FCO (Rome airport)

[whirlybird3]

My husband and I are traveling to FCO and then flying out of FCO after our cruise.  What has been your experience in checking in and wait times though security?  We are trying to plan on how many hours to arrive to the airport. 

[emmas gran]

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Edited August 21, 2022 by emmas gran

[Rustyman]

40 minutes ago, whirlybird3 said:

My husband and I are traveling to FCO and then flying out of FCO after our cruise.  What has been your experience in checking in and wait times though security?  We are trying to plan on how many hours to arrive to the airport. 

We’re just back from doing that. All went smooth on arrival, collected baggage pretty quickly and straight through. On return again no problems, you should be fine with time to spare if you’re there 2 hours before your flight. It very much depends who you’re flying with and whether you have fast track.we were Lufthansa and our only delay was in the queue to check our bags in, about 20 minutes.

[whirlybird3]

1 hour ago, Rustyman said:

We’re just back from doing that. All went smooth on arrival, collected baggage pretty quickly and straight through. On return again no problems, you should be fine with time to spare if you’re there 2 hours before your flight. It very much depends who you’re flying with and whether you have fast track.we were Lufthansa and our only delay was in the queue to check our bags in, about 20 minutes.

Thank you.  We will be spending one night in Rome after our cruise, then flying out the following morning.  Just trying to plan the transportation time.  The first leg will be from FCO to Frankfurt, so hopefully the screen process will be seamless.  

[Rustyman]

It was good for us though we only had a 55 minute turn around at Frankfurt and the gate was a mile away!

First time at FCO was a bit daunting as we were dropped at the wrong terminal and we had to ask where Lufthansa check in desk was, it was in Terminal 1, we though were dropped at T2!