Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) is very convenient but has very few flights so most passengers to the Baltic Coast need to fly via Berlin or Hamburg.
Flughafen Rostock-Laage (RLG) is located between the Hansestadt Rostok on the Baltic Coast and Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Northern Germany. Currently, only a few weekly flights arrive here from mostly Mediterranean beach resorts (and Milan). No domestic destinations in Germany are served by flights from Rostock. Travelers to Rostock, Warnemünde, and other cities in the region, usually need to fly to Berlin or Hamburg and continue by train or car.
Direct Cheap Flights to Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) in Germany
In recent years, the number of flights to Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) declined from only a few to hardly any. It is currently possible to fly at least weekly from Rostock to Heraklion (Kreta / Crete) and Antalya on Corendon Airlines Europe (XR), to Palma de Mallorca on COndor (DE), and to Milan-Linate on ITA Airways (AZ).
Further charter flights are also possible to holiday destinations and to connect with cruises that depart from Rostock.
The airport is also used by the Air Force and for training flights by Lufthansa, so the facilities exceed the standards required for so few regular scheduled flights.
Check-in and security are famously fast.
Flying to Rostock via Berlin and Hamburg
Due to the low number of flights to Rostock and little prospect of sudden increases, most international travelers need to fly via either Berlin Brandenburg Airport or Hamburg Airport.
Transportation to Rostock from Berlin Brandenburg Airport by train can be as fast as 2h30 on the direct InterCity train — very convenient but only a few times per day. More connections requiring train transfers en route usually take just over 3h15.
Trains from Hamburg Airport to Rostock are somewhat slower. The most convenient connection requires only a transfer at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (3h10) but more frequent trains require 3 to 4 changes and closer to four hours. Travel on this route are usually only possible on regional trains so any relevant discount tickets may be used including Quer-Durchs-Land and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Tickets (€23), which are valid on some trains to Hamburg and on to the Airport.
Transportation to Rostock Airport in Northern Germany
Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) is a small regional airport around 30 km (20 miles) south of the Baltic Sea port Rostock. Getting here by car is the easiest — book car rental well in advance.
Rebus Bus line 127 connects Rostock Airport with Rostock Central Bus Station (ZOB). Bus departure times are coordinated with flight times. Tickets are €13.40 one-way. Often bookings are required at least a working day in advance.
Trains do not run to the airport itself with the closest railway stations being Rostock (30 km), Güstrow (20 km) and Laage (10 km). Taxis from Rostock to the Airport charge around €80 and take just over half an hour.
By car, use autobahn A19 (Rostock to Berlin), exit Laage. Autobahn A20, which is convenient for connections to all Baltic towns from Lübeck to Stralsund, crosses the A19 between the airport and Rostock. Ample cheap parking (even free for short stops) is available.
The brick Gothic Minster in Bad Doberan (Doberaner Münster) near Rostock and the churches in Güstrow are absolutely worth seeing when in the Rostock region.
