Salzburg Airport to Schladming

Your driver waits in the arrivals hall with a name board. Give your carrier the flight number so it can track the landing and adjust the pickup. The airport has its own A1 exit, so the drive starts as soon as the bags are in.

The Planai valley station has its own bus stop and 1,000 free parking spaces. Planai West is a second base that reaches both the Planai and the Hochwurzen, and the WEST winter sports center is about a five-minute walk from Schladming station. A hotel address is the simplest instruction; if you want to go straight to the snow, name the lift.

The A10 needs a vignette: a 1-day vignette is €9.60 in 2026, and on a transfer the carrier normally pays it. The Tauern tunnel section toll starts at Flachau, south of exit 63, so it does not apply. At Mandling the road passes from Salzburg into Styria, a state line inside Austria with no control and no extra charge.

In Austria, from 1 November to 15 April, cars must have winter equipment when conditions are wintry. Chains may replace winter tires only on a road fully or almost fully covered in snow or ice. A carrier working the Enns valley in winter is equipped for it.

Declare ski bags, board bags and boot bags when you book. They decide the vehicle: a saloon carrying three passengers will not also carry three hard ski cases. For a group of four with equipment, an estate or a minivan is usually the right request.

Child and booster seats are available on request. Put the ages in the booking notes, not just the number of children, because the ages decide the seat type, and ask when you request offers rather than after you accept one.

Carriers on TransferBnB monitor the inbound flight and adjust the pickup, so a delayed landing does not cost you the car. Free waiting time after landing varies by carrier and is stated in the offer you accept.

About 1 hour 20 minutes in ordinary traffic. The route is the A10 Tauern motorway to exit 63 at Altenmarkt, then the B320 Ennstal road through Radstadt and Mandling to Schladming, about 90 km. Operators who drive it publish 70 to 90 minutes, and busy Saturdays, school holidays and heavy snow make it longer.

About 90 km by road, by the A10 Tauern motorway and the B320. The resort's arrival table rounds Salzburg to 100 km; from the airport the drive is about 90 km.

No. Salzburg Airport has no railway station, so the public route is a city bus to Salzburg Hbf, a train to Bischofshofen and a second train to Schladming. On the 2027 timetable that takes 1h 53min to 2h 27min, usually with two changes, hourly, and the last useful departure from the airport stop is 21:44, reaching Schladming at 23:55. A private transfer takes about 1h 20min with no change and stops at your hotel or lift.

No. The route stays in Austria. At Mandling the B320 passes from the state of Salzburg into Styria, which is a state line with no control, no second vignette and no toll. The A10 needs a vignette, normally paid by the carrier on a transfer, and the Tauern tunnel section toll starts at Flachau, so it is not on this route.

Yes. The Planai valley station has a bus stop, the Planet Planai stop, and 1,000 free parking spaces, so a car can drop you at the lift. Planai West is a second base that reaches both the Planai and the Hochwurzen. Tell the carrier which one when you book, or give your hotel address.

On TransferBnB, carrier offers start from around €160 for a saloon carrying 1 to 3 passengers, rising to around €180 for an estate, €225 for a minivan seating 5 to 8, and €340 for a minibus. Prices are per vehicle, not per person, and indicative until a carrier confirms the quote. The carrier normally pays for the Austrian vignette.

The Planai opens as soon as snow conditions permit, in the words of the lift company and the tourist board; a single fixed date that circulates for it is only a forecast. Hauser Kaibling is due to open on 28 November and the Hochwurzen on 4 December 2026, and the Planai and Hochwurzen close on 4 April 2027. The Ski Opening concert at the Planai Stadium is on 11 and 12 December 2026. Main-season ticket prices apply from 19 December 2026 to 26 March 2027, with an adult day ticket at €81.50 at the ticket office.

Salzburg is the closer drive. Schladming is about 90 km and 1h 20min from Salzburg Airport, while Planai gives Graz Airport as just under two hours away. Choose by flights: if both serve your route, Salzburg puts you on the Planai sooner.

Not downhill. Planai's own ticket page says there is no skiing on the Dachstein Glacier. The glacier is a sightseeing trip, with the Sky Walk, the Ice Palace and a suspension bridge, plus cross-country skiing and ski touring, and a Planai ski day pass is accepted for the visit.