Connecting at Dalaman airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at DLM.

How connections work at DLM

At Dalaman airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.

The airport has 2 terminals or concourses (Terminal 2 (international), Terminal 1 (domestic)). They are not connected after security: changing means going through security again.

Connecting passengers go through a transfer security screening.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at DLM long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Terminal 2 (international), Terminal 1 (domestic)

Getting between them: Walking along the pavement between the terminals (about 250 m)

Terminal 2, the modern building, handles all international flights and the older Terminal 1 all domestic flights. They are 250 metres apart, linked by a pavement, and you can only move between them through the public area. Dalaman is not a transfer hub: there is no direct transfer through the transit zone.

  • On separate tickets you leave the transit area, go through security again and walk to the other terminal: allow plenty of time.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: cestee.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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