There are 7 ways to get from Cologne to Charlotte by train or plane
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane DUS - CLT
15h 6m$317–973Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane CGN - CLT
14h 10m$308–1,129Train to Frankfurt, fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane FRA - CLT
13h 27m$533–1,679Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane BRU - CLT
15h 59m$411–1,092Train, train to Luxembourg, fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Take the train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane LUX - CLT
18h 38m$331–1,185Train to Frankfurt, fly to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)plane FRA - RDU
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Charlotte Amtrak Stationtrain
17h 29m$491–1,512Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Den Haag Centraaltrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)plane AMS - CLT
19h 16m$468–978
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Charlotte is to train and fly which costs $310 - $1,000 and takes 15h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Charlotte is to train and fly which takes 13h 27m and costs $500 - $1,700.
The distance between Cologne and Charlotte is 4344 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 6m to get from Cologne to Charlotte, including transfers.
Charlotte is 6h behind Cologne. It is currently 1:45 PM in Cologne and 7:45 AM in Charlotte.
There are 846+ hotels available in Charlotte.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Charlotte, NC, USA?
Lufthansa, Eurowings, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 14m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Raleigh-Durham International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Charlotte Douglas International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $30–45
- Comfort
- $30–45
- Premium
- $50–70
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Koeln Sued to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $31–33
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- 1st Class
- $80–140
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Den Haag Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $13–20
- 1st Class
- $22–40
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