What is the distance from Düsseldorf Airport to the centre of Düsseldorf?
Düsseldorf Airport is at a short distance from the city centre, by car it takes 20 minutes to cover the distance of 9 kilometres / 5.6 miles.
From DUS Airport to Düsseldorf City centre by Taxi
Public transport
S-Bahn to Düsseldorf and Neuss
Düsseldorf Airport has the luxury of a railway station (Düsseldorf Flughafen) and a metro station (Düsseldorf Flughafen Terminal / S-Bahnhof). From the railway station a few kilometres north-east of the airport you can take the SkyTrain monorail to the terminals, this takes 7 minutes.
The metro station is situated underneath Terminal C. Every 20 minutes S-Bahn S11 (Düsseldorf Flughafen – Bergisch-Gladbach) departs from the airport towards Düsseldorf, the fifth station is Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof. In the evening, on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays S-Bahn S11 runs every 30 minutes. Travel time to the main railway station in Düsseldorf is only 12 minutes.
S-Bahn tickets
The price of a ticket is € 3.40 for adults and € 1.90 for children from 6 up to 14 years of age (Preisstufe A3). These tickets are valid for 90 minutes. Neuss Hauptbahnhof is also directly accessible from the airport, the journey time is 31 minutes with S-Bahn S11. The price is € 7.00 for adults and € 1.90 for children from 6 up to 14 years. If you want to travel from the airport to another city than Düsseldorf, it is most of the times better to take the train instead of the S-Bahn. Please consult website and timetable S-Bahn S11 and website Deutsche Bahn for more information.
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Train to Cologne, Dortmund, Essen, etc.
Düsseldorf Airport is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state in Germany. Düsseldorf is the capital of Nordrhein-Westfalen, the city with the most inhabitants is Cologne. The Regional-Express train runs two or three times per hour between Düsseldorf Airport and Köln Hauptbahnhof, travel time is approximately 40 minutes.
Other major cities in North Rhine-Westphalia like Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Bochum, Bielefeld, Bonn, Münster and Gelsenkirchen are also directly accessible by train from Düsseldorf Airport. If you want to travel by public transport from Düsseldorf Flughafen railway station to Wuppertal or Mönchengladbach, you will have to change trains once.
Train tickets
You can check the journey times and prices of train tickets through the DB website. The cabin railway SkyTrain connects the airport with the train station of Düsseldorf Airport, it’s free and takes 7 minutes. Please consult website Deutsche Bahn for more information.
