There are 6 ways to get from Kigali to Washington by plane, train, or subway
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Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
best- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane KGL - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
26h 19m$413–2,153Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane KGL - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
24h 3m$524–1,840Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane KGL - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
24h 39m$463–1,709Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane KGL - DCA
24h 46m$1,301–3,301Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane KGL - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
26h 54m$634–1,574Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane KGL - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 18m$630–4,291
Kigali (KGL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kigali to Washington is to fly and train which costs $500 - $1,900 and takes 24h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Kigali to Washington is to fly and train which takes 24h 3m and costs $500 - $1,900.
The distance between Kigali and Washington is 7281 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 19m to get from Kigali to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 7h behind Kigali. It is currently 11:37 AM in Kigali and 4:37 AM in Washington.
There are 1777+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Kigali, Rwanda and Washington, DC, USA?
Rwandair Express, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Kigali (KGL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 9m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,300
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,100
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–600
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $29–290
- Business Class
- $90–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- 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
- $30–70
- 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
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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 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 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
- 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
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