Bratislava Airport can be reached by public bus to the centre and the main train station. You can also drive directly to the terminal.

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Bus 61 to the centre

The centre of Bratislava can be reached by a single bus line operated by the Bratislava Transport Company.

Tickets are the same for all bus, tram and trolleybus lines throughout the city. The airport is not located in any special fare zone.

You have the option to buy paper tickets at a machine inside the terminal (they also accept cards) or at the bus stop (they only accept coins).

A cheaper alternative is to buy tickets via the IDS BK mobile app (available on Google Play / App Store) after registration or directly with your own contactless card inside the bus.

The fares are as follows:

Time validity	Paper ticket price	Price via mobile app Price when paying by card
Transfer for 30 minutes (sufficient for the main station)	1,20 eur	1,09 eur
Transfer for 60 minutes	1,80 eur	1,60 eur
24 hours	5,40 eur	4,85 eur

Full ticket information on the official website of the Bratislava Transport Company: dpb.sk.

The following bus lines run to the airport:

• Route 61 (timetable: imhd.sk/linka/61): goes via Trnavské Mýto to the main station, where it arrives in about 25 minutes. Departures are every 7 to 20 minutes, the first connection to the airport leaves at 4:45 and the last one leaves at 23:35
• Night line N61 (timetable: imhd.sk/linka/N61): goes to the bus and train stations. Departs once an hour.
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Connection to Nivy bus station

If you are heading to the main bus station, use this connection:

Direct bus Slovak Lines

There are direct connections between the airport and Nivy station by Slovak Lines.

• Price - 5,90 eur
• Frequency - 1x per hour
• Operating hours - 5:00 to 20:00 in the direction of the airport, or 5:30 to 20:30 in the direction of the airport
• Travel time - 15 minutes
• Official info: slovaklines.sk

Cheapest with transfer

For a cheaper journey, where the regular Bratislava public transport fare applies, choose line 61, which will take you to the "Bajkalská" stop, where you will transfer to trolleybus 60 and go to the "Autobusová stanica" stop.

The journey will take about 40 minutes and you will pay 1 eur for a card payment inside the bus or 1,30 eur for a paper ticket or 1,18 eur in the mobile app.

A map of all Bratislava public transport lines can be downloaded here, for example.

Taxi / Bolt / Uber

The price of regular taxis to the city centre is between 10 eur and 15 eur.

Almost always the alternative taxi services Bolt or Uber are cheaper, which cost around 7 eur on the way to the main station.

Bus to Vienna

Thanks to its proximity to the Austrian capital, Bratislava Airport can also serve as an alternative for getting to Vienna.

Buses run directly from the terminal to the centre of Vienna without changing buses.

The Flixbus service runs approximately once an hour. The journey to Vienna takes about 105 minutes and costs from 10 eur.

For the lowest ticket price, buy online via flixbus.com.