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Guided tours

Watch take-offs and landings from close by, marvel at state-of-the-art-technology, experience international flair - our exciting and fascinating guided tours are the perfect excursion for your family, company or club. Our tour guides take you behind the scenes, tell you about the history and future of Dresden Airport and explain how all the various services operating on the tarmac work together.

Information and reservations

Karin Bretschneider
Customer Services
Phone: +49-351-8813300
Fax:+49-351-8813305
Illustration: Kleinbus mit Führungsteilnehmern auf dem Vorfeld
Airport fascination: On a guided tour you can watch a plane being marshalled from the comfort of a minibus
Illustration: Kinder am Gepäckband
A tour guide explains to children how the baggage carrousel works

All tours must be booked by telephone on +49 (0)351 881-3300, or 881-3360 at weekends. Photographs and videos may be taken for private use. Details of special guided tours during school holidays are announced in Dresden Airport press releases .

All participants on guided tours are given a discount voucher entitling them to 20% off their next purchase at the Market Place on the Arrivals level in the Terminal (excluding cosmetics, tobacco and special offers).

We can provide catering on guided tours if required. The Conference Centre rooms make an ideal venue.

Illustration: Rabattmarke
Participants on guided tours get 20% off purchases at the Market Place with this voucher

Mini and Maxi Tours

On the Mini Tour you'll find out everything there is to know about the Terminal. You'll pass through a security check and a hand baggage check, then you'll be taken onto the airport apron in a minibus. On the Maxi Tour you'll also call in at our fire station, where there are Panthers and Mambas lying in wait! As an alternative to the fire station, we also offer Maxi Tours that include a trip to the weather station (group tours only).

Individuals can book a place on the Maxi Tours at 4.30 pm on Sundays, or they can join a pre-booked tour.
Illustration: Panther 8x8 der Flughafenfeuerwehr
State-of-the-art firefighting technology outside the fire station: the Panther 8x8

Experience and nightseeing tours

Have you ever wanted to see at first hand how aircraft cope without a reverse gear? Would you like to be there when the Fire Brigade demonstrates its firefighting equipment or the Winter Service responds to a call? Our Experience Tours offer you the chance to experience these unforgettable moments, along with a Propeller drink (with or without alcohol), an original Lufthansa Sky Chef lunchbox or a Lufthansa business menu in our best conference room with its panoramic view of the apron and the runway. Night-owls can also book this tour as a Nightseeing Tour.
Illustration: Busfahrt übers Vorfeld bei Nacht
A fascinating experience: night tours on the apron

Follow-Me tour

The Follow-Me tour is the ultimate tour - and makes a fantastic present. Up to four people are taken on their very own journey of discovery. After a guided tour of the terminal and a champagne reception in the best room in the Conference Centre with its panoramic view of the apron, the highlight of the Follow-Me tour is a ride across the illuminated runway. You'll listen in live to radio communications between the tower and aircraft crews and hear how the professionals guide an aircraft in all the way to its gate. You'll also visit the fire station.
Illustration: Follow-me-Fahrzeug
Guests on the Follow-Me tours get this close to where it's happening!

Prices for the guided tours

Tour Price
per person
Minimum price
Mini tour for children and students
Duration: about 1 hour
Euro 4.00 Euro 85.00
Maxi tour for children and students (includes the fire brigade)
Duration: about 1.5 hours
Euro 5.50 Euro 95.00
Mini tour for adults
Duration: about 1 hour
Euro 6.00 Euro 85.00
Maxi tour for adults (includes the fire brigade)
Duration: about 1.5 hours
Euro 8.50 Euro 125.00
Adventure tours/
Nightseeing tour
Duration: about 2 hours
Euro 15.00 (for adults);
Euro 10.00 (for children and students)
Euro 205.00 (for adults);
Euro 130.00 (for children and students)
Follow me tour (up to 4 persons)
Duration: about 3 hours
  Euro 160.00
Airport tour with visit to the weather station (max. 15 persons), duration: approx. 90 minutes Euro 90.00 (groups of children),  Euro 125.00 (adults)
 
 

 

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