Connecting at Stuttgart airport

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

How connections work at STR

At Stuttgart airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration.

The airport has 4 terminals or concourses (Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 4). All of them are connected after security, so you do not need to clear security again to change.

Connection time calculator

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

Terminals / concourses: Terminal 1, Terminal 2, Terminal 3, Terminal 4

Getting between them: Walking inside the building; about 5 minutes from Terminal 1 to Terminal 4

Stuttgart formally has four terminals, but in practice they form one medium-sized building with a shared transit area, so you can use any security checkpoint and check in for your next flight without leaving it.

Schengen to Schengen: no checks. Schengen to non-Schengen: passport control. Non-Schengen to Schengen: passport and security. Non-Schengen to non-Schengen: security.

  • The actual transfer between planes rarely takes more than 20 minutes.

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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