There are 7 ways to get from Virginia to Cologne by plane or train
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Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane IAD - DUS
13h 9m€247–630Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IAD - CGN
13h 17m€293–1,008Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DCA - DUS
13h 3m€377–1,430Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IAD - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
12h 6m€468–2,557Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane IAD - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
13h 3m€384–1,676Fly Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane IAD - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
13h 59m€301–1,027Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from New Carrollton Amtrak Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane EWR - DUS
14h 56m€367–1,090
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Virginia to Cologne is to fly which costs €240 - €650 and takes 13h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Virginia to Cologne is to fly and train which takes 12h 6m and costs €460 - €2600.
The distance between Virginia and Cologne is 6461 km.
It takes approximately 13h 9m to get from Virginia to Cologne, including transfers.
Cologne is 6h ahead of Virginia. It is currently 7:59 AM in Virginia and 1:59 PM in Cologne.
There are 1819+ hotels available in Cologne.
What companies run services between Virginia, USA and Cologne, Germany?
United Airlines, Lufthansa City, and seven other airlines fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 3 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Boston, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via New York JFK, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Montreal, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Philadelphia, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Wednesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Boston, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via New York JFK, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Montreal, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Philadelphia, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €465–469
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Hartford, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–2,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–1,100
- Website
- lacompagnie.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €240–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,500
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from New Carrollton Amtrak Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Amtrak
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