There are 7 ways to get from Ankara to San Diego by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
best- Take the train from Ankara to ISTANBUL(Pendik)
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)SAW - SAN
25h 16m$435–1,523Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)ESB - LAX
- Take the bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
36h 11m$236–761Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)ESB - SAN
32h 43m$451–1,701Train, bus to Istanbul, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Ankara to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Istanbul Ataköy 3. Kisim to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)IST - SAN
24h 55m$570–1,231Bus to Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Ankara bus station to Acıgöl bus station
- Fly from Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport (NAV) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)NAV - LAX
- Take the bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
27h 48m$428–1,328Train, bus to Istanbul, fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Ankara to Istanbul
- Take the bus from Istanbul Ataköy 3. Kisim to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)IST - LAX
- Take the bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
26h 19m$455–841Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport, train
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport (CLD)ESB - CLD
- Take the train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depot
45h 21m$375–1,413
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ankara to San Diego is to fly and bus which costs $230 - $800 and takes 36h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Ankara to San Diego is to train and bus and fly which takes 24h 55m and costs $550 - $1,300.
The distance between Ankara and San Diego is 7284 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 16m to get from Ankara to San Diego, including transfers.
San Diego is 11h behind Ankara. It is currently 2:06 PM in Ankara and 3:06 AM in San Diego.
There are 2139+ hotels available in San Diego.
What companies run services between Ankara, Turkey and San Diego, CA, USA?
SunExpress, KLM, and two other airlines fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) 6 times a week.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Manchester, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 29m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Manchester, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 29m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Istanbul to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Munich, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Munich, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Mcclellan–Palomar Airport via Frankfurt, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Istanbul to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Ankara to ISTANBUL(Pendik)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–24
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
Train from Ankara to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- +1 760-966-6500
- Website
- gonctd.com
Train from Carlsbad Village Station to San Diego - Santa Fe Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://gonctd.com
- Schedules at
- https://gonctd.com/schedules/
- Adult
- $0
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Ataköy 3. Kisim to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Ankara bus station to Acıgöl bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Ankara bus station to Acıgöl bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–15
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $12–15
- Phone
- (858) 430-8440
- contact@gorelaxsan.com
- Website
- gorelaxsan.com
Bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Website
- https://www.gorelaxsan.com/
- Phone
- (323)-776-5467
- hello@laxlinq.com
- Website
- laxlinq.com
Bus from LAX Terminal 3 Shared Rides Stop to San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://laxlinq.com/
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