Zurich Airport to Lech Zürs

Zurich Airport has two arrival halls, Arrival 1 and Arrival 2. Your driver waits in the hall your flight lands at, after baggage reclaim, with a name board, and the carrier confirms which one in its offer. Give the flight number when you book so the carrier can track the landing and adjust the pickup.

The route needs the Swiss motorway vignette, CHF 40, and an Austrian vignette for the A14 and the S16. The Arlberg road tunnel has a separate toll, €13.00 a trip in 2026, but its tolled section lies between Langen and St. Anton, and a car for Zürs or Lech leaves the expressway at Langen, so the toll does not apply. On a private transfer the carrier normally holds both vignettes and neither should appear on your quote.

The car crosses from Switzerland into Austria between Diepoldsau and Hohenems, on about 3 km of ordinary road between the two motorways. Both countries are in the Schengen area, so there is no routine passport check, but it is a customs border and officers can stop a vehicle. Everyone in the car should carry a passport.

The tourist office describes the Flexen Pass road as generally open all year round and the main access route in winter. The road from Warth is generally closed in winter because of avalanche risk, so there is normally no second way in. When the avalanche commission closes the Flexen road, a transfer waits or is retimed. Winter tyres are compulsory in wintry conditions from 1 November to 15 April, with at least 4 mm of tread, and chains can be made compulsory for a time.

Zürs is the first village after the pass and Lech is about 5 km further. Oberlech, above Lech, is car-free from December to April: the car stops at the Oberlech cable car in Lech and the lift carries you up. If you land late, check the cable car's running times with your hotel. Give the carrier the hotel name and the village, not just Lech.

Declare ski bags, board bags and boot bags when you book, not at the kerb. They decide the vehicle: a saloon carrying three passengers will not also carry three hard ski cases. On this route the difference between an estate and a minivan is usually the equipment, not the number of people.

Child and booster seats are available on request from carriers on this route. Put the ages in the booking notes, not just the number of children, because the ages decide the seat type. Ask when you request offers, not 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 2 hours 25 minutes to Lech in free-flowing traffic, and about 2h 20min to Zürs, which is the first of the two villages. The resort's tourist office publishes 2h 15min to 2h 30min. The route is the Swiss A1 past St. Gallen, the border at Hohenems, the A14 to Bludenz, the S16 to Langen am Arlberg and the Flexen Pass road. Allow more when it is snowing on the last 14 km.

About 194 km to the centre of Lech and about 189 km to Zürs. Lech Zürs Tourismus gives 190 km and Ski Arlberg 200 km. About 173 km is motorway or expressway, and the last 14 km from Langen am Arlberg is mountain road over the Flexen Pass.

No. Neither Lech nor Zürs has a railway station. The nearest is Langen am Arlberg, 15 km away, from where bus line 750 takes about 20 minutes up to Zürs and Lech. Lech Zürs Tourismus gives a rail journey of approximately 3 hours from Zurich Airport, with trains every two hours, so on its figures the trip is about 3h 20min before any wait for the bus. A private transfer takes about 2h 25min with no change and stops at your door.

No. The Arlberg road tunnel toll, €13.00 a trip in 2026, applies between the Langen and St. Anton junctions of the S16. A car going to Zürs or Lech leaves the S16 at Langen am Arlberg, before the tunnel, and takes the Flexen Pass road. What the drive does need is two vignettes, the Swiss one at CHF 40 a year and the Austrian one. On a private transfer the carrier normally holds both.

Generally, yes. Lech Zürs Tourismus describes the Flexen Pass road as generally open all year round and the main access route in winter. It is also normally the only winter road, because the road from Warth is generally closed for avalanche risk. The avalanche commission closes the Flexen road when it has to: on 21 February 2026 it was shut from 17:00 until the next morning. Austria requires winter tyres in wintry conditions from 1 November to 15 April, and chains can be made compulsory for a time.

Yes, a scheduled coach runs in winter, from 30 November 2026 to 11 April 2027. It costs €65 per person one way. Online booking closes 24 hours before departure; later than that is by phone, on request. From Monday to Thursday there is one coach a day, leaving the airport at 13:00 and reaching Lech at 15:45; Fridays have two, Saturdays five and Sundays three. It stops at one point in each village. For any other landing time, or a drop at the door, a private transfer is the option.

By distance, St. Gallen-Altenrhein: Ski Arlberg lists it at 100 km from Lech Zürs, ahead of Innsbruck at 120 km and Friedrichshafen at 130 km. Lech Zürs Tourismus, which does not list Altenrhein, names Innsbruck as the nearest. Zurich is 190 km on its table, about 70 km further than Innsbruck, and its case is the size of its network: the airport was connected directly to 213 cities in 2025. From Zurich Airport a private transfer reaches Lech in about 2h 25min.

On TransferBnB, carrier offers start from around €455 for a saloon carrying 1 to 3 passengers, rising to around €510 for an estate, €640 for a minivan seating 5 to 8, and €870 for a minibus. Prices are per vehicle, not per person, so a minivan for eight is €80 each, and they are indicative until a carrier confirms the quote. The carrier normally holds the Swiss and Austrian vignettes.

Not in winter. Oberlech is car-free from December to April and is reached by the Oberlech cable car from Lech. A private transfer from Zurich Airport takes you to the cable car station in Lech. Tell the carrier you are staying in Oberlech when you book, and for a late landing check the cable car's running times with your hotel.

Ski Arlberg plans the season from Wednesday 2 December 2026 to Sunday 18 April 2027, with both dates subject to conditions. The area has 301 km of slopes and 85 lifts and cable cars, and Lech Zürs is the home of the White Ring, a circuit of about 22 km. Zurich Airport is about 194 km and 2h 25min away by private transfer.