The short answer: Frankfurt Airport has staffed baggage storage in two places — Terminal 1, Area B, Level 1, open around the clock, and Terminal 3, Area J, Level 2, open 06:30–21:30. A normal suitcase costs €12 per 24 hours, or €9 if you collect it within four hours. There are no coin-operated lockers at FRA — the service is a counter with staff, and you cannot reserve a place.
Where is luggage storage at Frankfurt Airport?
Two counters, run for the airport by FraSec Services GmbH. They are not equivalent: only the Terminal 1 desk is open at night, which matters if you land late or start early.
| Location | Where exactly | Opening hours |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal 1 | Area B, Level 1 (Arrivals) | Daily, 24 hours |
| Terminal 3 | Area J, Level 2 | Daily, 06:30–21:30 |
There is no baggage storage in Terminal 2. Terminal 2 closed for refurbishment in June 2026, so if your airline used to put you there, plan on the Terminal 1 desk instead. Getting between the terminals is covered in our Frankfurt Airport terminals guide.
How much does luggage storage cost at FRA?
The operator publishes two price lists — one for the Hall B-West counter, one covering Hall B-East and Terminal 3 — and the storage prices in them are identical. The figures below are from those lists (the Terminal 3 and B-East list is dated 23 April 2026) and include 19% VAT.
| Item | Duration | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Regular luggage — max 90 × 60 × 30 cm, max 30 kg | Short-term, up to 4 hours | €9.00 |
| Regular luggage — max 90 × 60 × 30 cm, max 30 kg | Per started 24 hours | €12.00 |
| Bulky luggage — max 120 × 80 × 50 cm, max 40 kg | Per started 24 hours | €16.00 |
| Bulky luggage, extra large — over 120 × 80 × 50 cm, 40–50 kg | Per started 24 hours | €23.00 |
| Coat or jacket | Per started 24 hours | €2.00 |
| Documents | Per started 24 hours | €10.00 |
Two things worth reading twice. The four-hour rate saves only €3 over the full-day rate, so it is rarely worth rushing back for. And a coat costs €2 a day whatever the length of your trip — the cheapest line on the list by a wide margin, and the reason the counters fill with winter coats in February.
What "per started 24 hours" actually means
It means part-days are charged as whole days. Drop a suitcase at 18:00 on Friday and collect it at 19:00 on Saturday and you have used 25 hours, which bills as two days — €24, not €12. The clock runs from the moment you hand the bag over, not from midnight, so if you are close to a boundary it is worth an hour in a café to come in under it.
How long can you leave a bag?
Up to 125 days, which is far longer than almost any traveller needs and makes the desk usable for a stopover in Europe rather than just a day in the city. Two conditions come with it:
- You cannot reserve. The operator states plainly that reservation is not possible — you turn up and hope there is room. On peak summer and Christmas weekends, allow for the possibility that there is not.
- Uncollected luggage is auctioned. If you do not come back for it, the bag is sold off. That is the operator's own wording, not a scare story.
Size and weight limits — and the rule that catches people
"Regular" means up to 90 × 60 × 30 cm and 30 kg. Above that you are in bulky territory at €16, and above 120 × 80 × 50 cm or 40 kg you are at €23. The rule to know: if a bag exceeds the regular maximum by any amount, the bulky price is charged — there is no rounding in your favour. A hard case that measures 92 cm on its longest side is a bulky item as far as the till is concerned.
Skis, bicycles and instruments are accepted as bulky items; the operator's wording is that luggage "of any kind" can be left. If your item is genuinely outsized, expect the €23 band rather than the €16 one.
Are there self-service lockers at Frankfurt Airport?
No. Neither the English nor the German version of the airport's own baggage-services page lists coin-operated or app-operated lockers anywhere in the terminals. What FRA has is the staffed counter described above. If you have read otherwise on a travel forum, it is out of date — plan for the desk and its opening hours, particularly the 21:30 close in Terminal 3.
What else the baggage counters do
The same desks sell several services that are easy to miss:
- Baggage wrapping in foil — €13.00 per normal item (max 80 × 50 × 30 cm or 25 kg), €20.00 for anything bigger. Available in Hall B in Terminal 1, arrivals and departures, and in Terminal 3.
- Buggy rental at the Terminal 1 counter — €10.00 per started 24 hours, with a €50 deposit in cash only. Bring notes; a card will not do for the deposit.
- Printing — €5.00 for up to four pages per passenger, useful if an airline or a border officer wants a document on paper.
- Coat and jacket storage at €2.00 a day, offered year-round in Terminal 1 Hall B and during opening hours in Terminal 3.
Is it worth it on a layover?
It depends entirely on whether you are leaving the secure area. Storage is landside, so it only helps if you are going into the city or out of the terminal — and that means clearing passport control twice and rejoining the security queue. Before you commit, check how much time you actually have in our connection time guide, and what a trip into town costs in the airport to city centre guide. If you are staying in the terminal, a lounge is usually the better answer than a locker you cannot use.
If you are storing a bag to travel lighter rather than to go sightseeing, it is worth checking your carrier's limits first — our baggage allowances page covers what the airlines at FRA let you carry, and our layover guide covers what there is to do without leaving.
Sources
This page is compiled from the airport operator's own publications and the official transport operators listed below.
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