There are 7 ways to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston by plane, bus, train, car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport
best- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane STS - CHS
13h 19m$188–757Train, bus to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspurtrain
- Take the bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airportbus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane SFO - CHS
10h 40m$185–691Bus, train (Amtrak)
- Take the bus from Petaluma to Martinezbus
- Take the train from Martinez to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Charleston Amtrak Stationtrain
3d 12hDrive 2,786.3 mi
- Drive from Santa Rosa to Charlestoncar 2,786.3 mi
45h 36m$477–688Train, bus to Oakland International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane OAK - CHS
12h 25m$208–813Train, BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane SJC - CHS
13h 47m$209–881Fly Sonoma County Airport to Savannah, train
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Savannah (SAV)plane STS - SAV
- Take the train from Savannah Station to Charleston Amtrak Stationtrain
21h 14m$325–1,099
Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston is to train and bus and fly which costs $180 - $700 and takes 10h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston is to train and bus and fly which takes 10h 40m and costs $180 - $700.
The distance between Santa Rosa and Charleston is 2447 miles. The road distance is 2802.6 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston without a car is to bus and train which takes 3 days 12h and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 19m to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston, including transfers.
Charleston is 3h ahead of Santa Rosa. It is currently 5:59 PM in Santa Rosa and 8:59 PM in Charleston.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Rosa to Charleston is 2803 miles. It takes approximately 45h 36m to drive from Santa Rosa to Charleston.
There are 1903+ hotels available in Charleston.
What companies run services between Santa Rosa, CA, USA and Charleston, SC, USA?
American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and three other airlines fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Las Vegas, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Las Vegas, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Las Vegas, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 21m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Las Vegas, New Orleans
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $490–800
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $200–310
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Savannah Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Petaluma to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- Marin Airporter
Bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- Marin Airporter
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–55
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