There are 4 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 18m$179–465Train 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
8h$179–509Train 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$224–554Train 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 20m$263–932
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 - $550 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Erbil is to fly which takes 7h 18m and costs $170 - $470.
The distance between Essen and Erbil is 3420 km.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Essen to Erbil, including transfers.
Erbil is 2h ahead of Essen. It is currently 2:14 AM in Essen and 4:14 AM in Erbil.
There are 93+ hotels available in Erbil.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Erbil, Iraq?
Eurowings, FlexFlight ApS, and five other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Erbil International Airport (EBL) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,300
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Hannover Airport to Erbil International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–370
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–370
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Erbil International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Erbil International Airport via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Erbil International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
- 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
- $32–36
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Hannover Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–65
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
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