There are 7 ways to get from Costa Rica to Milwaukee by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)SJO - MKE
10h 11m$334–655Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)SJO - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
11h 3m$175–422Bus, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Benito - CCA
- Take the bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Take the bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcos
- Take the train from San Marcos Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
4d 12h$565–1,517Drive 3,382.5 mi
- Drive from San José to Milwaukee3,382.5 mi
2d 19h$730–1,055Shuttle, shuttle to Liberia International Airport, fly to General Mitchell International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)LIR - MKE
13h 13m$829–2,904Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport, train
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)SJO - MDW
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
12h 28m$195–802Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)SJO - MSN
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
13h 41m$302–1,261
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Costa Rica to Milwaukee is to fly and train which costs $170 - $430 and takes 11h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Costa Rica to Milwaukee is to fly which takes 10h 11m and costs $330 - $700.
The distance between Costa Rica and Milwaukee is 2310 miles. The road distance is 3402.2 miles.
It takes approximately 10h 11m to get from Costa Rica to Milwaukee, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Costa Rica to Milwaukee is 3402 miles. It takes approximately 2 days 19h to drive from Costa Rica to Milwaukee.
There are 298+ hotels available in Milwaukee.
What companies run services between Costa Rica and Milwaukee, WI, USA?
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Liberia International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,400
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from San Marcos Amtrak to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Atlántico Norte to Terminal San Benito - CCA
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–81
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $55–75
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- elcondorinternacional@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from San Salvador to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Tapachula to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to San Marcos
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Puntarenas to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Monteverde to Liberia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 800-236-1240
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.golamers.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.golamers.com/
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