There are 8 ways to get from Australia to Washington by plane, subway, train, or bus
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Fly Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane BNE - DCA
21h 38m$1,012–3,716Fly Brisbane Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane BNE - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
23h 3m$514–2,768Fly Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SYD - DCA
22h 19m$1,012–3,715Fly Brisbane Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane BNE - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
23h 10m$564–2,124Fly Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MEL - DCA
22h 14m$1,212–2,112Fly Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SYD - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
22h 51m$1,114–2,223Fly Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane BNE - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
24h 36m$1,430–2,866Fly Brisbane Airport to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane BNE - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
25h 55m$634–2,261
Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Australia to Washington is to fly and subway which costs $1,100 - $2,300 and takes 22h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Australia to Washington is to fly which takes 21h 38m and costs $1,000 - $3,800.
The distance between Australia and Washington is 9532 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 38m to get from Australia to Washington, including transfers.
There are 1692+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Australia and Washington, DC, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Brisbane Airport (BNE) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Brisbane Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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