There are 6 ways to get from Sydney to Washington, DC by plane, subway, train, or bus
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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 46m$1,317–2,222Fly to Norfolk International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane SYD - ORF
- Take the train from Norfolk to Washington Union Stationtrain
28h 15m$666–2,643Fly 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 Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
23h 18m$667–1,427Fly 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 53m$815–3,467Fly 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 24m$676–2,550Fly 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 4m$746–2,293
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Washington, DC is to fly and subway which costs $650 - $1,500 and takes 23h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Washington, DC is to fly which takes 22h 46m and costs $1,300 - $2,300.
The distance between Sydney and Washington, DC is 9836 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 46m to get from Sydney to Washington, DC, including transfers.
Washington, DC is 15h behind Sydney. It is currently 6:50 AM in Sydney and 3:50 PM in Washington, DC.
There are 1492+ hotels available in Washington, DC.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Washington, DC, USA?
American Airlines, United Airlines, 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
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 16m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–6,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–6,000
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via San Francisco, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 31m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,700
- 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
- 47 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
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Train from Norfolk to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $90–350
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- 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
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
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
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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