There are 5 ways to get from Dresden to Columbus by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
best- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane DRS - CMH
18h 48m$706–2,510Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Flughafen BERtrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane BER - CMH
16h 25m$637–1,353Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane PRG - CMH
17h 51mTrain to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Take the train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbftrain
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane LEJ - CMH
19h 33m$682–2,534Fly Dresden Airport to Detroit, bus
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Detroit (DTW)plane DRS - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit, MI to Columbus - Mound Stbus
22h 45m$637–2,171
Dresden Airport (DRS) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dresden to Columbus is to train and fly which costs $600 - $1,400 and takes 16h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Dresden to Columbus is to train and fly which takes 16h 25m and costs $600 - $1,400.
The distance between Dresden and Columbus is 4442 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 48m to get from Dresden to Columbus, including transfers.
Columbus is 6h behind Dresden. It is currently 4:08 PM in Dresden and 10:08 AM in Columbus.
There are 512+ hotels available in Columbus.
What companies run services between Dresden, Germany and Columbus, OH, USA?
Lufthansa, Air Canada, and two other airlines fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Munich, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Zurich, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Dresden Airport to Detroit via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Detroit via Frankfurt, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Munich, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Zurich, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Detroit via Frankfurt, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Dresden Airport to Detroit via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dresden Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Zurich, Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Flughafen BER
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dresden Hauptbahnhof to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barons Bus
Bus from Detroit, MI to Columbus - Mound St
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–60
- Website
- Barons Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Detroit, MI to Columbus - Mound St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Greyhound
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