Munich International MUC
Cheap flights from Munich start at Munich International, the airport most people know by its code, MUC. It sits outside the city in Bavaria and carries the region's short-haul and long-haul traffic, with nonstop and connecting service to Rome, Palma de Mallorca, London, Milan, Barcelona, Corfu, Chania and Olbia. Which carriers fly each of those routes, and what they charge on your dates, is set out on the route pages here.
Munich International at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 41.6 M (2024)
- Hub for
- Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cityline
- Elevation
- 1,487 m
- Opened
- 1992
- Official website
- munich-airport.de
- Population of Munich
- 1.5 M (2025)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Munich International lies outside the city, so treat the trip into town as part of the journey rather than an afterthought. Suburban trains and buses link the airport with the centre, and taxis and rental cars use the same road corridor, which is why the morning peak and Friday afternoons are the slowest times to travel either way. Landing late? Check the last connection into the city before you commit to a flight that arrives after midnight, and if you plan to leave a car at the airport, make sure your return lands at an hour when you can still collect it.