There are 7 ways to get from Colombo to New York by plane, train, or subway
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Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane CMB - EWR
22h 2m$698–1,361Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane CMB - JFK
21h 36m$452–2,452Fly to Laguardia Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane CMB - LGA
24h 42m$981–3,736Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane CMB - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
24h 59m$1,043–4,636Fly to Boston Logan Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Boston Logan Airport (BOS)plane CMB - BOS
- Take the train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
25h 7m$567–3,292Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane CMB - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
25h 40m$692–1,485Fly to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport (ISP)plane CMB - ISP
- Take the train from Central Islip to New York Penn Stationtrain
24h 48m$1,043–2,664
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to New York is to fly and subway and train which costs $650 - $1,500 and takes 25h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to New York is to fly which takes 21h 36m and costs $450 - $2,500.
The distance between Colombo and New York is 8827 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 2m to get from Colombo to New York, including transfers.
New York is 9h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 11:21 AM in Colombo and 1:51 AM in New York.
There are 4632+ hotels available in New York.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and New York, NY, USA?
SriLankan Airlines, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 41m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Laguardia Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Istanbul, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
- Website
- capeair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport via Abu Dhabi, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport via Doha, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport via Frankfurt, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport via Istanbul, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Long Island Mac Arthur Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–6,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Istanbul, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Istanbul, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 1m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Boston Logan Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–4,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Istanbul, Boston Logan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,800
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Istanbul, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,800
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Istanbul, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,700
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–360
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from Boston to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
- 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
- +1-718-217-5477
- Website
- mta.info
Train from Central Islip to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road
- Schedules at
- https://www.mta.info/agency/long-island-rail-road/timetables
- Off-Peak
- $12–18
- Peak
- $20–28
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