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6am flight from Lisbon to Munich - how early should we arrive?

Searching online I have seen everything from 2-4 hours in advance. Maybe someone on the forum has flown out of Lisbon and can share their experience? Thanks for your help.

PS We will have our COVID tests already done.

Posted by
6113 posts

I would allow 2 hours (90 minutes pre Covid). Your airline should advise you.

Posted by
1826 posts

Flying Lisbon to Munich will not require passport control. I’ve flown out of Lisbon to another EU country a couple of times summer/fall. I arrived 90 minutes early and was fine. If you want to be safe, two hours will give you time for coffee and the last pastel da nata!

Posted by
834 posts

I hope KathrynJ is right, but we needed about 3 hours just for a domestic flight (Porto to Lisbon) in August. Maybe we just hit a bad day, but the signs are everywhere -- come at least an hour earlier than you used to. I guess your airline, though, is more reliable than we are.

Posted by
7055 posts

I hope KathrynJ is right, but we needed about 3 hours just for a
domestic flight (Porto to Lisbon) in August.

You know that you could have taken the train from Porto to Lisbon in less than 3 hours?

Posted by
38 posts

Not Lisbon, but we had a 6am flight from Porto last month and got there about 2 hours before. The baggage claim line took forever as they needed to check people's COVID passes/tests/etc. and we made it to our gate just before boarding began.

Posted by
16 posts

Thanks @mimieprice - I appreciate the warning! It sounds like 2 1/2 hours will be good (I try to avoid that last minute scramble for the gate).

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Any updates on necessary time to arrive LIS airport prior to departure to US? I have seen 4 hrs or 2 and 1/2 hrs …
Line for arrivals last week from USA was 3 hrs

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2 posts

We just flew out yesterday morning at 10:00. We arrived at 7:00 and barely made it to the gate on time. The passport control line was brutal.