There are 11 ways to get from Indianapolis to Costa Rica by plane, bus (Flixbus), car, bus, shuttle, train, or bus (Flixbus, Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Indianapolis to Juan Santamaría International Airport
best- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)IND - SJO
9h 25m$153–654Bus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Atlanta Bus Station
- Take the bus from Atlanta to Houston - Telephone Rd
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Take the bus from San Salvador to San José
5d 2h$505–841Drive 5,191.9 km
- Drive from Indianapolis to San José5,191.9 km
2d 18h$697–1,006Bus to Covington, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)CVG - SJO
12h 4m$479–940Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Chicago Bus Station
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)ORD - SJO
11h 47m$190–456Fly Indianapolis to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)IND - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Puntarenas
13h 3m$618–2,103Train to Purdue University Airport, fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Fly from Purdue University Airport (LAF) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)LAF - SJO
12h 17m$168–654Bus, train
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the train from St. Louis to Longview
- Take the bus from Longview Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Take the bus from San Salvador to San José
5d 3h$409–1,041Train, bus
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Longview
- Take the bus from Longview Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Take the bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
5d 9h$448–1,689Bus via New South Memphis
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to Nashville Bus Station
- Take the bus from Nashville Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Take the bus from Memphis Bus Station to Downtown Houston
- Take the bus from St Joseph Pkwy @ Louisiana St to West Bellfort Park & Ride
- Take the bus from Houston to Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Bus
5d 12h$453–816Train, bus via New Orleans
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Take the bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Downtown Houston
- Take the bus from St Joseph Pkwy @ Louisiana St to West Bellfort Park & Ride
- Take the bus from Houston to Managua
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Bus
5d 21h$487–1,164
Indianapolis (IND) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Indianapolis to Costa Rica is to bus and fly which costs $190 - $460 and takes 11h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Indianapolis to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 9h 25m and costs $150 - $700.
The distance between Indianapolis and Costa Rica is 3341 km. The road distance is 5191.9 km.
The best way to get from Indianapolis to Costa Rica without a car is to bus via New South Memphis which takes 5 days 12h and costs $450 - $850.
It takes approximately 9h 25m to get from Indianapolis to Costa Rica, including transfers.
The best way to get from Indianapolis to Costa Rica is to fly which takes 9h 25m and costs $150 - $700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $500 - $850 and takes 5 days 2h.
Costa Rica is 1h behind Indianapolis. It is currently 4:40 PM in Indianapolis and 3:40 PM in Costa Rica.
Yes, the driving distance between Indianapolis to Costa Rica is 5192 km. It takes approximately 2 days 18h to drive from Indianapolis to Costa Rica.
There are 794+ hotels available in Costa Rica.
What companies run services between Indianapolis, IN, USA and Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Indianapolis to San José via Atlanta Bus Station, Garnett Station, Doraville Station, Atlanta, Houston - Telephone Rd, Houston - Hillcroft Ave, Houston, San Salvador, and San Salvador in around 5d 2h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Indianapolis to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Covington to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Covington to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Indianapolis to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Covington to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Covington to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Indianapolis to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Purdue University Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Indianapolis to Liberia International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,000
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–370
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Covington to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Cancun
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from St. Louis to Longview
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–190
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $55–150
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $70–190
- Business - advance purchase
- $100–420
- Business Class
- $160–430
Train from Indianapolis to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Longview
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–320
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis to Cincinnati
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–85
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $15–85
Bus from Indianapolis to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Indianapolis to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Memphis Bus Station to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $85–150
Bus from New Orleans Bus Station to Downtown Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from Atlanta to Houston - Telephone Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $230–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +503 7841 5688
- info@transportedelsol.com
- Website
- transportedelsol.com
Bus from San Salvador to San José
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80
- Schedules at
- transportedelsol.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $223
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Monteverde to Puntarenas
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $171
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900
- info@tropicaltourshuttles.com
- Website
- tropicaltourshuttles.com
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://tropicaltourshuttles.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Indianapolis Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Longview Bus Station to Houston Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Memphis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal San Benito - CCA to Terminal Atlántico Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–81
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $55–75
- Phone
- +1 713-635-4000
- Website
- ridemetro.org
Bus from St Joseph Pkwy @ Louisiana St to West Bellfort Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–5
- Website
- https://www.ridemetro.org
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Managua to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
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