Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg Transfers From €420 per vehicle
Winter and Summer Transfers Available
Private airport transfers from Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg. 170 km, around 2 hours. Ski luggage included. Local St. Anton taxi company.
- Winter Ready 4x4 Vehicles
- Local St. Anton Drivers
- Direct To St. Anton Transfers
- Flight Tracked Pickups
- Free Cancellation Up To 24h
- Skis And Snowboards Free
Private Taxi & Airport Transfers from Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg
Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg is about 170 km by road and takes around 2 hours. A private transfer with Alpinum Taxi costs from €420 per vehicle, one way — not per person — for up to eight passengers with luggage and ski equipment.
Airport transfers on this route are priced the same in both directions, and the price covers every toll, the Arlberg and Pfänder tunnels included, skis and snowboards, child seats, and the drive to the door of your accommodation. We take no deposit and hold no card details, and you can cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before pickup.
Alpinum Taxi is a taxi company based in St. Anton am Arlberg. We do not pass work on to anyone: the cars are our own — Mercedes Minibus 4x4 and VW Caravelle Minibus 4x4 — and so are the drivers, experienced local drivers who know these roads.
If your ticket says Munich
Some airlines sell Memmingen as a Munich airport — but it is a separate airport in the Allgäu, well over a hundred kilometres from Munich. For getting to the Arlberg that is good news rather than bad: Memmingen is 170 kilometres from St. Anton, Munich Airport is 230. Check the three-letter code on your booking — FMM is Memmingen, MUC is Munich. If you are landing at Memmingen, this is the right page.
Why the longer drive is barely longer
Friedrichshafen is 132 kilometres and around 1 hour 40 minutes; Memmingen is 170 kilometres and around 2 hours. Thirty-eight kilometres more, but only about twenty minutes: the A96 begins effectively at the airport gate and runs unbroken to Lindau. From there it is the same road as the drive from Friedrichshafen, kilometre for kilometre.
Which resort the transfer serves
St. Anton am Arlberg is the largest of the five Arlberg resorts and the one most guests travelling through Memmingen are heading for. The other four — St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — share the same lift pass and the same roads, and we drive private transfers from Memmingen to all of them.
Skiing here runs from early December to late April, with around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts on one pass. What the skiing means for the journey in is in our guide to skiing in St. Anton, and the rest is in what you need to know about the Arlberg.
Winter and summer transfers
Most of our Memmingen transfers run in winter, when the resort is full and the skiing is on. Summer transfers are quieter, but it is the same road and the same price, and the same private transfers carry walkers and cyclists in July that carry skiers in February.
The five Arlberg resorts sit close enough together that one driver serves all of them in a day. A transfer to St. Anton and a transfer to Lech leave the same garage and take the same road as far as Langen — which is why we can quote every resort from the same price list.
What a ski transfer carries
A ski transfer is not simply a taxi with skis in it. The rear ski rack takes skis and boards outside the cabin, so eight people and eight ski bags travel in one vehicle instead of two, and nobody spends a hundred and seventy kilometres with a boot bag on their knees. If you are collecting hired equipment on the way, tell us and we will stop at the ski shop in the resort before your accommodation.
The ski pass covers all five resorts, so where you ski and where you sleep need not be the same village. What to bring and what travels free is set out on the luggage page. Most of our winter work is ski transfers: St. Anton belongs to the Ski Arlberg area along with St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts, on one pass.
Memmingen Airport to St. Anton Transfer: Price, Distance & Journey Time
A private transfer from Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg costs from €420 per vehicle, one way. The price is for the vehicle and not per person: two of you or eight of you, the figure is the same. That is what a Memmingen to St. Anton transfer costs whether you book it in December or in July.
It is fixed before you book and does not move on the day — not for a pickup in the middle of the night, not on a holiday, and not when snow makes the drive longer. Every fare is on the price list, and every route is on the airport transfer page.
Memmingen sits in the middle of the field: Innsbruck is 100 km from St. Anton, Altenrhein 110, Friedrichshafen 132, Memmingen 170, Zurich 200 and Munich 230. Which airport suits you is decided by the flight.
If you are comparing quotes, look at what a figure covers. Some operators advertise a low entry price for the smallest vehicle on their list — three passengers, no skis. Our €420 is the price of a vehicle that takes eight people with ski equipment.
| Distance | about 170 km |
|---|---|
| Journey time | around 2 hours |
| Price | from €420 per vehicle, one way |
| Passengers | up to 8 with luggage |
| Skis and snowboards | carried free |
| Child seats | no extra charge |
| Tolls | included, Arlberg and Pfänder tunnels |
| Border | Germany → Austria, at Hörbranz |
The Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg Route
The drive begins in the Allgäu and ends under the Arlberg. Allgäu Airport Memmingen sits immediately on the A96, so the motorway begins where the luggage goes in — south-west past Leutkirch im Allgäu and Wangen to Lindau.
At Lindau this route meets the one from Friedrichshafen, and from there on it is the same road. A few minutes later, at Hörbranz, it crosses into Austria.
From the border the A14 runs through the Pfänder tunnel, which passes Bregenz by going under the mountain, then down the Rhine valley past Dornbirn, Hohenems and Rankweil to Feldkirch and on to Bludenz.
At Bludenz the route turns east onto the S16 and climbs into the Klostertal, past Wald am Arlberg and Klösterle to Langen am Arlberg.
And there comes the part that separates this drive from our other routes out of the west: we stay on the S16 and go through the Arlberg road tunnel. Fourteen kilometres under the pass, and on the Tyrolean side St. Anton am Arlberg is a short distance beyond the portal. The transfers to Stuben, Zürs and Lech leave the S16 at Langen instead and never enter it.
No mountain pass is crossed at all. That is why this route holds up in winter: the mountain is gone under rather than climbed.
Winter conditions on this road
Conditions change along the way rather than all at once. The Allgäu and the Rhine valley can be dry while the Klostertal is already under snow, and the last thirty kilometres are the ones that decide the timing — the first hundred and thirty are motorway. The roads we use are main roads, cleared early and driven all winter, and the Arlberg tunnel means the Memmingen to St. Anton drive never depends on a pass being open.
Germany into Austria: what the border means for your transfer
The border is crossed at Hörbranz, just past Lindau, roughly halfway through the journey. Germany and Austria are both in the Schengen area, so there is normally no check there. Temporary checks can be reintroduced, which is why you should carry the identity document you flew with and keep it where you can reach it.
Everything else is our problem. The Austrian motorway vignette, the toll for the Pfänder tunnel and the toll for the Arlberg tunnel are all inside the fixed price. Nothing is collected from you in the car, and you do not stop at a toll booth with your wallet out.
In practice the border is a road sign and nothing more. You stay seated, the vehicle keeps going, and the luggage is not moved once between the arrivals hall and your accommodation. Anyone covering the same ground by train and bus changes vehicle several times in those hours — each time with a ski bag.
Two of our six airports are in Germany, Memmingen and Friedrichshafen, and both cross the same border at the same place. Innsbruck is the only one with no border at all; Zurich lies in a third country, with a vignette of its own.
Meeting Your Driver at Memmingen Airport
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall, holding a sign with your name on it. There is nobody to ring and no meeting point to find.
Memmingen makes this part easy. It is a regional airport with a single terminal and the car parks directly in front of it — a few steps from the door to the vehicle, rather than a walk through two halls and a train underneath, as at the big hubs. A few hundred metres later the vehicle is already on the A96.
We track the flight number you give us when booking. If the flight lands late the pickup moves with it, at no extra charge and without you having to do anything. Late arrivals are nothing unusual on this route, and we drive them at any hour.
Your driver loads the luggage, skis and snowboards go on the rear rack, and the next time we stop is in front of your accommodation — door to door, with nothing in between. The drive ends in the resort itself, not at its edge, whichever part of it your house stands in. Your arrival time sets ours rather than the other way round.
Why Choose Alpinum Taxi for Memmingen to St. Anton Transfers
Most companies selling this route sit neither in the Allgäu nor on the Arlberg — they pass the job on. We drive every transfer ourselves, in our own vehicles and with our own drivers.
The drive ends on the Arlberg, and that is where we live. It counts on the last stretch: when it is snowing on the S16, the driver knows what the road is doing today because he was on it this morning. Anyone can drive the first hundred and thirty kilometres; the last thirty are the reason we run the vehicles we run. The same cars work as a local taxi in St. Anton while you are here.
And the price is settled beforehand. Over 170 kilometres, across a border and through two tolled tunnels, that is not a detail: you know the figure before you get in, and it covers everything.
What you are buying is a reliable arrival: experienced drivers who are on these roads every day of the winter, a comfortable vehicle that takes eight people and their equipment, and a drive that runs door to door. The same drivers run the transfers from Innsbruck and Zurich — one company and one fleet, a different road.
The vehicle for your Memmingen to St. Anton transfer
Picked up at the airport
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall and walks you to the vehicle.
Skis on the rear rack
Outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag on their knees.
Chains on when the road needs them
Our drivers carry chains all season and fit them themselves.
To the hotel door
We stop in front of your accommodation, not at a drop-off point.
A hundred and seventy kilometres, of which a hundred and thirty are motorway — the A96 from the airport gate, then the A14 down the Rhine valley. The car is not chosen for that part. It is chosen for the last thirty: the Klostertal in winter, and a ski group that has to travel as one vehicle rather than two.
VW Caravelle T6.1 — Long — 4x4
- Up to 8 passengers
- AWD (4MOTION)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Mercedes Minibus 4x4
- Max. 6 passengers
- AWD (4MATIC)
- Rear ski rack, outside the cabin
- Child seats on request, no extra charge
Skis, snowboards and luggage
Skis and snowboards travel on the rear-door ski rack, outside the cabin — nobody spends the drive with a ski bag across their knees. Ski carriage is free: we charge no equipment supplement the way a shared shuttle does. Boot bags, helmets and suitcases go inside with the rest of the luggage.
Both vehicles: 4x4, winter tyres from November to April, snow chains on board.
Both vehicles are four-wheel drive on winter tyres, with chains on board through the season, and skis travel outside on the rear rack. Up to eight passengers with cases, at one price for the vehicle.
Getting from Memmingen Airport to St. Anton: Transfer, Train, Bus or Rental Car?
There are four realistic options for getting from Memmingen Airport to St. Anton, and which of them is the affordable one depends entirely on how many of you are travelling.
St. Anton has its own station on the Arlbergbahn, so the train is a genuine alternative here and not a polite mention. There is no train from the airport itself, though: you first have to reach a station and change on the way, carrying your luggage while you do it.
With hand baggage and two of you, that is a sensible journey. With a ski bag and a boot bag each, the changes are what decide it — every one of them means lifting everything again.
A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay. If it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves you the winter driving across a border, the equipment in the boot, and the return of the car on the morning of the flight home.
The bus has the most changes on this route and the tightest timetable. It can be cheap; it is never direct.
The four options, side by side
Of the four options, the private transfer is the only one with no change of vehicle: one car, one price, your door. The train is the strongest of the other options for one or two people travelling light, because St. Anton has a station and the resort centre is a short walk from it. The bus is the cheapest option and the slowest. A rental car is the option that pays off only if you intend to drive during the stay rather than park for a week.
Ski groups rarely find the comparison close. Four people travelling with skis pay one fare between them for a private transfer, and every other option charges each of them separately and asks them to carry the equipment between vehicles.
St. Anton am Arlberg from Memmingen, Friedrichshafen, Innsbruck & Munich
St. Anton am Arlberg is reached from six airports, and we drive from all of them. Memmingen sits in the middle of the field: closer than Zurich and Munich, further than Innsbruck, Altenrhein and Friedrichshafen.
Distance alone rarely settles it, though. A direct flight at the right hour from Memmingen is worth more than a shorter drive from an airport you have to connect through, and the Memmingen to St. Anton drive is a convenient one either way: a hundred and thirty kilometres of motorway, one border, and the mountain gone under at the end.
The comparison worth making is with Munich. Anyone who bought the ticket as a Munich flight but is landing at Memmingen saves sixty kilometres of road and an hour of time.
We drive private transfers from Memmingen to the other four resorts as well — St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — and the same vehicles work as a local taxi and a train station taxi once you are here.
| From airport | km | Journey time | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innsbruck (INN) | 100 km | 1h 15min | €200 |
| Altenrhein (ACH) | 110 km | 1h 20min | €300 |
| Friedrichshafen (FDH) | 132 km | 1h 40min | €380 |
| Memmingen (FMM) | 170 km | 2h | €420 |
| Zurich (ZRH) | 200 km | 2h 20min | €460 |
| Munich (MUC) | 230 km | 3h | €640 |
Return Transfer: St. Anton am Arlberg to Memmingen Airport
For a flight from Memmingen we leave St. Anton four and a half hours before departure. That covers the 170-kilometre drive, the border and the time you need at the airport, all together. There is nothing to add on top — tell us your flight number and we will give you the pickup time.
Half an hour more than for Friedrichshafen, because the drive is half an hour longer. For Innsbruck it is three hours, for Zurich five and for Munich six.
The return costs the same as the way in: from €420 per vehicle, tolls and ski equipment included. We collect you from your accommodation at any hour, including before daylight. Booking the return at the same time as the arrival is the convenient way to do it: one message, one fixed price, both directions.
The whole return leg — pickup time, road, border and terminal — is set out on the St. Anton am Arlberg to Memmingen Airport page.
| Flight from Memmingen | Pickup in St. Anton |
|---|---|
| 07:00 | 02:30 |
| 09:00 | 04:30 |
| 11:00 | 06:30 |
| 13:00 | 08:30 |
| 15:00 | 10:30 |
| 17:00 | 12:30 |
| 19:00 | 14:30 |
Memmingen Airport to St. Anton am Arlberg — Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a Memmingen Airport transfer to St. Anton am Arlberg?
A private Memmingen Airport transfer to St. Anton am Arlberg costs from €420 per vehicle, one way. The price is fixed when you book and covers all tolls including the Arlberg tunnel and the Pfänder tunnel, skis and snowboards, child seats and the drive to the door of your accommodation.
Is the €420 price per person or per vehicle?
Per vehicle. €420 is the price of the car, not of a seat in it, and it does not change between two passengers and eight. For a family or a ski group that is the whole difference against a shared shuttle, where every passenger pays separately.
My ticket says Munich — am I on the right page?
If you are landing at Memmingen, yes. Some airlines sell Memmingen as a Munich airport, but it is a separate airport in the Allgäu, well over a hundred kilometres from Munich, and it is much closer to the Arlberg: 170 kilometres to St. Anton against 230 from Munich Airport. Check the three-letter code on the booking — FMM is Memmingen, MUC is Munich. If it says MUC, the page you want is our Munich Airport to St. Anton transfer.
How far is St. Anton am Arlberg from Memmingen Airport?
About 170 kilometres by road. The A96 runs south-west from the airport past Leutkirch im Allgäu to Lindau, crosses into Austria at Hörbranz, follows the Rhine valley south through Feldkirch to Bludenz, and then turns east into the Klostertal and through the Arlberg tunnel.
How long does the Memmingen to St. Anton transfer take?
Around 2 hours for the 170 kilometres. That is only about twenty minutes more than the drive from Friedrichshafen, which is 38 kilometres shorter — because the extra distance from Memmingen is motorway from the airport gate to Lindau, while the Friedrichshafen drive starts on a lakeside road.
Is Memmingen or Friedrichshafen the better airport for St. Anton?
Friedrichshafen is closer — 132 kilometres against 170 — and the transfer is €380 against €420. From Lindau onwards the two drives are the same road, so the difference is only the first stretch. Which one suits you is decided by the flight rather than by the drive: both are comfortable, and we drive private transfers from both.
Does the drive cross a border?
Yes, once. Memmingen Airport is in Germany and St. Anton am Arlberg is in Austria, and the border is crossed at Hörbranz, just past Lindau, roughly halfway through the journey. Germany and Austria are both in the Schengen area, so there is normally no check there.
What documents do we need for the border?
Carry the identity document you flew with and keep it somewhere you can reach it rather than at the bottom of a case. There is normally no check at Hörbranz, but temporary checks can be reintroduced at any internal Schengen border, and that is the only preparation the crossing asks of you.
Are the tolls included in the price?
Yes. The Austrian motorway vignette, the Pfänder tunnel toll and the Arlberg tunnel toll are all inside the €420. Nothing is collected from you in the car and you do not stop at a toll booth.
Does the transfer go through the Arlberg tunnel?
Yes. The transfer to St. Anton stays on the S16 at Langen am Arlberg and goes through the fourteen-kilometre Arlberg road tunnel, coming out on the Tyrolean side a short distance from the village. Our transfers to Stuben, Zürs and Lech leave the S16 at Langen instead and never enter it, which is why the tunnel toll appears on this route and not on those.
Is a mountain pass crossed on the way?
No. The road climbs the Klostertal on the S16 and then goes under the Arlberg rather than over it. That is what makes this a dependable winter route: the drive from Memmingen to St. Anton never depends on a pass being open.
Where does the driver meet us at Memmingen Airport?
In the arrivals hall, holding a sign with your name on it. Memmingen is a single-terminal airport and the car parks are directly in front of it, so it is a short walk from the door to the vehicle — there is nobody to ring and no meeting point to find.
What happens if our flight is late?
We track the flight number you give us when booking, and the pickup moves with the flight at no extra charge. You do not need to call or rebook. Late evening arrivals are normal on this route and we drive them at any hour.
How many passengers and how much luggage fit?
Up to eight passengers with luggage in one vehicle, at one price. Skis and snowboards travel free on the external rear rack, outside the cabin, so eight people and eight ski bags go in one vehicle rather than two.
Are the vehicles suitable for winter roads?
Every vehicle is four-wheel drive on winter tyres, with chains on board through the season: Mercedes Minibus 4x4 and VW Caravelle Minibus 4x4. The first 130 kilometres are motorway, but the Klostertal at the end is a mountain road in winter, and that last stretch is what the vehicles are chosen for.
Do you charge extra for skis, snowboards or child seats?
No. Skis and snowboards travel free on the rear rack and child seats and boosters are fitted free — just tell us the ages when you book.
Do you drive at night and on holidays?
Yes, at any hour and on any date, at the same fixed price. A pickup at two in the morning on the 25th of December costs what the same journey costs at noon in July.
Can you stop at a ski rental shop on the way?
Yes, tell us when you book. We stop at the ski shop in the resort before your accommodation, so the equipment is fitted before you arrive rather than the next morning.
Do you drive to the other Arlberg villages from Memmingen?
Yes, to all five: St. Anton, St. Christoph, Stuben, Zürs and Lech. They share one lift pass and the same roads, and the transfers leave the same garage — which is why every village is quoted from the same price list.
Can we take the train from Memmingen Airport to St. Anton?
St. Anton has its own station on the Arlbergbahn, so the train is a real alternative — but not a direct one from the airport. You first need to reach a station, then change on the way, and carry the luggage while you do it. With light bags it is a sensible journey; with a ski bag and a boot bag each, the changes are what decide it.
Is a rental car a good alternative?
It depends on what you do after you arrive. A rental car earns its keep if you plan to drive during the stay; if it would sit outside the hotel all week, a private transfer saves the winter driving across a border, the equipment in the boot, and the return of the car on the morning of the flight home.
How do we pay?
By card or in cash, before or after the journey. We agree which when you book: we take no deposit and we store no card details.
Can we book the return to Memmingen as well?
Yes, and it costs the same in that direction. For a flight out of Memmingen we leave St. Anton four and a half hours before departure, and we ring you the evening before to set the exact time. Say so with the request and both journeys come back in one quote.