There are 6 ways to get from Kigali to Washington by plane, train, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
best- Fly from Kigali International Airport (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
23h 26m$545–1,410Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane KGL - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
25h 9m$553–2,104Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane KGL - DCA
24h 39m$901–2,601Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane KGL - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
26h 29m$653–2,453Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane KGL - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 22m$571–1,581Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane KGL - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
27h 7m$683–2,555
Kigali International Airport (KGL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kigali to Washington is to fly and train which costs $500 - $1,500 and takes 23h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Kigali to Washington is to fly and train which takes 23h 26m and costs $500 - $1,500.
The distance between Kigali and Washington is 7323 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 26m to get from Kigali to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 7h behind Kigali. It is currently 2:22 AM in Kigali and 7:22 PM in Washington.
There are 1624+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Kigali, Rwanda and Washington, DC, USA?
Rwandair Express, Air Canada, and three other airlines fly from Kigali International Airport (KGL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Kigali International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Kigali International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
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