There are 11 ways to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, train, subway, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)SEA - JFK
5h 58m$157–600Fly to Laguardia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)SEA - LGA
7h 48m$143–569Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Seattle to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
2d 21h$453–2,253Bus
- Take the bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Take the bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtown
3d 13h$364–970Drive 2,808.6 mi
- Drive from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal2,808.6 mi
45h 13m$513–741Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)SEA - EWR
6h 21m$150–555Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)SEA - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
7h 42m$176–1,264Fly to Westchester County Airport
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Westchester County Airport (HPN)SEA - HPN
10h 14m$234–914Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)SEA - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
9h 1m$177–1,313Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)SEA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
9h 41m$200–1,440Bus, train
- Take the bus from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Vancouver Waterfront Station, BC
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to New York Penn Station
4d 16h$369–634
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal is to fly which costs $150 - $600 and takes 6h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs $150 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal. However, there are services departing from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport and arriving at New York Midtown via Sacramento Bus Station, Sparks Transit Center, Denver Union Station and Chicago Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 13h.
The distance between Seattle Airport (SEA) and Grand Central Terminal is 2445 miles. The road distance is 2825 miles.
The best way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal without a car is to train which takes 2 days 21h and costs $450 - $2,300.
It takes approximately 5h 58m to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal, including transfers.
Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport station.
The best way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs $150 - $600. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $450 - $2,300 and takes 2 days 21h, you could also bus, which costs $360 - $1,000 and takes 3 days 13h.
Seattle Airport (SEA) to Grand Central Terminal bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Sacramento Bus Station.
Grand Central Terminal is 3h ahead of Seattle Airport (SEA). It is currently 12:19 PM in Seattle Airport (SEA) and 3:19 PM in Grand Central Terminal.
What companies run services between Seattle Airport (SEA), USA and Grand Central Terminal, NY, USA?
Alaska Airlines, Inc., JetBlue Airways, and Delta fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from SeaTac Airport Terminal - Bay 2 to Grand Central Terminal via SeaTac Station, SeaTac/Airport, Int'l Dist/Chinatown, Seattle, Chicago Union Station, and Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station in around 2d 21h.
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- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 49m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Westchester County Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Laguardia Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Seattle to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $300–1,700
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–340
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–550
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–280
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $27–280
- Business Class
- $85–330
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–700
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $45–480
- First Class
- $180–700
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
- 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
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $250–450
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $250–450
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $350–450
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $330–390
Train from Toronto Union Station to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $90–130
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $90–120
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $75–95
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–240
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to New York Midtown
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–260
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Sparks Transit Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sparks Transit Center to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–280
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800.665.2122
- rez@quickcoach.com
- Website
- quickcoach.com
Bus from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Vancouver Waterfront Station, BC
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- quickcoach.com
- Adult
- $40–50
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