There are 8 ways to get from Portland to Ethiopia by train, plane, taxi, or car
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Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
best- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane SEA - ADD
27h 49m$464–1,474Fly Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD)plane PDX - ADD
29h 38m$503–1,803Fly Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Awassa Airport (AWA)plane PDX - AWA
32h 50m$464–1,617Fly Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport (DIR)plane PDX - DIR
34h 57m$510–1,812Fly Portland International Airport to Mek'Ele Airport
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Mek'Ele Airport (MQX)plane PDX - MQX
31h 39m$675–1,730Fly Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport, taxi
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Arba Minch Airport (AMH)plane PDX - AMH
- Take the taxi from Arba Minch Airport (AMH) to Sodotaxi
33h$533–1,788Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport, train
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport (JIB)plane SEA - JIB
- Take the train from Djibouti-Nagad to Dire Dawatrain
44h 36m$548–1,067Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Asmara, drive
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Asmara (ASM)plane SEA - ASM
- Drive from Asmara (ASM) to Mekellecar
29h 32m$704–2,203
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Ethiopia is to train and fly which costs $460 - $1,500 and takes 27h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Ethiopia is to train and fly which takes 27h 49m and costs $460 - $1,500.
The distance between Portland and Ethiopia is 13737 km.
It takes approximately 27h 49m to get from Portland to Ethiopia, including transfers.
Ethiopia is 11h ahead of Portland. It is currently 7:45 PM in Portland and 6:45 AM in Ethiopia.
There are 309+ hotels available in Ethiopia.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Ethiopia?
British Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (ADD) twice daily.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Brussels, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Rome, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Brussels, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Awassa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Rome, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Brussels, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Rome, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Brussels, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Aba Tenna Dejazmach Yilma International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Rome, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Mek'Ele Airport via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Mek'Ele Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via London Heathrow, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Brussels, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Rome, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Brussels, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Arba Minch Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Rome, Addis Ababa Bole International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Asmara via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport via Copenhagen, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–900
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Asmara via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Tacoma
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +251 713422932
- info@edr.gov.et
- Website
- bookingedr.et
Train from Djibouti-Nagad to Dire Dawa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- bookingedr.et
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Estimated price
- $70–85
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