Frankfurt am Main to Seoul flight

Flights from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul start at €643.24 and take 14h 43m at their fastest.

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A view of Yeouido island in Seoul.

The Flights from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul starts at €643.24 and takes 14h 43m door to door, run by 3 operators over 8,806 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 14h 43mDoor to door
  • 11h 33mMoving
  • €760.06 to €1,839.17From
  • 06:13 to 20:01First and last departure
  • 20Per day
  • 2580.2 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 12, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€760.06 to €1,839.17 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,560.69Wed23
  2. about €1,839.17Thu24
  3. about €1,548.30Fri25
  4. about €1,363.04Sat26
  5. about €1,210.82Sun27
  6. about €1,022.61Mon28
  7. about €994.88Tue29
  8. about €853.87Wed30
  9. about €1,093.41Thu1
  10. about €951.22Fri2
  11. about €963.02Sat3
  12. about €893.99Sun4
  13. about €768.32Mon5
  14. about €760.06Tue6

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 12, 2026

Cheapest€643.24
  1. Korean Air KA742014:2611h 47m09:13Frankfurt Main Airport FRAIncheon International Airport ICN

Door to door 14h 57mCO2 2580.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€647.96
  1. Korean Air KA945309:3411h 33m04:07Frankfurt Main Airport FRAIncheon International Airport ICN

Door to door 14h 43mCO2 2580.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€889.86
  1. Rossiya-Russian Airlines RR922307:303h 2m11:32Frankfurt Main Airport FRAPulkovo Airport LED
  2. Korean Air KA838613:159h 25m04:40Pulkovo Airport LEDIncheon International Airport ICN

Changes at Saint Petersburg, with 103 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 17h 20mCO2 2429.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
Korean Air€643.2414h 37m
Lufthansa€706.9614h 39m
Asiana Airlines€658.5814h 36m
  • Korean Air
  • Lufthansa
  • Asiana Airlines

The flight gets you into Seoul. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Seoul for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Frankfurt am Main to Seoul

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €652.0990 days
  2. €645.6060 days
  3. €633.2145 days
  4. €723.4830 days
  5. €698.1121 days
  6. €760.0614 days
  7. €994.887 days
  8. €1,548.303 days
  9. €1,560.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €633.21.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €1,560.69, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €893.99Sun
  2. €768.32Mon
  3. €760.06Tue
  4. €853.87Wed
  5. €1,093.41Thu
  6. €951.22Fri
  7. €963.02Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Frankfurt am Main

Air
  • FRA
  • HHN

Seoul

Air
  • ICN
  • GMP
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
90% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 10% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 8,806 km against 8,549 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Shenyang, Saint Petersburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Frankfurt am Main at 06:13 and the last at 20:01, across 20 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Frankfurt am Main to Seoul

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul take?

The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul takes 14h 43m door to door, of which 11h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 8,806 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul cost?

The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul starts at €643.24 for one passenger, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare is €772.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul?

3 operators run the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul: Korean Air, Lufthansa, Asiana Airlines. Between them they file around 20 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul use?

The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul leaves from Frankfurt Main Airport FRA and arrives at Incheon International Airport ICN. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul?

Fares for the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €633.21. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul produce?

The Flight from Frankfurt am Main to Seoul produces about 2580.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 8806 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Frankfurt am Main to Seoul on September 22, 2026: 8806 km of route against 8549 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €643.24, and 14h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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