Car rental at the Cologne Airport

With more than one million inhabitants, Cologne is one of the largest metropolises in Germany. Located on the banks of the Rhine, the major city looks back on almost 2000 years of history. Since the founding of the FRG, Cologne has been assigned to the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Due to numerous historical sights, many tourists are attracted to the Rhine metropolis year after year. Of course, every visitor to Cologne wants to visit the city's landmark, the cathedral with its two nearly 160 meter high towers. Many tourists then explore the historic Old Town, stroll along the Rhine promenade or visit the numerous existing museums. With a rental car you can reach all this much more comfortably and uncomplicated.

Increasingly, many people are choosing to travel by plane, as the few kilometers from the center, Cologne-Bonn Airport has optimal transport connections. The international airport CGN Koeln is located in the southeastern district of Grengel and is about 15 km away from the center of Cologne. It is 16 kilometers to the northeastern city center of Bonn. The airport, also known as Konrad Adenauer Airport, has only been used as a civil airport since 1957, although at that time it was only geared to national operations and had a simple terminal with no car rental facilities. About 13 years were to pass before the small airfield became a pretty international airport with a radar center and an air traffic control tower.
More than 10 million passengers were handled at Cologne-Bonn Airport in 2015, putting the airport in seventh place among German airports. The passenger volume, which has been constant for years, is also attributed by experts to the presence of low-cost airlines since 2002. Through our comparison portal you can also rent a car especially cheap at the airport for a stay in the metropolis on the Rhine, since we cooperate with every leading car rental agency in Germany.

Of course, you have to look for perfect condition at the pick-up station with your rental car. Test in your own interest briefly the functionality of all important controls and take a critical look at the body. The reason: From the moment of the takeover on, you are responsible for the rental car and come up for, for example, fines due to improperly functioning lighting. If you don’t report already existing scratches or dents on the car at the takeover at the airport, the car rental company makes you liable as the culprit and makes the repairs at your expenses. Have all the defects you have noticed entered in a list, maybe even take photos and secure a copy of the document. Your car rental company will keep the original.