There are 6 ways to get from Charlotte to Cologne by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane CLT - CGN
14h 17m€274–1,114Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt, train
cheapest- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane CLT - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
12h 4m€272–967Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane CLT - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbftrain
14h 16m€274–1,026Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane CLT - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
15h 47m€314–1,186Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane CLT - LUX
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Süd Bftrain
18h 34m€338–1,341Train to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane RDU - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
15h 24m€606–1,282
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Charlotte to Cologne is to fly and train which costs €270 - €1000 and takes 12h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Charlotte to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 12h 4m and costs €270 - €1000.
The distance between Charlotte and Cologne is 6955 km.
It takes approximately 14h 17m to get from Charlotte to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 6h ahead of Charlotte. It is currently 2:33 AM in Charlotte and 8:33 AM in Cologne.
There are 1846+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Charlotte, NC, USA and Cologne, Germany?
Lufthansa, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) twice daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Frankfurt via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Köln Süd Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
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