Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph Transfers From €420 per vehicle
Winter and Summer Transfers Available
Private airport transfers from Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg. 170 km, around 1 hour 55 minutes. 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. Christoph am Arlberg
Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg is about 170 km by road and takes around 1 hour 55 minutes. 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, 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, on the other side of the mountain. 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: Memmingen is 170 kilometres from St. Christoph, Munich Airport is 237. 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 130 kilometres; Memmingen is 170. 40 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, all the way up to St. Christoph.
Which resort the transfer serves
St. Christoph sits at 1,800 metres, directly on the Arlberg pass road, and it is the highest place we drive to. It is a hamlet rather than a resort — a handful of hotels on the pass, with the skiing of the whole Arlberg starting at the door and St. Anton seven kilometres down the other side.
It shares the Ski Arlberg pass with St. Anton, Stuben, Zürs and Lech: around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts on one ticket. What St. Christoph has that none of the others has is the altitude — you wake up on the pass itself.
Skiing here runs from early December to late April. What the skiing means for the journey in is in our guide to skiing on the Arlberg, 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.
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. 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. What to bring and what travels free is set out on the luggage page.
Most of our winter work is ski transfers. From Memmingen we drive to all five Arlberg villages: St. Anton, Stuben, Zürs and Lech — around 300 kilometres of piste and 85 lifts, on one pass.
Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph Transfer: Price, Distance & Journey Time
A private transfer from Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph 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 — in December as 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.
No Arlberg tunnel toll arises on this route at all: the drive to St. Christoph leaves the S16 at Langen and never enters the tunnel. What is included is the Austrian vignette and the Pfänder tunnel.
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 1 hour 55 minutes |
| Price | from €420 per vehicle, one way |
| Altitude of destination | 1,800 m |
| Passengers | up to 8 with luggage |
| Skis and snowboards | carried free |
| Child seats | no extra charge |
| Tolls | Pfänder tunnel included, no Arlberg tunnel toll |
| Border | Germany → Austria, at Hörbranz |
The Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph am Arlberg Route
The drive begins in the Allgäu and ends at 1,800 m. 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 past Bregenz, then down the Rhine valley through Feldkirch 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.
At Langen am Arlberg the transfer leaves the S16 before the tunnel portal and climbs through Stuben to Alpe Rauz. Our St. Anton transfers stay on the S16 and go through the tunnel instead; this one goes over the top, because St. Christoph is on the top.
At Alpe Rauz the road divides. North, the Flexenstraße climbs to Zürs and Lech. East, the pass road continues up to St. Christoph at 1,800 metres, and then drops seven kilometres to St. Anton on the Tyrolean side.
So this is the one drive of the five where the Arlberg is genuinely crossed rather than avoided — and the destination is the highest point of it. The pass road is a main road, cleared and driven all winter, and it is the road the hotels of St. Christoph stand on.
Winter conditions on this road
The last stretch is a pass road at 1,800 metres, and it is the one piece of this journey that asks anything of the vehicle. It is cleared and driven all winter — the hotels up there stay open, and so does the road that serves them — but it is the reason our cars are four-wheel drive on winter tyres with chains aboard from December to April.
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 and the toll for the Pfänder tunnel are 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.
Where the transfer ends in St. Christoph
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall at Memmingen, holding a sign with your name on it. 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, and a few hundred metres later the vehicle is 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.
We stop in front of your hotel door, on the pass. St. Christoph is small and everything in it stands on the same road, so there is no last part of the journey left for you to arrange.
That matters more here than in a larger village. At 1,800 metres, with ski bags, the difference between being set down at the door and being set down nearby is not a detail — and the same vehicles run the seven kilometres down to St. Anton as a local taxi while you are here, if you want an evening on the other side of the pass.
Why Choose Alpinum Taxi for Memmingen to St. Christoph 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.
We are based seven kilometres from St. Christoph, on the other side of the pass, and that road is the one our drivers are on every day of the winter. When it is snowing at 1,800 metres, the driver knows what the pass is doing today because he came over it this morning.
And the price is settled beforehand. Over 170 kilometres and across a border, that is not a detail: you know the figure before you get in, and it covers everything — vignette, Pfänder tunnel, skis and child seats.
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. Christoph 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 that end at 1,800 metres, the highest place we drive to. The motorway does most of it; the pass road above Alpe Rauz does the part that decides which car can do this job in winter.
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. Christoph: Transfer, Train, Bus or Rental Car?
There are four realistic options for getting from Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph, and which of them is the affordable one depends entirely on how many of you are travelling.
St. Christoph has no railway station. The nearest is St. Anton am Arlberg, seven kilometres down the pass on the Tyrolean side, and from there the last stretch is by road in any case. The train can bring you to the foot of the pass; it cannot bring you up it.
With hand baggage and two of you, the train as far as St. Anton am Arlberg can still be 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, and the last stretch of mountain road is still there at the end.
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 bus is the cheapest option and the slowest. A rental car pays off only if you intend to drive during the stay rather than park for a week. And the train ends at St. Anton am Arlberg, not in St. Christoph.
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. Christoph am Arlberg from Memmingen, Friedrichshafen, Innsbruck & Zurich
St. Christoph 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 drive is a convenient one either way: mostly motorway, one border, and the mountain road only 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 67 kilometres of road.
We drive private transfers from Memmingen to the other four resorts as well — St. Anton, 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) | 107 km | 1h 20min | €220 |
| Altenrhein (ACH) | 110 km | 1h 15min | €300 |
| Friedrichshafen (FDH) | 130 km | 1h 35min | €380 |
| Memmingen (FMM) | 170 km | 1h 55min | €420 |
| Zurich (ZRH) | 195 km | 2h 15min | €460 |
| Munich (MUC) | 237 km | 3h 5min | €660 |
Return Transfer: St. Christoph am Arlberg to Memmingen Airport
For a flight from Memmingen we leave St. Christoph 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. Christoph am Arlberg to Memmingen Airport page.
| Flight from Memmingen | Pickup in St. Christoph |
|---|---|
| 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. Christoph am Arlberg — Frequently Asked Questions
How much is a Memmingen Airport transfer to St. Christoph am Arlberg?
A private Memmingen Airport transfer to St. Christoph am Arlberg costs from €420 per vehicle, one way. The price is fixed when you book and covers all tolls, 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. Christoph am Arlberg against 237 from Munich Airport. Check the three-letter code on the booking — FMM is Memmingen, MUC is Munich.
How far is St. Christoph am Arlberg from Memmingen Airport?
About 170 kilometres by road, ending at 1,800 m. The A96 runs south-west from the airport to Lindau, crosses into Austria at Hörbranz, follows the Rhine valley south through Feldkirch to Bludenz, and then turns east onto the S16 into the Klostertal.
How long does the Memmingen to St. Christoph transfer take?
Around 1 hour 55 minutes for the 170 kilometres. From Friedrichshafen it is 130 kilometres and 1 hour 35 minutes — 40 kilometres less and only about twenty minutes quicker. The extra distance from Memmingen is motorway throughout, from the airport gate to Lindau.
Is Memmingen or Friedrichshafen the better airport for St. Christoph?
Friedrichshafen is closer — 130 kilometres against 170 — and the transfer is from €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: we drive private transfers from both.
Does the drive cross a border?
Yes, once. Memmingen Airport is in Germany and St. Christoph 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.
Are the tolls included in the price?
Yes. The Austrian motorway vignette and the Pfänder tunnel toll are inside the €420. No Arlberg tunnel toll arises on this route at all, because the drive to St. Christoph am Arlberg leaves the S16 at Langen and does not use the tunnel. Nothing is collected from you in the car.
Does the transfer go through the Arlberg tunnel?
No. At Langen am Arlberg the drive leaves the S16 before the tunnel portal and takes the mountain road to St. Christoph am Arlberg. Only our St. Anton transfers go through the tunnel, and only there does the toll arise.
Is a mountain pass crossed on the way?
Yes. St. Christoph sits at 1,800 metres directly on the Arlberg pass road, and the last kilometres from Alpe Rauz climb up to it. It is a main road, cleared and driven all winter — the hotels up there stay open, and so does the road that serves them.
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.
Where exactly does the drive end in St. Christoph?
In front of your accommodation. St. Christoph has no closed streets and the vehicle reaches every house in the village — there is nothing left to carry at the end.
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. Most of the route is motorway, but the last stretch up to 1,800 m is a mountain road in winter, and that 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.
Can we take the train from Memmingen Airport to St. Christoph?
St. Christoph has no railway station. The nearest is St. Anton am Arlberg, and the last stretch has to be driven in any case. The train covers the easy part of the journey and stops where the hard part begins — 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: from €420 per vehicle. For a flight out of Memmingen we leave St. Christoph 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.