There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Kabul by plane or train
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Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kabul (KBL)plane CGN - KBL
11h 33m$440–1,716Train to Frankfurt, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kabul (KBL)plane FRA - KBL
12h 5m$431–1,686Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kabul (KBL)plane DUS - KBL
11h 58m$489–1,740Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kabul (KBL)plane BRU - KBL
13h 17m$444–1,615Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Kabul (KBL)plane AMS - KBL
16h 10m$499–1,414Train, train to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centraletrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Kabul (KBL)plane LUX - KBL
15h 40m$449–1,610
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kabul (KBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Kabul is to train and fly which costs $440 - $1,700 and takes 13h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Kabul is to fly which takes 11h 33m and costs $440 - $1,800.
The distance between Cologne and Kabul is 5236 km.
It takes approximately 11h 33m to get from Cologne to Kabul, including transfers.
Kabul is 3h 30m ahead of Cologne. It is currently 5:03 PM in Cologne and 8:33 PM in Kabul.
There are 22+ hotels available in Kabul.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Kabul, Afghanistan?
Turkish Airlines and Kam Air fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Kabul (KBL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- kamair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kabul via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kabul via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Luxembourg to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Luxembourg to Kabul via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kabul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kabul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- 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
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- service@trans-regio.de
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Koblenz Hauptbahnhof to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- 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
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Luxembourg, Gare Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
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