There are 6 ways to get from Lax to Encinitas by train or plane
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Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
best- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane ZRH - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego - Old Town to Encinitas Stationtrain
21h 56m$462–1,998Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milanotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane LIN - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego - Old Town to Encinitas Stationtrain
24h 4m$373–1,573Train to Basel, fly to San Diego International Airport, train
- Take the train from Brig to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BSL - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego - Old Town to Encinitas Stationtrain
22h 33m$585–2,774Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport, train
- Take the train from Domodossola to Gallaratetrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MXP - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego - Old Town to Encinitas Stationtrain
23h 28m$500–1,973Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane ZRH - LAX
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Solana Beach Amtrak Stationtrain
22h 46m$406–919Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the train from Brig to Berntrain
- Take the train from Bern to St. Gallentrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MUC - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego - Old Town to Encinitas Stationtrain
25h 26m$795–2,030
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lax to Encinitas is to train and fly which costs $400 - $950 and takes 22h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Lax to Encinitas is to train and fly which takes 21h 56m and costs $460 - $2,000.
The distance between Lax and Encinitas is 6177 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 56m to get from Lax to Encinitas, including transfers.
Encinitas is 9h behind Lax. It is currently 1:14 AM in Lax and 4:14 PM in Encinitas.
There are 969+ hotels available in Encinitas.
What companies run services between Lax, Switzerland and Encinitas, CA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Lax to Encinitas. However, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Bern, take the train to Zürich Flughafen, walk to Zurich Airport (ZRH) airport, fly to San Diego International Airport (SAN), walk to Terminal 1 Rental Car Shuttle, take the bus to Old Town Transit Center, walk to San Diego - Old Town, then take the train to Encinitas Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to Brig Bahnhofplatz, walk to Brig, take the train to Basel SBB, walk to Basel, Bahnhof SBB, take the line 50 bus to Basel EuroAirport, Abflug, walk to Basel (BSL) airport, fly to San Diego International Airport (SAN), walk to Terminal 1 Rental Car Shuttle, take the bus to Old Town Transit Center, walk to San Diego - Old Town, then take the train to Encinitas Station.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 17m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–3,000
Flights from Basel to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Basel to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to San Diego International Airport via London Heathrow, Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–2,300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 9m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $160–1,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,100
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,200
Flights from Munich International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 56m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Zurich Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–2,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to San Diego International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–3,000
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to San Diego International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Brig to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to St. Gallen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +1 760-966-6500
- Website
- gonctd.com
Train from San Diego - Old Town to Encinitas Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–7
- Website
- https://gonctd.com
- Schedules at
- https://gonctd.com/schedules/
- Adult
- $2–7
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Brig to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Rho Fiera Milano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Domodossola to Gallarate
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Los Angeles to Solana Beach Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Muenchen Hbf Gl.27-36
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
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