There are 7 ways to get from Cologne to Manhattan by train or plane
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane DUS - JFK
12h$355–799Train to Frankfurt, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane FRA - JFK
12h 16m$267–555Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane CGN - JFK
13h 19m$436–825Train to Frankfurt, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane FRA - EWR
12h 24m$274–535Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane BRU - EWR
13h 2m$347–984Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- 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 John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane AMS - JFK
14h 1m$278–923Train to Brussels Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane BRU - JFK
13h 29m$290–544
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Manhattan is to train and fly which costs $260 - $600 and takes 12h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Manhattan is to train and fly which takes 12h and costs $350 - $800.
The distance between Cologne and Manhattan is 3809 miles.
It takes approximately 12h to get from Cologne to Manhattan, including transfers.
Manhattan is 5h behind Cologne. It is currently 11:31 AM in Cologne and 6:31 AM in Manhattan.
There are 3469+ hotels available in Manhattan.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Manhattan, NY, USA?
British Airways, Eurowings, and six other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–450
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Shannon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–460
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–360
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–450
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–340
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–460
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Frankfurt to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–290
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–410
- 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
- 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 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
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