There are 6 ways to get from Atlanta to Essen by plane or train
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Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane ATL - DUS
12h 40m€292–1,060Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ATL - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
15h 11m€259–1,017Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane ATL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
12h 58m€362–1,492Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane ATL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
14h 19m€311–1,219Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane ATL - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
16h 41m€417–1,566Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane ATL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
14h 37m€445–1,252
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Atlanta to Essen is to fly which costs €290 - €1100 and takes 12h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Atlanta to Essen is to fly which takes 12h 40m and costs €290 - €1100.
The distance between Atlanta and Essen is 7288 km.
It takes approximately 12h 40m to get from Atlanta to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 6h ahead of Atlanta. It is currently 1:13 AM in Atlanta and 7:13 AM in Essen.
There are 2348+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Atlanta, GA, USA and Essen, Germany?
KLM, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Zurich, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–850
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–950
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–900
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Dublin, London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €17–29
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- 1st Class
- €45–80
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Schiphol Airport to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €12–14
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €30–45
- Comfort
- €35–50
- Premium
- €50–70
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- train-rental.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- train-rental.com
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