There are 5 ways to get from Essen to St. Louis by plane or train
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Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane DUS - STL
15h 9m$432–1,544Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane CGN - STL
22h 43m$421–1,439Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane FRA - STL
14h 29m$460–1,798Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane AMS - STL
16h 55m$479–1,786Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane BRU - STL
17h 53m$462–1,445
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to St. Louis is to train and fly which costs $420 - $1,500 and takes 22h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to St. Louis is to train and fly which takes 14h 29m and costs $460 - $1,800.
The distance between Essen and St. Louis is 4532 miles.
It takes approximately 15h 9m to get from Essen to St. Louis, including transfers.
St. Louis is 7h behind Essen. It is currently 11:39 PM in Essen and 4:39 PM in St. Louis.
There are 567+ hotels available in St. Louis.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and St. Louis, MO, USA?
British Airways, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Dublin, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Edinburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 1m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Gatwick, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Dublin, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Edinburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 1m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Gatwick, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 31m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 24m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 24m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $38
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
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