There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA) by plane, bus, train, ferry or bus and ferry
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Recommended option
Fly San Francisco to Catania • 16h 39m
Cheapest option
Fly Oakland to Catania • 19h 57m
4 alternative options
Fly San Francisco to Palermo, bus • 20h 28m
San Francisco (SFO) to Catania (CTA) flights
The flight time between San Francisco (SFO) and Catania (CTA) is around 17h 2m and covers a distance of around 10594 km. This includes an average layover time of around 3h 41m. Services are operated by Alitalia, Lufthansa, KLM and others. Typically 76 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
76
Weekly Planes
17h 2m
Average Duration
€400
Cheapest Price
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA)?
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA) is to fly and bus which costs $350 - $1,000 and takes 20h 28m.
What is the fastest way to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA)?
The quickest way to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA) is to fly which costs $350 - $1,100 and takes 16h 39m.
What is the distance between San Francisco and Catania Airport (CTA)?
The distance between San Francisco and Catania Airport (CTA) is 10580 km.
How long does it take to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA)?
It takes approximately 16h 39m to get from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA), including transfers.
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA)?
There is no direct flight from San Francisco Airport to Catania Airport. The quickest flight takes 14h 15m and has one stopover.
What is the time difference between San Francisco and Catania Airport (CTA)?
Catania Airport (CTA) is 9h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 5:22 PM in San Francisco and 2:22 AM in Catania Airport (CTA).
Which airlines fly from San Francisco Airport to Catania Airport?
Swiss, Edelweiss Air, United Airlines and four other airlines offer flights from San Francisco Airport to Catania Airport.
Where can I stay near Catania Airport (CTA)?
There are 2625+ hotels available in Catania Airport (CTA). Prices start at €45 per night.
How do I get to San Francisco (SFO) Airport from San Francisco?
The best way to get from San Francisco to San Francisco Airport is to BART which takes 29 min and costs $8 - $11.
Launch map view
- Distance: 10580.2 km
- Duration: 16h 39m
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Catania Airport (CTA), Italy?
Alitalia, Lufthansa and seven other airlines fly from San Francisco to Catania Airport (CTA) every 2 hours.
Airlines
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €3100
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2200
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €650 - €1900
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €650 - €1900
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Seattle, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €650 - €1900
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Las Vegas, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 28m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €850 - €1600
Flights from Oakland to Catania via St. Louis, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2000
Flights from San Francisco to Palermo via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €410 - €1400
Flights from San Francisco to Palermo via Amsterdam Schiphol, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €410 - €1400
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €950 - €3100
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1200 - €3300
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1200 - €3300
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550 - €2500
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Atlanta, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750 - €1900
Flights from San Francisco to Palermo via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2700
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2200
Flights from San Francisco to Reggio Calabria via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600 - €1800
Flights from San Francisco to Reggio Calabria via New York JFK, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1900
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €800 - €5500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €3000
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1900
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Las Vegas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2100
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Seattle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1800
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1800
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500 - €1700
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €7000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Atlanta, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750 - €1900
Flights from San Francisco to Palermo via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €1200 - €3200
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600 - €1900
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600 - €1900
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500 - €1700
Flights from San Francisco to Reggio Calabria via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650 - €2100
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €1100 - €3800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €3000
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Las Vegas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2100
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1800
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Seattle, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1800
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Atlanta, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €750 - €1900
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1800
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €1100 - €3800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2800
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €1400
Flights from San Francisco to Palermo via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2300
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1300 - €2800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco to Catania via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600 - €2000
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Seattle, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €650 - €1800
Flights from San Francisco to Palermo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €1800
Flights from San Francisco to Malta via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600 - €1900
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Oakland to Catania via Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €1400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Francisco to Lamezia Terme via Zurich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €850 - €3200
Train operators
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11 - €50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en/frecce.html
- Super Economy
- €11 - €16
- Base Standard
- €26 - €35
- Base Premium
- €30 - €50
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €8 - €15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €13 - €15
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7 - €14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €12 - €14
Frequently asked questions
Is there Wi-Fi on Trenitalia?
Yes - Wi-Fi is available on both Frecciarossa and Frecciargento services, and may be accessed free of charge. Services require either a mobile phone number or credit card for verification purposes and allow access for 24 hours.
Are there power outlets on Trenitalia?
Yes - Frecce services include a power socket for each seat.
Does Trenitalia offer meals or snacks?
Yes - Frecciarossa and Frecciargento services often offer bar and restaurant options, though this depends on the individual route and train type. Business, Premium and First Class tickets include a complimentary drink and snack. Some services may offer restaurant, FRECCIABistro or pre-booked, in-seat meal options. Please check your service as options vary.
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8 - €12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/
- 2nd Class
- €8 - €12
Train from Messina Centrale to Catania Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7 - €11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/
- 2nd Class
- €7 - €11
Bus operators
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11 - €17
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- (+356) 22069999
- res@virtuferries.com
- Website
- virtuferries.com
Bus and ferry from Valletta to Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €82
- Website
- Virtu Ferries Ltd
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Villa San Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Frequently asked questions
Is there Wi-Fi on Trenitalia?
Yes - Wi-Fi is available on both Frecciarossa and Frecciargento services, and may be accessed free of charge. Services require either a mobile phone number or credit card for verification purposes and allow access for 24 hours.
Are there power outlets on Trenitalia?
Yes - Frecce services include a power socket for each seat.
Does Trenitalia offer meals or snacks?
Yes - Frecciarossa and Frecciargento services often offer bar and restaurant options, though this depends on the individual route and train type. Business, Premium and First Class tickets include a complimentary drink and snack. Some services may offer restaurant, FRECCIABistro or pre-booked, in-seat meal options. Please check your service as options vary.
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