There are 7 ways to get from Canberra to Washington by plane, subway, train, or bus
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Fly Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane CBR - DCA
25h 20m$1,002–3,504Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SYD - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 28m$629–2,792Fly Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane CBR - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
27h 54m$754–2,707Fly Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane CBR - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
27h 2m$754–3,156Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SYD - DCA
24h 38m$1,227–1,840Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- 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 McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
26h 12m$679–2,243Bus to Sydney International Airport, fly to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airportbus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane SYD - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
28h 57m$944–3,169
Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Canberra to Washington is to bus and fly and train which costs $600 - $2,800 and takes 25h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Canberra to Washington is to bus and fly which takes 24h 38m and costs $1,200 - $1,900.
The distance between Canberra and Washington is 9967 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 20m to get from Canberra to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 15h behind Canberra. It is currently 4:12 AM in Canberra and 1:12 PM in Washington.
There are 1352+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Canberra, ACT, Australia and Washington, DC, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Canberra International Airport (CBR) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–8,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 48m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco, Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 39m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 48m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 54m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- 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
- 20h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,500
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 54m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Brisbane, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- 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
- 20h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Canberra International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 59m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
- Website
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
Bus from Canberra to Sydney International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- FlixBus Australia
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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