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Good to know – Book Cheap Essen Plane Tickets

Low season

August
Best time to beat the crowds (8% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 11% lower on average.

FAQs - booking Essen flights

  • How long is the flight to Essen?

    Flights from Munich1h 10m
    Flights from Sylt1h 00m
    Flights from Hamburg0h 55m
    Flights from Berlin1h 05m
    Flights from Dresden1h 10m
  • Which airlines fly to Düsseldorf Airport?

    Many airlines fly to Düsseldorf Airport, the most common ones being Lufthansa, Eurowings, and Lufthansa City Airlines. See the amount of flights per week for popular airlines flying to Düsseldorf Airport.

  • How to fly to Essen?

    You cannot fly directly to Essen. KAYAK recommends you fly to Duesseldorf Intl (DUS) (25,91 km from Essen). From there you can rent a car or get a taxi.

  • What airports are near Essen?

    The closest airport is Duesseldorf Intl (DUS) (25,91 km). Other nearby airports are Dortmund (DTM) (42,07 km), Düsseldorf Weeze (NRN) (61,65 km), Cologne Köln/Bonn (CGN) (65,71 km) or Muenster (FMO) (88,39 km). KAYAK recommends you fly to Duesseldorf Intl.

  • How far is Duesseldorf Intl Airport from central Düsseldorf?

    The city centre of Düsseldorf is 6 km from Düsseldorf.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights to Essen?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights to Essen.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket to Essen?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to Essen is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights to Essen?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to Essen with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight to Essen?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to Essen up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Top tips for finding cheap flights to Essen

  • There is no major airport in Essen. It is instead served by Duesseldorf Intl Airport.

  • Looking for cheap airfare to Essen? 25% of our users found return tickets to Essen for the following prices or less: From Frankfurt am Main 145 €, from Hamburg 145 €, from Munich 168 €

  • Enter your preferred departure airport and travel dates into the search form above to unlock the latest Essen flight deals.

Reviews of the top airlines flying to Essen

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Germany to Essen? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
6,8
LufthansaOverall score based on 8255 reviews
7,6Crew
6,3Food
6,8Comfort
6,5Entertainment
7,0Boarding
Airline reviews

It was a very smooth and on time flight experience. The crew was really friendly and polite. We were well informed about the flight, etc.

10,0 ExcellentMonika, Jul 2026
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It was a very smooth and on time flight experience. The crew was really friendly and polite. We were well informed about the flight, etc.

Water in bottle and a piece of chocolate were given. We did have movies to watch.

I liked the professional service that began with the information and continued with boarding and the service on board. I recommend you to use the late-night checkin the day before your flight. It made traveling so much better and more pleasant.

Was terri le experience with gate lufthansa personal at Frakfurt.

I loved the blankets and the meals and drinks and snacks !

Forced gate checking of a soft sided rucksack while allowing hard sided cases on the plane when claiming there was limited room was a bit of a joke. The boarding was a free for all with business classes not getting priority and the food was pretty bland and cold (KLM can do a hot meal on shorter European flights). For a National carrier operating from a home base I expected better. Flight was delayed in both Berlin and Munich and due to the delays I missed my ground connection costing me another £80. Had my bag not been gate checked by a overzealous gate agent doing selective enforcement for non Germans then I would have easily made the connection even with the flight delays. Think I will avoid star alliance in the future and stick to sky team or one world.

What could have been better was holding the flight when our ORD to FRA flight was a bit late. We sat at FRA for 7 hours. It takes time to go through passport control and to get to a gate at that very large airport. We went as fast possible to our gate but were too late. Cityline is a good provider other wise.

The staff were so very cheerful and happy! It really made my day to encounter such chipper folks throughout my journey

We were rebooked twice to the point that we didn’t even fly Lufthansa that day. We apparently though had to pay Lufthansa’s baggage fees for our sports luggage. The United Airlines Counter in Anchorage charged us for oversized bags, not sports luggage and told us it was Lufthansa’s fees. How is this possible?

I was not expecting to deplane on the tarmac. A shuttle took us to the airport. All communications were in English and German. Staff was very nice.

More legroom for me as a tall person. I shouldn’t have to be discriminated because of my height just like someone’s wheelchair does have to pay extra to be accommodated comfortably.

Good, efficient flights both ways. Didn’t have food and no entertainment so can’t comment on those. Friendly staff that let me move to a row with no one booked.

My flight was delayed and my second flight missed despite a three hour connection in Düsseldorf. My luggage was lost and it took three hours to recover which was actually unfortunately very much barely possible. I needed to rebook a flight that was three times the original cost of the original flight which now I need to go back and recover from the airline. Terrible experience,

Nice to have reclining seats for a change and great to have internet access

Tivat airport really needs to up its game W Eurowings needs to provide support at luggage collection

Delay after delay: no information besides what my Kayak app provided was provided about the delays. The plane was at the gate. Also, the gate, 100A, was incredibly warm, and the sun was beaming in. Boarding was disorganized with no groups announced.

No food on plane.. flights scheduled 55 min..everything is very expensive on aeroport

Filthy plane, obviously not cleaned properly between flights, food crumbles in seat and carpet

Smallest seat I have ever seen. And they had a label with more Legroom but in fact where really tiny.

No cancellations but one flight delayed due to arrival airport industrial action. Comfortable