There are 6 ways to get from Colombo to Washington by plane, subway, or train
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Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
best- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)CMB - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
22h 32m$467–799Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)CMB - DCA
24h 48m$1,137–3,444Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)CMB - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
25h 18m$478–2,610Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)CMB - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
24h 37m$687–2,493Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)CMB - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
26h 20m$764–2,131Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)CMB - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
25h 1m$753–2,691
Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Colombo to Washington is to fly and subway which costs $460 - $800 and takes 22h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Colombo to Washington is to fly and subway which takes 22h 32m and costs $460 - $800.
The distance between Colombo and Washington is 9033 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 32m to get from Colombo to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 10h 30m behind Colombo. It is currently 5:24 AM in Colombo and 6:54 PM in Washington.
There are 1656+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Colombo, Sri Lanka and Washington, DC, USA?
SriLankan Airlines, Air Canada, and American Airlines fly from Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) once daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 6m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Istanbul, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
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
- $550–1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Istanbul, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
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
- $550–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 6m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Istanbul, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 6m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,400
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Doha, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Frankfurt, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- kuwaitairways.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Kuwait
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Istanbul, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 19m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Bandaranaike International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Istanbul, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- 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
- 48 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
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 Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $29–290
- Business Class
- $90–350
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- 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
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–450
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–60
- 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
- $26–260
- 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
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