There are 8 ways to get from Santander to Washington by bus, plane, subway, or train
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Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
best- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)BIO - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
16h 37m$262–736Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)BIO - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
19h 58m$222–1,430Fly Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)SDR - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
14h 10m$396–1,612Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)BIO - DCA
15h 23m$422–1,731Fly Santander Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SDR - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
17h 29m$372–2,154Fly Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)SDR - DCA
20h 4m$656–2,807Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)BIO - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
16h 50m$339–1,068Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)MAD - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
18h 6m$455–1,696
Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Washington is to bus and fly and subway which costs $260 - $750 and takes 16h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Washington is to fly and subway which takes 14h 10m and costs $390 - $1,700.
The distance between Santander and Washington is 3879 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 37m to get from Santander to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 6h behind Santander. It is currently 2:38 AM in Santander and 8:38 PM in Washington.
There are 1666+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Washington, DC, USA?
Iberia, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) once daily.
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,500
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Santander Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Santander Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Edinburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Barcelona, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Edinburgh, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Barcelona, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Edinburgh, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport, Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Newark Liberty International Airport, Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Lisboa, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Santander Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Edinburgh, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $29–290
- Business Class
- $90–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–270
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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