The tests should be free of charge for the travelers. Vacationers from the almost 140 countries that the Robert Koch Institute has identified as risk areas are affected.
Voluntary tests for returnees from risk areas at several German airports have been possible since the weekend. If you do not have a negative test result, you have to go into quarantine at home for two weeks as before.
Airports with corona test stations (by size):
Covid 19 tests at Frankfurt Airport: still subject to a fee
At Frankfurt Airport, passengers can be examined for Sars-CoV-2 for a fee. The test is a PCR test that shows whether there is an acute infection with the virus and therefore there is a risk of infecting other people in the immediate vicinity. Evidence is provided by a throat swab.
There are two test options: 59 euros for a result within 6 to 8 hours and 139 euros for a result within 3 hours. The traveler must bear the costs.
An appointment is not necessary, but you have to register online in advance and pay for the smear.
The smear center is centrally located in the transition between Terminal 1 and the long-distance train station (The Squaire).
More information: Frankfurt / Main Airport
Covid 19 tests at Munich Airport: Free for all returning travelers
At Munich Airport, the Corona Test is free for all return travelers. Departing passengers can have themselves tested for a fee of EUR 190 (plus a weekend and night surcharge if necessary). Medicare, a subsidiary of Flughafen München GmbH, offers corresponding tests.
The PCR test is carried out in the form of a throat swab. The report will be sent in German and English by email. A positive test result is reported to the health department.
If you want to take a test, you must register by phone at the airport's emergency department at +49 89 975 633 99 or by email at [email protected]. The result is available approximately four hours after the smears have been taken.
The Corona Test Center is located in the forum of the Munich Airport Center (MAC) on level 03. Prior registration is not necessary.
More information: Munich Airport
Corona tests at Düsseldorf Airport: Free for returning travelers from high-risk areas
At Düsseldorf Airport, returnees from risk areas can also be tested free of charge on Covid-19. Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 is provided by smears from the nose and throat.
The smears go directly to the laboratory at least four times a day. The test result is usually available online within three days.
The test center is located in the arrival security area.
More information: Düsseldorf Airport
At Berlin airports Tegel and Schoenefeld: Corona tests from Wednesday
At the Berlin airports, travelers returning from so-called high-risk areas should be able to get tested for the corona virus this Wednesday. All preparations are underway, as a spokesman for the Senate Chancellery said on Tuesday. The tests in the terminal buildings of Tegel and Schönefeld airports should be free of charge for travelers.
Airport Hamburg: Corona tests from Thursday or Friday
Before the end of the week, all travelers returning to Hamburg Airport will be tested free of charge for the corona virus immediately after their arrival from risk areas. "We expect Thursday or Friday," said Hamburg's social senator Melanie Leonhard (SPD) on Tuesday at the state press conference in Hamburg.
Corona tests at Cologne / Bonn Airport: Free for those returning from risk areas
Holidaymakers can also be tested on Sars-Cov-2 at Cologne / Bonn Airport. The test is free of charge for those returning from risk areas published by the Robert Koch Institute. For everyone else, it costs 90 euros.
The test station is located between the remote bus terminal (P32) and Terminal 2. The test center at the airport is staffed around the clock. The test result is usually available within 24 hours. Until the test result is available, returning travelers from risk areas must go to home quarantine.
The organization and implementation of the tests is carried out by Johanniter Unfallhilfe on behalf of the City of Cologne.
More information: Cologne / Bonn Airport
Covid 19 tests at Stuttgart Airport: still subject to a fee
Tests on the Covid-19 are also possible at the Airport Medical Center (AMC) at Stuttgart Airport. The offer is open to passengers and other interested parties, the costs must be borne by yourself. It is imperative to register in advance by telephone.
With a smear on Sars-CoV-2, a current infection can be determined, with a blood sample for antibodies, an infection that has already been overcome can be detected. The costs for the test are around 170 euros for a smear or just under 60 euros for the test for antibodies.
More information: Stuttgart Airport
Corona tests at Hannover Airport from Wednesday
Returnees from high-risk areas are to be tested for the corona virus at Hannover Airport if possible from Wednesday. On Tuesday morning there was a site visit by employees of the Hanover Region Health Office and the airport. It is about agreements where the test stations should be set up, said a spokeswoman. "It is important to us that it starts as quickly as possible."
Covid 19 tests at Nuremberg Airport: Free for all returning travelers
At Nuremberg Airport, return travelers can also be tested for free on Sars-CoV-2. The tests are offered daily as long as flight operations are ongoing.
Anyone who enters the Free State of Bavaria from a risk area is generally obliged to report to their health department and to quarantine immediately for a period of 14 days, as long as they cannot submit a negative corona test.
The test center is located in departure hall 1.
More information: Nuremberg Airport
Corona tests at Dortmund and Munster / Osnabruck: Free for returning travelers from high-risk areas
At the airports of Dortmund and Münster / Osnabrück, returnees from risk areas can also be tested for free on Corona.