Coronavirus: Information for travellers

On this page you will find important information on the situation at Dortmund Airport - the links compiled here will take you to further information and tips.

People arriving must in all cases, regardless of whether they have spent time in a risk area, provide the airline with a negative test result, a vaccination certificate or a recovery certificate.

The test result must be available before departure in order to present it to the carrier. The test must have been taken no more than 48 hours before entry.

Detailed information you will find on the website of the Federal Ministry of Health.

Before entering Germany, you must complete a digital entry declaration if you have been in a high-risk or virus-variant area. This can be done at the earliest three days before entry.

You should do so online at www.einreiseanmeldung.de and make sure that you have confirmation of your registration with you in electronic form (PDF) or printed out on paper when you arrive. This confirmation will be checked by your transport provider and may also be checked by the officials at border control when you enter Germany.

After staying in all other areas, you do not need to submit a digital entry declaration.

Find more information on the website of the Federal Foreign Office.

• If you have stayed in a high-risk area, you must go into domestic quarantine for ten days. The domestic quarantine can be bypassed if proof of recovery or vaccination is submitted via the entry portal of the Federal Republic. From the 5th day onwards, the quarantine can be shortened by a negative test certificate. There is no quarantine obligation for children under 6 years of age.
  
  

• After staying in virus variant areas, the quarantine lasts 14 days. An early termination of the quarantine is not possible.
  
  
• For all other areas, the quarantine obligation does not apply.

Risk areas will only be designated in two categories from 1 August 2021: High-risk areas and virus variant areas. The category of "simple" risk areas has been dropped. The classification and publication of risk areas is carried out by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) at www.rki.de/covid-19-risikogebiete.

Corona tests prepared before entry must meet the criteria listed by the RKI at www.rki.de/covid-19-tests.

MEDICARE offers chargeable tests on the arrivals level (level 0) in the terminal of Dortmund Airport. The test result is available after only 15 to 30 minutes and will be transmitted via QR code or e-mail.

More information about the test centre.

As of 2 April 2022, the wearing of masks is no longer mandatory in the terminal of Dortmund Airport. This is based on the amended Corona Protection Ordinance of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Despite the discontinuation of the obligation to wear a mask, we, as the operator of the infrastructure, recommend that our visitors and passengers continue to wear a mask. Especially in those areas where distances cannot be maintained for short periods of time. These include, above all, check-in, passenger control points, gates and baggage reclaim.

Always keep a sufficient distance of about 1.50 metres from other passengers and our staff.

We continue to recommend wearing so-called surgical masks or masks of the KN95/N95 standards.

Avoid physical contact with others - for example, do not shake hands.

The hands are the most common carriers of pathogens. Washing hands protects! Therefore, wash your hands regularly and thoroughly with soap and water.

The following points are also important:

• use disposable tissues when sneezing and coughing and dispose of them in a waste bin after use
• if no handkerchief is handy: hold the crook of your arm in front of your mouth and nose
• Avoid contact with eyes, nose and mouth
• touch as few areas in public space as possible

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