A Berlin Brandenburg Airport transfer with BlaakLane.com has a fixed fare shown before you confirm. Enter your flight and destination, choose a vehicle, and the chauffeur is timed to your real landing at BER Terminal 1 or 2. International arrivals include 60 minutes of waiting. A vetted Berlin affiliate, named on your confirmation, drives you to Mitte, Messe Berlin, Potsdam or beyond.
How to book a chauffeur at BER
Use the engine at the top of this page or the book page. Enter Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) and your flight number, then the destination: a hotel on Unter den Linden, a ministry in the government quarter, Potsdamer Platz, the CityCube at Messe Berlin, a villa in Grunewald or an address in Potsdam. Choose the date, time and vehicle and you get one fixed fare. BER is further from the centre than the old Tegel airport was, and the A100 city motorway is often congested, so a price that is fixed when you book makes budgeting simple.
Our 24/7 reservations and dispatch desk in Toronto assigns the trip to a vetted Berlin affiliate from the LimousineWorldwide.Directory network, contracted to the BlaakLane.com written standard, and the confirmation names the operator, chauffeur and vehicle. For a day of meetings around Mitte and Charlottenburg, book chauffeur hire by the hour, minimum three hours.
What the BER fare includes
- The vehicle class you selected and a professional chauffeur.
- Flight tracking, so early or late landings move the pickup automatically.
- 60 minutes of waiting from touchdown on international flights, and 30 minutes on domestic flights from Munich, Frankfurt or Stuttgart.
- Waiting after that in 15-minute blocks.
- Child seats on request, free.
For budgeting, planning ranges for each vehicle class are on the rates page.
Terminal 1 and Terminal 2
Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt opened in October 2020, replacing Tegel and absorbing the old Schönefeld terminal, which has since closed to passengers. It lies about 18 km south-east of the city boundary and roughly 27 km from the Brandenburg Gate. Terminal 1, the main building, handles most airlines, including Lufthansa and the long-haul carriers, with Schengen and non-Schengen areas on separate piers. Terminal 2, a smaller building directly next to it, is used by a number of airlines, particularly low-cost carriers, and shares the forecourt. Your flight number tells the dispatch desk which terminal to brief. Official information is on the Berlin Brandenburg Airport site.
Where the chauffeur picks you up
The standard pickup is curbside at the designated area for pre-booked and commercial vehicles serving Terminals 1 and 2. After baggage reclaim, call or message the chauffeur, who will be close by with the car and will give you the exact point. Inside the hall is not part of a standard booking; the chauffeur stays with the car.
If you would like to be greeted at the arrivals exit with your name on a board, choose the meet and greet add-on. Add-ons are only available in selected locations; the booker shows whether it is available at BER on your date.
Border control and the Entry/Exit System
Germany is in Schengen. Flights from within Schengen arrive with no passport control. Arrivals from the UK, the US, Turkey, the Gulf and Asia pass German Federal Police border control, where the EU Entry/Exit System now registers non-EU visitors' fingerprints and facial image on first entry. ETIAS has not launched, so there is nothing to apply for in advance at present. Allow 20 to 45 minutes from landing to the kerb on a non-Schengen flight; the included 60 minutes normally cover it.
Drive times from Berlin Brandenburg Airport
| Destination | Distance | Typical drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Adlershof science and media park | 12 km | 15-20 min |
| Tesla Gigafactory, Grünheide | 40 km | 35-45 min |
| Potsdamer Platz | 25 km | 35-50 min |
| Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and the government quarter | 27 km | 40-55 min |
| Friedrichstraße and Gendarmenmarkt | 26 km | 35-50 min |
| Berlin Hauptbahnhof | 28 km | 40-55 min |
| Kurfürstendamm and Charlottenburg | 30 km | 45-60 min |
| Messe Berlin, CityCube and the ICC | 32 km | 45-60 min |
| Potsdam | 45 km | 40-55 min |
| Leipzig | 180 km | 1 h 50 min-2 h 15 min |
| Dresden | 190 km | 1 h 50 min-2 h 15 min |
| Prague | 350 km | 3 h 45 min-4 h 15 min |
Central Berlin, everything inside the S-Bahn ring, is an environmental zone (Umweltzone) where vehicles must carry a green emissions sticker; rules are on berlin.de. The A113 and A100 are the fastest routes in, but the A100 around the Neukölln and Tempelhof junctions is often slow at rush hour.
Airport Express, S-Bahn and regional trains
The station beneath Terminal 1 is served by the FEX Airport Express, which reaches Berlin Hauptbahnhof in about 30 minutes, regional RE and RB trains, and the S9 and S45 S-Bahn lines, which take longer but stop across the south-east of the city. Timetables are on Deutsche Bahn. The train is efficient for a light traveller staying near Hauptbahnhof or Friedrichstraße. A chauffeur is simpler with luggage, children, groups, a late flight, or a destination such as Grunewald, Dahlem or Potsdam's lakeside villas. To join an ICE, a car to Berlin Hauptbahnhof takes 40 to 55 minutes.
Choosing a vehicle for Berlin
| Trip | Class |
|---|---|
| One founder to a Kreuzberg start-up office | Standard Sedan |
| A senior official to the government quarter | Luxury Executive Sedan |
| A head of delegation or protocol guest | Executive First Class Sedan (Maybach) |
| A family of five to a Grunewald rental | Standard Black SUV |
| Four executives to a Potsdam board meeting | Executive Black SUV |
| A wedding party to a lakeside venue | Luxury Stretch Limo |
| Twelve exhibitors with samples to Messe Berlin | Sprinter Van |
| A celebration group of 14 | Party Bus |
| Seven guests with carry-on only | Sprinter Luxury Jet Van |
The fleet page details each class. Rolls-Royce, Bentley, armoured vehicles and coaches are arranged on request through vetted partners and confirmed in writing.
Trade fairs, government and film
Messe Berlin hosts some of Germany's largest fairs, including ITB Berlin, usually in March, and IFA, usually in early September; InnoTrans runs there in September of even-numbered years. The Berlinale film festival, usually in February, and the Berlin Marathon, usually in late September, bring their own peaks and road closures. Exhibitors and delegations can use event transportation. As the seat of the Bundestag and many embassies, Berlin also sees steady official travel, handled under government and diplomatic transportation with multi-car arrivals planned by a coordinator and confirmed in writing. Companies can centralise billing through corporate accounts. Visitor information is on visitBerlin.
Getting back to BER for your flight
Book the return trip as a separate transfer and enter the departure flight so the desk can set a sensible pickup time. From Mitte or Charlottenburg, plan on 45 to 60 minutes to BER in normal traffic and up to 75 minutes on a weekday afternoon or when a trade fair or the marathon is on. The chauffeur drops you on the departures level of Terminal 1, or at Terminal 2 next door, and helps with bags to the entrance. Non-EU travellers leaving for a non-Schengen destination pass an exit border check where the Entry/Exit System records the departure, so allow time for it on top of check-in and security. BER's security lanes can back up at peak morning hours, and the airport publishes waiting-time guidance on its website. If you are leaving very early from Potsdam or the western districts, a pickup before 05:00 avoids the first build-up of commuter traffic on the A100 and A113.
Late flights, waiting and cancellations
When a flight is delayed, the chauffeur waits for the new arrival time without charge for the delay. Beyond the included allowance, waiting is added in 15-minute blocks. Cancellation is free until 72 hours before pickup. After that the fee is 10% inside 72 hours, 50% inside 48 hours and 100% inside 24 hours or on a no-show.
Hamburg, Prague and other German airports
Many clients drive on from BER: Hamburg is about three hours by road, and Prague about four; see intercity transfers. The service runs at Hamburg Airport, Frankfurt and Munich too. For city hotels, venues and hourly hire, see Berlin chauffeur service.
