, it costs you nothing: the price is fixed and there's no meter running.

Can we stop somewhere on the way?
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Yes, and the detour itself is free. Pilsen sits almost exactly halfway to Munich, Dresden's old town is half an hour from its airport, and Mikulov and the Lednice–Valtice grounds are a natural break on the Vienna run. Tell us when you book. You pay only for the time the driver spends waiting, at the hourly rate above.

How far ahead should I book a cross-border transfer?
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48 hours is comfortable for a saloon car. Book earlier for a minivan or XXL minibus, a same-day return, unusual luggage, or a departure between 22:00 and 06:00 — a driver is committed to you for most of a day. In peak season and around Christmas and Easter, allow a week. Booking early never costs more.

Can you carry skis, golf clubs or a musical instrument?
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Yes — tell us what it is when you book and we'll send a vehicle that fits. There's no oversized-luggage charge, which on these routes often makes the whole trip cheaper than flying the last leg: airlines price sports equipment aggressively, and some refuse it outright.

Do you go to airports that aren't on this list?
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Yes. Brno, Bratislava, Budapest, Krakow, Nuremberg, Linz, Leipzig, Zurich and more — the booking system quotes most of them directly, and anything it doesn't, we'll quote by e-mail the same day. See intercity transfers for the full list, or just ask us.

Landed in the wrong country? We'll drive.

Five airports, one car, a price fixed before you fly, and a driver who waits however late you land.

Dresden from 4,500 · Vienna from 9,300 · Berlin from 9,500 · Munich from 10,500 · Frankfurt from 15,000 CZK

SOURCES

Last checked 17 July 2026

Coach and rail information on this page describes our competitors, so it comes from them, not from us. Fares and timetables change — check before you rely on them.

Spotted something out of date? Tell us at info@prague-airport-transport.co.uk and we'll fix it — that's how the Tegel error on this page got found.