Frankfurt Airport (FRA): terminals, flights

Frankfurt Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF) is a network point for Frankfurt, Germany. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 2 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.

Airport facts

FRA carries 2 routes and 1 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 12 weekly departures. Frankfurt Airport (ICAO EDDF) serves Frankfurt, Germany, in the Europe/Berlin zone (UTC+2 in July). Its coordinates (50.0264, 8.54313) are the basis of every distance on this site.

• IATA: FRA
• ICAO: EDDF
• City: Frankfurt
• Country: Germany
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin
• Coordinates: 50.0264, 8.54313
• Airlines at the airport: 1

Time difference against Mexico City. In July, Frankfurt runs 8 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC+2 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC+1, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.

Coordinates, and why we publish them. 50.0264, 8.54313 is the position from which every great-circle distance on this site is computed, including the ones that set the EU261 compensation band. It is not the distance the aircraft flies — that follows airways and diversions — but the geodesic measure the regulations use. Publishing it lets anyone recompute the figures on these pages.

Base of Lufthansa. An airline basing here means aircraft and crews overnighting at the airport: more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto, and more early departures. The flip side is that at an airport dominated by one carrier the competitive pressure on fares is weaker than where several compete.

Airlines at FRA

1 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from FRA: 1 full-service and 0 low-cost, with checked allowance from 23 to 23 kg. Alliances present: Star Alliance. They cover 2 catalogued routes and 12 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.

Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:

Other airlines also operating at FRA: DE.

Departing FRA triggers EU261 for everyone. Sitting in the EU/EEA, any flight taking off from this airport is covered by Regulation EC 261/2004 whatever the operator’s nationality: a Mexican carrier leaving here answers exactly as a European one does. The asymmetry runs the other way — flying from Mexico into FRA only enters the regulation if a Community carrier operates it.

Alliances present at FRA: Star Alliance. It matters for two concrete things: where miles credit, and what happens when something breaks. Within one alliance, rebooking onto another member is usually provided for; between carriers with no agreement it does not exist and depends on goodwill at the desk. If you buy two legs on operators from different alliances, treat them as two separate trips.

Routes to Frankfurt (FRA)

Our catalogue lists 2 routes into FRA, totalling 12 weekly departures and spanning 8,605 to 9,551 km. The busiest is MEX-FRA at ~7 flights a week; 1 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.

What traffic FRA moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Mexico-Europe corridor (VFR and Camino) (2). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.

Not all of these routes fly daily. The thinnest on the list is CUN-FRA at ~5 weekly departures — under one a day. On a pair like that a cancellation is not resolved in hours: the next seat may be two or three days out, which is why it is worth avoiding the last flight before a fixed commitment.

Fare seasonality

1 routes at FRA carry a monthly minimum-fare breakdown. Between the cheapest and priciest months observed the gap reaches 35% on the widest route, which shows how much the date matters against the choice of airline at this airport.

Lowest detected fare by month on routes with data, in pesos (MXN). The cheapest versus dearest month helps you time the purchase:

The three peaks of the Mexican calendar. December, Holy Week and summer concentrate family and leisure demand at once, and in those windows price stops responding to normal lead time: cheap buckets sell out earlier and flexible fares go at a premium. Outside them, the usual pattern rewards buying 4 to 8 weeks ahead and travelling midweek. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

What a ‘cheapest month’ means here. It is the minimum the automated query found for that month — not an average and not a guaranteed fare — and it usually corresponds to the least convenient date combination in the month. A month with no row is not an expensive month: it is a month with no data. With that caveat, the month-to-month comparison still holds because every cell was measured the same way.

Connection tips

FRA concentrates 12 catalogued weekly departures across 1 airlines, in the Europe/Berlin zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.

Frankfurt Airport runs on the Europe/Berlin time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at FRA is MEX-FRA (~7 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $15,420 MXN on the CUN-FRA route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Frankfurt; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.

The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.

FAQ

The 10 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for FRA: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.

What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Frankfurt airport? The IATA code is FRA and the ICAO code is EDDF. Frankfurt Airport serves Frankfurt, Germany.

Which airlines operate at FRA? Airlines on our catalogued routes at FRA: Lufthansa.

How many routes are there from Frankfurt (FRA)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 2 arriving at FRA — see the tables above.

What time zone is FRA in? FRA operates in the Europe/Berlin time zone.

How many weekly departures does FRA have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching FRA we count 12 weekly departures over 1 airlines and 2 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.

What is the time difference between Frankfurt and Mexico City? In July, Frankfurt runs 8 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC+2 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.

Does EU261 apply when departing FRA? Yes. Every flight departing an EU/EEA airport is covered whatever the airline’s nationality, including a Mexican one. Coverage is not symmetric: flying into FRA from Mexico only qualifies if the operator is a Community carrier.

What is the longest catalogued route at FRA? Catalogued routes at FRA span 8,605 to 9,551 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.

What is the lowest fare detected at FRA? $15,420 MXN on CUN-FRA, per the collector’s last pass across 1 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.

Which airlines are based at FRA? Lufthansa run FRA as a base. An airline based here keeps aircraft and crews overnight, so it has more of its own services to rebook a disrupted passenger onto the same day.

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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.