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CGN Cologne layover guide
A layover at CGN.
Cologne Bonn Airport
Lounges, security and customs waits, and what a connection at CGN actually involves. LYVR plans the whole layover, with real walk times on the indoor map.
Updated October 2026 · Sources · Layover calculator
3lounges at CGN, with what gets you in
3open to Priority Pass or DragonPass members
Livesecurity wait times in the app
EES queuescustoms and border queues in the app
CGNConnections
Connecting
at CGN.
It depends on where you're coming from and going. Connections between two Schengen-area flights stay airside with no passport check. Arriving from outside Schengen for a Schengen connection, you clear the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) check at CGN; leaving Schengen, you clear the exit check before your gate.
Wait times
The lines at CGN, before you're in them.
Open the Airports tab in LYVR and pick CGN.
Customs and border
LYVR Pro shows the current queue for the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) border checks, for both arrival and departure. LYVR only shows the checks your connection actually crosses.
Counted in your time to spare
Every checkpoint on your connection becomes a step in the layover plan, so the time to spare already allows for the lines.
Lounges
3 lounges at CGN.
0 open with a credit card, 3 with Priority Pass or DragonPass, 0 with airline elite status. Rules and hours change, so check with the lounge before you go.
The Lounge Koeln-Bonn
Memberships
Priority Pass
Airport Business Lounge (T2)
Memberships
DragonPass
The Lounge Koeln-Bonn
Memberships
Priority Pass
Plan it in LYVR
Your CGN layover, planned to the minute.
Save your flights and LYVR finds the connection at CGN on its own, then times every part of it.
Every minute, accounted for.
Deplaning, every walk on the indoor map, the checkpoints your connection passes and when the doors close. What's left is yours to plan.
Lounges you can actually get into.
Add your cards and memberships once. With LYVR Pro, every lounge at CGN shows whether you're in, and the live queue where there is one.
Directions that know which floor you're on.
Around walls, up escalators, onto the train between terminals and through security on the way.
Time to see Cologne?
Getting out, the ride each way, security on the way back and a cushion, checked against your passport. With LYVR Pro, a day in Cologne, planned.
Layover questions
CGN, answered.
Do I have to go through security again on a connection at CGN?
It depends on where you're coming from and going. Connections between two Schengen-area flights stay airside with no passport check. Arriving from outside Schengen for a Schengen connection, you clear the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) check at CGN; leaving Schengen, you clear the exit check before your gate.
Can I check the security wait time at CGN?
LYVR shows live security wait times for each checkpoint, grouped by terminal, refreshed every couple of minutes.
How long is the customs or passport line at CGN?
LYVR Pro shows the current queue for the EU's Entry/Exit System (EES) border checks, for both arrival and departure.
Which lounges at CGN can I use on a layover?
LYVR lists 3 lounges at CGN, 2 of them on Priority Pass. Which ones you can get into depends on your ticket, airline status, credit card or a lounge membership. Each lounge on this page lists what gets you in, and LYVR checks it against your own profile.
How much time do I need for a layover at CGN?
It depends on your terminals, whether you re-clear security or customs, and how far the gates are apart. LYVR adds up deplaning, every walk on the indoor map, any checkpoints your connection passes and the boarding door time, then shows exactly how much time you have to spare.
Is a 1 hour layover enough at CGN?
Between two Schengen-area flights, often yes, since there's no passport check. Coming from or going to a country outside Schengen, you pass a border check (and register in the EU's Entry/Exit System on a first entry), which can take 30 minutes or more at busy times, so 1.5 to 2 hours is safer. LYVR works out your exact time to spare for your own two gates.
What is there to do on a layover at CGN?
With an hour or two, eat near your gate and walk the terminal. With more, CGN's 3 lounges (2 on Priority Pass) have quiet seats, food and often showers. LYVR's Explore tab lists every restaurant, bar and shop near your gate with the walk time, so you only see what fits in your layover.
Can I leave the airport on a layover at CGN?
Arriving from another Schengen country, yes, with enough time. From outside Schengen, only if you're allowed to enter the Schengen area, since leaving CGN means going through immigration, and you'd want about 6 hours: the passport line both ways, the trip into Cologne and back, and security on the way in. LYVR checks the ride each way, the time you'd have in the city and your passport's entry rule.
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Lounges from Priority Pass's and DragonPass's directories, the card networks' lounge lists (American Express, Capital One, Chase, Mastercard), each operator's own booking or waitlist page. Who gets in is worked out with the same rules the LYVR app uses for your saved cards, memberships and airline status. Wait times come from the airport's or TSA's own data, public EES queue reports. Terminal times are LYVR's curated estimates. Compiled October 2026; details change, so confirm with the airport, airline or lounge before you travel. LYVR isn't affiliated with Cologne Bonn Airport.