There are 7 ways to get from California to Busan by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane SFO - PUS
17h 28m₩506,164–1,519,592Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane LAX - PUS
18h 23m₩481,577–1,318,683Fly San Diego International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)plane SAN - PUS
19h 23m₩494,810–1,708,421Fly San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane SFO - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
18h 50m₩731,164–2,266,792Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)plane LAX - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Stationtrain
19h 20m₩776,577–2,365,883Fly San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane SFO - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
19h 4m₩513,664–1,725,792Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)plane LAX - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4bus
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Stationtrain
19h 19m₩619,077–1,424,883
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from California to Busan is to fly and bus and train which costs ₩500,000 - ₩1800,000 and takes 19h 4m.
The fastest way to get from California to Busan is to fly which takes 17h 28m and costs ₩500,000 - ₩1600,000.
The distance between California and Busan is 9127 km.
It takes approximately 17h 28m to get from California to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 16h ahead of California. It is currently 1:06 AM in California and 5:06 PM in Busan.
There are 1107+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between California, USA and Busan, South Korea?
United Airlines, Korean Air, and four other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,500,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,600,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,300,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,600,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩410,000–1,300,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩440,000–1,400,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,600,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,700,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩380,000–1,400,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩420,000–1,500,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩380,000–1,400,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩400,000–2,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩420,000–1,500,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–3,000,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–1,900,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–1,900,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–1,900,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–1,600,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–1,700,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–3,100,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via San Francisco International Airport, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,700,000
- Website
- perimeter.ca
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,500,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,500,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩400,000–2,800,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–3,000,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–2,600,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,300,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–2,700,000
- Website
- eastarjet.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩450,000–1,600,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ₩470,000–1,300,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–1,900,000
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,100,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–30,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩15,000–30,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩15,000–22,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩43,000–90,000
- Website
- Korail
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
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- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- SRT
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- SRT
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- Korail
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₩8,620–8,660
- Website
- Korail
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,660
Bus operators
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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