Chaos at German airports: Frankfurt-Hahn as a final light 2025!

Chaos at German airports: Frankfurt-Hahn as a final light 2025!

Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn, 55483 Lautzenhausen, Deutschland - This year's airport ranking of the passenger rights portal Airhelp shows significant weaknesses at German airports. According to the evaluations based on over 316,000 Google reviews, punctuality, service and the gastronomic offer are the three main criteria for the evaluation. Punctuality is 60 % of the overall rating. Some German airports perform particularly badly.

The Frankfurt-Hahn Airport leads the ranking of the worst German airports with only 2.8 out of 5 possible stars. Among other things, the geographical location of the airport, which is over 120 km from Frankfurt, is criticized. Berlin Brandenburg (BER) also remains below average, although he has improved by 0.1 stars and now reaches 3.2 stars.

The five worst German airports

• Frankfurt-Hahn: 2.8 stars
• Berlin Brandenburg (BER): 3.2 stars
• Dortmund, Cologne-Bonn, Memmingen: 3.5 stars each
• Weeze, Hanover, Düsseldorf: 3.6 Stars
each
• Hamburg, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden: 3.7 Stars
each

Among the larger airports, the majority only cut off mediocre. In contrast, smaller airports, such as Lübeck-Blankensee Airport, which leads the ranking with 4.4 stars, achieve significantly better ratings. Airports such as Münster-Osnabrück, Kassel-Calden and Rostock-Laage also achieve solid 4.3 stars, while Nuremberg, Paderborn-Lippstadt, Saarbrücken and Friedrichshafen each achieve 4.2 stars.

The international ranking

At the global level, Airhelp's ranking shows that no German airport is represented in the top 10 best airports in the world for 2024. The top positions in the Hamad International Airport in Doha with 8.52 points as well as Cape Town Airport in South Africa with 8.50 points and the Chubu Airport in Japan with 8.49 points. The Dortmund Airport places in 32th place.

In international comparison, Frankfurt Airport occupies the title of the worst German airport with 6.99 points and thus ranks in 18th place in the worst airports worldwide. Negative values ​​also show at other international airports, such as Tunis Airport, which is the worst airport in the world with only 5.35 points.

Despite the extensive infrastructure investments in recent years, customer satisfaction has remained almost unchanged compared to the previous year. Delays, strikes and long waiting times contribute to the below -average ratings. For many, airport trips are often necessary to reach holiday destinations far away.

For many travelers, amenities at the airports are as important as the punctuality of the flights. The differences between various airports can be clearly seen in the evaluation structure, such as the rankings of Merkur and ReiserePorter illustrate. The passengers not only expect punctuality, but also gastronomic diversity and friendly service.