There are 8 ways to get from Portland to Liberia by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, bus, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PDX - LIR
12h 15m$658–2,678Fly Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PDX - SJO
- Take the bus from Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Liberiabus
15h 10m$291–447Bus
- Take the bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancasbus
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberiabus
5d 10h$464–733Drive 6,528.5 km
- Drive from Portland to Liberiacar 6,528.5 km
3d 5h$876–1,265Train to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport
- Take the train from Portland to Tacomatrain
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane SEA - LIR
13h 45m$543–2,039Fly Portland International Airport to Managua Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane PDX - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Take a shuttle bus from San Juan del Sur to Plaza Santa Rosa
16h 33m$453–1,533Train to Mahlon Sweet Field Airport, fly to Liberia International Airport
- Take the train from Portland to Eugenetrain
- Fly from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane EUG - LIR
14h 51m$954–3,553Train, bus
- Take the train from Portland to Los Angelestrain
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Liberiabus
5d 22h$508–716
Portland International Airport (PDX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $290 - $450 and takes 15h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Portland to Liberia is to fly which takes 12h 15m and costs $650 - $2,700.
No, there is no direct bus from Portland to Liberia. However, there are services departing from Portland Curbside Bus Stop and arriving at Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia via Sacramento Bus Station, Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Terminal Managua - CCA and Peñas Blancas. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 5 days 10h.
The distance between Portland and Liberia is 5272 km. The road distance is 6528.5 km.
The best way to get from Portland to Liberia without a car is to bus which takes 5 days 10h and costs $460 - $750.
It takes approximately 12h 15m to get from Portland to Liberia, including transfers.
Portland to Liberia bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Portland Curbside Bus Stop station.
The best way to get from Portland to Liberia is to fly which takes 12h 15m and costs $650 - $2,700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $460 - $750 and takes 5 days 10h.
Portland to Liberia bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Sacramento Bus Station.
Liberia is 2h ahead of Portland. It is currently 4:12 PM in Portland and 6:12 PM in Liberia.
What companies run services between Portland, OR, USA and Liberia, Costa Rica?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia via Sacramento Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Managua, Terminal Managua - CCA, and Peñas Blancas in around 5d 10h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,400
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 18m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,500
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via San Francisco, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Portland International Airport to Managua Airport via Las Vegas, San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 58m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,900
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,600
Flights from Mahlon Sweet Field Airport to Liberia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
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
- $25–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Eugene
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $11–40
- Phone
- +506 2666 0517
- info@grupotranbasa.com
- Website
- grupotranbasa.com
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Terminal de Buses Municipal de Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- grupotranbasa.com
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- +1 267 248 0844
- info@iskratravel.com
- Website
- iskratravel.com
Shuttle from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80
- Website
- https://iskratravel.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- info@easyridecostarica.com
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Managua Airport to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $179
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from San Juan del Sur to Plaza Santa Rosa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Managua to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
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