There are 11 ways to get from Alcatraz to Miami by ferry, plane, bus (Amtrak, Greyhound), train, bus, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Ferry to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Miami International Airport
best- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Miami International Airport (MIA)plane SFO - MIA
7h 53m$179–612Ferry to Oakland International Airport, fly to Miami International Airport
cheapest- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Miami International Airport (MIA)plane OAK - MIA
9h 26m$139–368Bus
- Take the bus from Oakland to Salinasbus
- Take the bus from Salinas Intermodal Transit Center to Monterey / Gilroy Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gilroy to Tucsonbus
- Take the bus from Tucson to El Pasobus
- Take the bus from El Paso Bus Station to Houston Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Miamibus
2d 21h$540–825Train, bus
- Take the train from Oakland to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Miamibus
3d 2h$750–1,498Drive 3,020.8 mi
- Drive from Alcatraz to Miamicar 3,020.8 mi
2d 1h$552–797Ferry to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL)plane SFO - FLL
8h 55m$162–498Ferry to Oakland International Airport, fly to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL)plane OAK - FLL
10h 34m$177–614Ferry, BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Miami International Airport
- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Miami International Airport (MIA)plane SJC - MIA
10h 46m$240–863Ferry, BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Take the subway from Embarcadero to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL)plane SJC - FLL
12h 16m$203–719Bus, train
- Take the bus from Oakland to Santa Barbarabus
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston to Dolphin Mall - Miamibus
3d 3h$790–1,625Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33ferry
- Take the train from Emeryville to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Miami Amtrak Stationtrain
4d 6h$1,185–2,695
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Miami International Airport (MIA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Alcatraz to Miami is to ferry and fly which costs $130 - $370 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Alcatraz to Miami is to ferry and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs $170 - $650.
The distance between Alcatraz and Miami is 2618 miles. The road distance is 3038.4 miles.
The best way to get from Alcatraz to Miami without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $500 - $850.
It takes approximately 7h 53m to get from Alcatraz to Miami, including transfers.
Miami is 3h ahead of Alcatraz. It is currently 3:17 AM in Alcatraz and 6:17 AM in Miami.
Yes, the driving distance between Alcatraz to Miami is 3038 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 1h to drive from Alcatraz to Miami.
There are 5215+ hotels available in Miami.
What companies run services between Alcatraz, CA, USA and Miami, FL, USA?
You can take a vehicle from Alcatraz to Miami via Oakland, Salinas Intermodal Transit Center, Monterey / Gilroy Train Station, Gilroy, Tucson, El Paso, El Paso Bus Station, Houston Bus Station, and Houston - Harrisburg Blvd in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Miami International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Miami International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Miami International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Miami International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Miami International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Miami International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Miami International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- vivaaerobus.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Miami International Airport via Monterrey
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oakland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $410–950
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Emeryville to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Miami Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from Embarcadero to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Oakland to Salinas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Bus from Oakland to Santa Barbara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-888-678-2871
- customerservice@mst.org
- Website
- mst.org
Bus from Salinas Intermodal Transit Center to Monterey / Gilroy Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Monterey-Salinas Transit
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Gilroy to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–170
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from Tucson to El Paso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Phone
- +52 644 410 2444
- atencionaclientes@tufesa.com.mx
- Website
- tufesa.com.mx
Bus from Gilroy to Tucson
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Schedules at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Book at
- tufesa.com.mx
- Plus
- $90–140
- Titanium
- $105–108
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from El Paso Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Houston - Harrisburg Blvd to Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–230
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Houston to Dolphin Mall - Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–350
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $190–350
- Phone
- +1 202-208-6843
- Website
- nps.gov
Ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.nps.gov/index.htm
- Phone
- +1.888.467.6256
- info@alcatrazcruises.com
- Website
- cityexperiences.com
Ferry from Alcatraz Island to Pier 33
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $48
- Schedules at
- https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/departure-schedule/
- Website
- https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/
- Adult 12 - 61
- $48
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