City
Nuremberg by air
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Aug 30, 2005, 19:09

Nuremberg airport is sited roughly equidistant from Nuremberg, Furth and Erlangen just to the north of the city.  Over 3.5m passengers used the airport in 2004, making it Germany's ninth largest in terms of passenger numbers.  Built in 1955 and further developed over the years, more new buildings are due before the World Cup.		Around 4m passengers annually
Internal connections If you fancy getting around Germany by air during the tournament, Nuremberg could be a good place to make your base.  Air Berlin, Germany's leading low-cost airline, having flown just over 12 million passengers in 2004, provides direct flights to 8 of the other 11 venues from the airport.  Of the other three, Gelsenkirchen can be reached easily via Dusseldorf (to which Air Berlin also flies), which leaves just Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern to get to by other means.
A major hub for low-cost airline Air Berlin		Subject to timetable alterations you also ought to find flights to and from Berlin with Lufthansa and flydba , Dusseldorf (for Gelsenkirchen) with Lufthansa and flydba , Hamburg with Lufthansa and flydba , Frankfurt with Lufthansa, Cologne with EAE, Munich with Lufthansa and Dortmund with LGW.
International connections Nuremberg can also be reached with direct flights from London, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Rome to name but five international connections.  The airlines providing these services include Air Berlin for London, Lufthansa and Air France for Paris, KLM for Amsterdam, Lufthansa for Brussels and Air Berlin and Lufthansa for Rome.
Local transport Nuremberg is only the second city in Germany (after Berlin) to have an underground rail link from its airport into the city.  In this case, it's the U2 and the journey takes just 12 minutes.  For the onward journey to the stadium, it's an 8-minute ride on the S2 local S-Bahn train to Frankenstadion. With the change, it takes 25-35 minutes in all.		Direct U-Bahn link to city centre

External links Nuremberg airport Nuremberg public transport German rail journey planner

Internal links Travel / Air (This page may load slowly, but includes links to all other relevant airports and airlines in Germany) Route planner

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