There are 6 ways to get from Sydney to Washington by plane, subway, train, 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 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SYD - DCA
22h 22m$865–2,916Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SYD - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
23h 22m$617–2,668Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane SYD - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
22h 51m$667–2,419Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SYD - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 10m$647–2,870Fly to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane SYD - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
26h 37m$833–2,845Fly to Norfolk International Airport, train
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane SYD - ORF
- Take the train from Norfolk to Alexandriatrain
27h 54m$1,150–3,827
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Washington is to fly and train which costs $600 - $2,700 and takes 23h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Washington is to fly which takes 22h 22m and costs $850 - $3,000.
The distance between Sydney and Washington is 9830 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 22m to get from Sydney to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 16h behind Sydney. It is currently 10:17 PM in Sydney and 6:17 AM in Washington.
There are 1624+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Washington, DC, USA?
United Airlines, Delta, and three other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco, Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Norfolk to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- Greyhound
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