There are 6 ways to get from Sendai to Seattle by plane, train, or bus
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Fly from Sendai Airport
best- Fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)SDJ - SEA
16h 26m$396–1,507Bus to Yamagata Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-mae
- Fly from Yamagata Airport (GAJ) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)GAJ - SEA
16h 4m$346–1,317Train to Tokyo International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sendai to Ōmiya
- Fly from Tokyo International Airport (HND) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)HND - SEA
14h 44m$408–931Train, train to Narita International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sendai to Ōmiya
- Take the train from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Fly from Narita International Airport (NRT) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)NRT - SEA
14h 35m$469–943Bus to Shonai Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Sendai eki mae to S-mall Bus terminal
- Fly from Shonai Airport (SYO) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)SYO - SEA
18h 46m$669–2,527Train to Akita Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sendai to Akita
- Fly from Akita Airport (AXT) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)AXT - SEA
19h 42m$530–1,779
Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sendai to Seattle is to train and fly which costs $400 - $950 and takes 14h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Sendai to Seattle is to train and fly which takes 14h 35m and costs $460 - $950.
The distance between Sendai and Seattle is 4674 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 26m to get from Sendai to Seattle, including transfers.
Seattle is 17h behind Sendai. It is currently 9:48 AM in Sendai and 4:48 PM in Seattle.
There are 1395+ hotels available in Seattle.
What companies run services between Sendai, Japan and Seattle, WA, USA?
Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, and five other airlines fly from Sendai Airport (SDJ) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) 4 times a day.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–950
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Shonai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–6,500
Flights from Shonai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Shonai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–6,500
Flights from Akita Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–4,400
Flights from Akita Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via New Chitose, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,800
Flights from Akita Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,500
Flights from Akita Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Osaka Itami, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–4,800
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–3,200
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Osaka Itami, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–3,400
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chūbu Centrair, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via New Chitose, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Osaka Itami, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–950
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Akita Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–4,400
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–3,200
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Osaka Itami, Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–3,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Shonai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Akita Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Yamagata Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Tokyo International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chūbu Centrair, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Chūbu Centrair, Narita International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Tokyo International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Sendai Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
- Website
- hawaiianairlines.com
Flights from Narita International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Sendai to Ōmiya
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- $45–65
- Reserved seat
- $55–70
- Green seat
- $70–95
Train from Sendai to Akita
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- $45–70
- Reserved seat
- $55–70
- Green seat
- $70–95
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–17
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Phone
- 0570-081-160
- Website
- keisei.co.jp
Train from Nippori to Narita Airport Terminal 2·3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.keisei.co.jp/keisei/tetudou/skyliner/us/index.php
- Website
- shonaikotsu.jp
Bus from Sendai eki mae to S-mall Bus terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Schedules at
- shonaikotsu.jp
- Website
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Sendai eki mae to S-mall Bus terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.co.jp
Bus from Hirose dori Ichiban-cho to Yamagata Kencho-mae
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- yamakobus.jp
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