There are 5 ways to get from Essen to Erbil by plane or train
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane DUS - EBL
7h 28m$167–416Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane CGN - EBL
7h 40m$179–338Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane FRA - EBL
8h 27m$263–514Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane AMS - EBL
9h 50m$196–449Train to Hannover Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane HAJ - EBL
9h 30m$271–1,040
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Erbil is to train and fly which costs $170 - $340 and takes 7h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Erbil is to fly which takes 7h 28m and costs $160 - $420.
The distance between Essen and Erbil is 3420 km.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Essen to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 10:44 PM in Essen and 11:44 PM in Erbil.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Erbil, Iraq?
Eurowings, FlexFlight ApS, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–800
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–440
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–330
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Schedules at
- vias-online.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- 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
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