There are 8 ways to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston by plane, bus, train, car, or subway
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Fly Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport
best- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane STS - CHS
10h 44m$188–757Bus, 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 12h$1,052–2,389Drive 2,786.8 mi
- Drive from Santa Rosa to Charlestoncar 2,786.8 mi
45h 35m$509–735Train, bus to San Francisco International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- 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
12h 3m$225–411Train, 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 20m$188–763Train, 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 29m$218–880Train, train to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Charleston International Airport
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Charleston International Airport (CHS)plane SMF - CHS
14h 45m$223–873Fly 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
13h 37m$329–1,174
Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston is to train and bus and fly which costs $220 - $420 and takes 12h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston is to fly which takes 10h 44m and costs $180 - $800.
The distance between Santa Rosa and Charleston is 2447 miles. The road distance is 2803.1 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 $1,000 - $2,400.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Santa Rosa to Charleston, including transfers.
Charleston is 3h ahead of Santa Rosa. It is currently 6:04 AM in Santa Rosa and 9:04 AM in Charleston.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Rosa to Charleston is 2803 miles. It takes approximately 45h 35m to drive from Santa Rosa to Charleston.
There are 1681+ hotels available in Charleston.
What companies run services between Santa Rosa, CA, USA and Charleston, SC, USA?
American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and two other airlines fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Charleston International Airport (CHS) 6 times a week.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Las Vegas, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Charleston International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Savannah via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Charleston International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Savannah Station to Charleston Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- Website
- sonomamarintrain.org
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Website
- https://sonomamarintrain.org/
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- bart.gov
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bart.gov
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Petaluma to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- marinairporter.com
Bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- https://marinairporter.com/
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $25–55
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