Budapest Franz Liszt International Airport formerly, and colloquially referred to Ferihegy; is the country's largest airport, located about 16 km (10 miles) southeast of the city centre. The airport's central telephone number for information is: +36-1 296-9696 or on +36-1 296-7000. Luggage services can be contacted on +361 296-5449 in connection with flights to and from Terminal 1 and +36-1 296-5965 for Terminal 2.
Terminals
The airport has two terminals. It is wise to double-check your arrival and departure terminal. While Terminal 2A is within a short walking distance from Terminal 2B, the distance between Terminal 1 and 2 is quite sizeable - the trip takes 6-8 minutes by car or 12 minutes by bus.
The small, renovated Terminal 1 (gates 1-10; opened in 1950) is used by low-cost airlines (such as WizzAir and EasyJet ) both from Schengen and Non-Schengen destinations.
The more spacious Terminal 2 (opened in 1985) is divided in two: Terminal 2A (gates 20-30) serves all Schengen Area destinations. Terminal 2B (gates 11-19) serves all Non-Schengen Area destinations. Terminal 2 is the hub of the Hungarian national carrier, Malév
Duty free stores are operated by Travel Value. Customs authorities in German airports may not allow you to bring duty-free items purchased at the airport in Budapest through Germany. In Terminal 2, Hugo Boss and Swarowski are the only dedicated brand shops. The alcohol-tobacco-sweets assortment shop has a decent choice of local wines, mainly by Gundel. Several cafés are present. There are Caffè Ritazza eateries on Terminal 2A. One is in a pre-checkin area; another is in the boarding area, after passport control. Terminal 2B pre-boarding area has half a dozen cafes. The cafe on the second floor of terminal 1 (outside of the security area) offers computers with internet access.