By plane
Unfortunately Chemnitz doesn't have its own airport anymore. The nearest airports are:
Altenburg-Nobitz
44km Ryanair no longer flies from this airport, as of March 26th 2011.Dresden
80km Especially Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Germanwings and during sumer flights to many destinations in Southern Europe and Northern AfricaKarlovy Vary
Carlsbad 100km Flights to Russia and FranceLeipzig-Halle
117km Wide range of operators including Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Germanwings and many moreErfurt
165km Mainly LufthansaBerlin Schoenefeld Airport
240km Large International AirportA private airfield for business and small private charter can be found in Chemnitz-Jahnsdorf 12km away.
A bus service coordinated to flight times operates between Altenburg-Nobitz and Leipzig 12 Euro.
The airports in Dresden and Leipzig both have their own train stations and can comfortably be reached with one stop over in either Dresden Main Station Hbf or Leipzig Main Station Hbf.
By train
Chemnitz, as part of the Sachsen-Franken-Magistrale train route connecting Saxony and Franconia, can be easily accessed by train from several of the other cities in Saxony but also from Bavaria and Thuringia.
Leipzig
connections every hour, travelling time is about 50 minutes onlyDresden
and Zwickau mostly 2 connections every hourNuremburg
once every hourErfurt
Weimar, Jena and Gera every two hoursAlthough there is only one direct train from and to Berlin each day with the so-called "Vogtlandbahn", Chemnitz is well linked within the German railway system which is widely regarded as the most developed rail network in the world.
By car
Chemnitz is situated at the junction of the motorways A4 and A72.
Dresden
A4, travelling time is about 45minsLeipzig
A72 and B95, 1h30minsWeimar
and Erfurt A4, 1h45minsBerlin
A4 towards Dresden, then A13, 2h45minsNuremburg
A72 towards Hof, then A9, 2h45minsPrague
either A4 towards Dresden and then A17 or B174 towards Marienberg, both about 3hoursMunich
A72 towards Hof, then A93, 4h45mins