There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Busan by plane, train, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)SFO - PUS
17h 36m₩615,245–2,218,489Fly San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Incheon International Airport (ICN)SFO - ICN
- Take the bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
18h 59m₩567,745–1,794,689Fly Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)OAK - PUS
19h 55m₩709,268–2,612,046Fly San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Daegu International Airport (TAE)SFO - TAE
- Take the train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
18h 34m₩978,745–3,665,689Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Busan / Gimhae International Airport
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS)SJC - PUS
19h 45m₩768,974–2,322,316Fly San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Gimpo International Airport (GMP)SFO - GMP
- Take the train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
21h 11m₩817,745–1,893,689
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Busan is to fly and bus and train which costs ₩550,000 - ₩1800,000 and takes 18h 59m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Busan is to fly which takes 17h 36m and costs ₩600,000 - ₩2300,000.
The distance between San Francisco and Busan is 9111 km.
It takes approximately 17h 36m to get from San Francisco to Busan, including transfers.
Busan is 17h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 7:01 PM in San Francisco and 12:01 PM in Busan.
There are 1083+ hotels available in Busan.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Busan, South Korea?
Korean Air, Japan Airlines, and seven other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Busan / Gimhae International Airport (PUS) every 4 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,300,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,700,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,800,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,700,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,600,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,900,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Los Angeles, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,800,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–2,300,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Salt Lake City, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,900,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,700,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Las Vegas, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,800,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩950,000–3,600,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩800,000–2,900,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩490,000–1,800,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–2,500,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,800,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,100,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Los Angeles, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,200,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,000,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–2,100,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–1,900,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–4,500,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–4,900,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩550,000–2,000,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Gimpo International Airport via Vancouver, Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩600,000–5,500,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,800,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩500,000–4,500,000
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩700,000–6,000,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₩750,000–2,300,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Seattle, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,100,000
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,800,000
- Website
- twayair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩650,000–2,300,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Daegu International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩1,000,000–3,600,000
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩850,000–3,100,000
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Busan / Gimhae International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₩900,000–2,300,000
- Website
- perimeter.ca
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Incheon International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₩460,000–1,100,000
Train operators
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- letskorail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩13,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩16,000–22,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩13,000–19,000
- First Class
- ₩21,000–30,000
Train from Gwangmyeong Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩38,000–60,000
- Website
- https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizbfForeign_pr16100.do?gubun=1
- Economy
- ₩43,000–60,000
- Non-reserved
- ₩38,000–55,000
- First Class
- ₩60,000–90,000
- Economy Class
- ₩59,800
- Non-reserved Seat
- ₩45,500
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- Phone
- +82 1800 1472
- Website
- srail.or.kr
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩18,000–39,000
- Website
- https://www.srail.or.kr/main.do?language=EN
- Standard Class
- ₩18,000–39,000
- First Class
- ₩27,000–38,000
- Phone
- +82 1599 7777
- Website
- korail.com
Train from Dongdaegu Station to Busan Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₩7,200–17,800
- Website
- https://www.korail.com/global/eng/main
- Non-reserved
- ₩7,200–7,400
- Economy Class
- ₩8,620–8,670
- Economy class
- ₩17,800
- Non-reserved Seat
- ₩15,100
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩13,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- ₩13,000–17,000
Bus operators
- Phone
- +82 1544 7788
- Website
- korail.com
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000
- Schedules at
- korail.com
- Phone
- +82 2 2664-9898
- Website
- airportlimousine.co.kr
Bus from Incheon Int'l Airport T1 to Gwangmyeong Station Exit 4
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₩16,000–17,500
- Schedules at
- airportlimousine.co.kr
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