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 10m$266–707Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- 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 46m$217–903Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Erbil International Airport (EBL)plane FRA - EBL
8h 29m$340–1,101Train 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 10m$218–844Train, 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$235–804
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 $210 - $850 and takes 9h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Erbil is to fly which takes 7h 10m and costs $260 - $750.
The distance between Essen and Erbil is 3420 km.
It takes approximately 7h 10m to get from Essen to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 1h ahead of Essen. It is currently 8:22 PM in Essen and 9:22 PM in Erbil.
There are 113+ hotels available in Erbil.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Erbil, Iraq?
UR Airlines, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) 5 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
- Website
- urairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,900
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,900
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Oberhausen Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
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