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 18m$1,215–1,717Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
cheapest- 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
23h 26m$617–2,120Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- 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
22h 47m$617–2,669Fly 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 2m$697–2,871Fly 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 30m$882–2,846Fly 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
28h 11m$1,000–3,138
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 subway which costs $600 - $2,200 and takes 23h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Washington is to fly which takes 22h 18m and costs $1,200 - $1,800.
The distance between Sydney and Washington is 9830 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 18m to get from Sydney to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 15h behind Sydney. It is currently 10:50 PM in Sydney and 7:50 AM in Washington.
There are 1361+ 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 San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco, Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- 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
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles, Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 56m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 48 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
- $16–26
- 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
- $110–190
- 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
- $17–26
- 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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