There are 7 ways to get from Detroit to Lompoc by plane, bus, train, car, or taxi
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Fly to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, bus
best- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA)DTW - SBA
- Take the bus from Hollister & La Patera to Lompoc
11h 9m$148–659Fly to Santa Maria Airport
cheapest- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Santa Maria Airport (SMX)DTW - SMX
11h 28m$98–444Bus, train
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Take the train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Camarillo Amtrak
- Take the bus from Camarillo station to Hollister and Kellogg WB85 / ...
- Take the bus from Hollister at Kellogg to Lompoc
2d 9h$217–461Drive 2,403.7 mi
- Drive from Detroit to Lompoc2,403.7 mi
38h 14m$439–634Fly to Los Angeles International Airport, bus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)DTW - LAX
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara, CA
- Take the bus from Pueblo at Castillo to Lompoc
13h 6m$184–396Fly to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, bus
- Fly from Detroit (DTW) to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP)DTW - SBP
- Take the bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Center
- Take the bus from Transit Center to Lompoc Transit Hub
15h$102–451Train, taxi
- Take the train from Dearborn to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Emeryville
- Take the train from Emeryville to San Luis Obispo
- Take the taxi from Guadalupe Amtrak Station to Lompoc
2d 22h$405–867
Detroit to Lompoc by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Detroit to Lompoc is to fly which costs $95 - $450 and takes 11h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Detroit to Lompoc is to fly and bus which takes 11h 9m and costs $140 - $700.
The distance between Detroit and Lompoc is 2113 miles. The road distance is 2417.8 miles.
The best way to get from Detroit to Lompoc without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 9h and costs $210 - $470.
It takes approximately 11h 9m to get from Detroit to Lompoc, including transfers.
Lompoc is 3h behind Detroit. It is currently 6:14 AM in Detroit and 3:14 AM in Lompoc.
Yes, the driving distance between Detroit to Lompoc is 2418 miles. It takes approximately 38h 14m to drive from Detroit to Lompoc.
There are 30+ hotels available in Lompoc.
What companies run services between Detroit, MI, USA and Lompoc, CA, USA?
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Detroit (DTW) to Santa Maria Airport (SMX) twice daily.
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- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Detroit to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Detroit to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Detroit to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Detroit to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Detroit to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Detroit to Santa Maria Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–650
Flights from Detroit to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–650
Flights from Detroit to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Detroit to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–300
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Detroit to Santa Maria Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Detroit to San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Fullerton Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Camarillo Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–26
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Dearborn to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Emeryville
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–480
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Emeryville to San Luis Obispo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- (805) 692-1902
- service@cleanairexpress.com
- Website
- cleanairexpress.com
Bus from Hollister & La Patera to Lompoc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- https://cleanairexpress.com/
Bus from Hollister at Kellogg to Lompoc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- https://cleanairexpress.com/
Bus from Pueblo at Castillo to Lompoc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- https://cleanairexpress.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (800) 438-1112
- ridercomments@goventura.org
- Website
- goventura.org
Bus from Camarillo station to Hollister and Kellogg WB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–4
- Schedules at
- https://www.goventura.org
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- cclax@cclax.com
- Website
- centralcoastshuttle.com
Bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara, CA
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–85
- Website
- https://www.centralcoastshuttle.com
- one way non-prepaid
- $75–85
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $65–80
- Website
- slorta.org
Bus from Government Center to Santa Maria Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- https://www.slorta.org
- Phone
- +1 805.928.5624
- smrtcomments@cityofsantamaria.org
- Website
- cityofsantamaria.org
Bus from Transit Center to Lompoc Transit Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.cityofsantamaria.org/services/departments/department-of-public-works/santa-maria-regional-transit-5008
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