Flughafen Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden

Have you ever been with a large group of people when traveling, and because of that, you get a discount, but then again your travel plans may seem a little out of the ordinary? Well, that is how my first trip to London went.
Living in Strasbourg, a group of us ended up taking a bus to the Baden Airpark (which was like an hour away compared to the 25 minutes to SXB). When we pulled up, I thought it was some sort of joke, like they brought us all to an airfield to leave us for dead. But then after I did my research on the area, this is like an airfield for all of the rich people who want to fly into Baden-​Baden (resort town in west Germany).
Don’t worry though, our accommodations were anything but. I remember standing in the security line forever, and they were VERY thorough with the searches. I realize it was an intl flight, but CMON, we were at an AIRFIELD with like 200 people total.
We were flying Ryanair (another story for another time), going to an airport I never even knew existed– Stansted (I only heard of Heathrow and Gatwick). So, this was definitely a bootleg trip.
The actual terminal was ok, but small. After getting groped by 3 different people (I didn’t even get any phone numbers!), it was time to move to the waiting area, which was graced with screaming kids. Then it was time to board. Boarding took forever, and the whole process seemed inefficient. One of the few times I got to walk up steps to get in a plane. I thought my life was going to end that trip.
When we came home, it was like the same, all over. And customs were a pain here– which is a big shock for such a small place.
I guess my advice is– if you are going to fly in/​out of here, get your own jet, bribe security/​customs, and/​or don’t go in a large group. The money we saved doesn’t make up for all of the headaches generated. But hey, it got my review count up :)

I flew out of here on an early morning flight, departing at 6:35 AM heading to Berlin Tegel. It was the first time I used this airport to depart, and after doing so, I think I have to say I have experienced better airports. Hence, I am giving it only 2 stars.
First, let me talk about the accessibility. I happen to be fortunate in that there was someone who had a car to take me to the airport, but the airport is rather inaccessible. It’s quite far from Karlsruhe, and even with a car, it took us 30 mins to drive the distance from Karlsbad, on an early morning.
The lines were not bad; I waited about 10 minutes to check in my bag, and security was also about the same.
The amenities were rather spartan. There were just a few shops, and so the traveler really has not a lot of selections.
That being said, this is not an airport for a large metropolitan area anyway. So the difference is understandable. However, as I place heavy importance on accessibility, I would be hesitant to use this airport, given there’s no good link to it, aside from the bus service, not to mention the fact that it is so out of the way from almost every city it is supposed to be serving.

Un bel exemple de reconversion pour cet aéroport dédié aux vols lol cost à 45 minutes de strasbourg.
Aéroport efficace
Parkings abordables.

Small airport, fast check-​in times, hardly any service, limited food and shopping available due to it’s size, but OK. Easy to get to the airport. If you want and easy and cheap way to travel — try this airport.

This is a teeny tiny airport which is only reasonably accessible by car, and is the absolute most boring place ever to be stuck waiting for a delayed departure (which unfortunately does happen quite often) unless you enjoy listening to business men talk self importantly on their cell phones. You will find yourself wondering why you are seriously window-​shopping cans of pringles, 2 bad perfumes and 3 german gossip magazines like it is the most fascinating thing in the world.
However, in the summer you can sit out on the terrace and possibly far enough away from chain smokers to enjoy the air, and the staff here tends generally to be very kind with a good sense of humor.
They are still tweaking security, and long lines (well, the one long line) is improving a lot.

L’ancienne base de l’OTAN a réussi sa reconversion. Les ligne régulières y sont assurées par des compagnies low cost et nombre de voyagistes proposent ce point de départ pour leurs produits. Les Airbus, Boeing, Fokker ont remplacés les Starfighters des Canadiens. Le paysage a encore un look fonctionnel qui rappelle Top Gun ou JAG mais le gestionnaire y a déjà implanté des bâtiments fonctionnels largement dimensionnés. La zone de chalandise de cet établissement englobe généreusement le bassin d’emploi de Strasbourg; Baden Airpark (avec son nom commercial Flughafen Karlsruhe Baden-​Baden qui a certainement donné son indicatif IATA: FKB) a tous les atouts pour devenir LE grand aéroport régional pour l’Alsace et le Pays de Bade.
Des progrès restent à faire mais les débuts sont prometteurs.

Aeroport très bien exploité, presque que du low cost. Architecture moderne. Facilement accessible en train et en voiture depuis
Strasbourg. Services nombreux et nombreux stand de vente de voyages dégriffé et de derniere minute.

Pequeño aeropuerto de alemania, de la zona sur, entre Frankfurt y Sttutgart. La mayoría de los vuelos de este aeropuerto los ofrece ryanair con 9 destinos, 2 de ellos a españa (alicante y girona). Como en todos los aeropuertos de Alemania en los que he estado, son muy estrictos con las maletas y rara vez te dejan pasar un kilo, ya sea en la maleta de mano, como en las facturadas, si es cierto, que si es poco peso el que te pasas, te recomiendan ponerte ropa encima y cuando pases el control volver a meterla. En cuanto a servicios ofrecidos en el aeropuerto, no encontramos muchos, además los abren practicamente solo cuando llega o sale un avión, de forma que si tienes que esperar allí un rato, salvo alguna cafetería y un par de tiendas, no encontraras nada más, ya que el alquiler de coches, la tienda para comprar los tickets de autobus, … todo eso hasta que no aterrize un nuevo vuelo, no abrirán.