There are 5 ways to get from Washington to Bucharest by subway, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)IAD - OTP
14h 19m$367–918Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)IAD - BBU
19h 20m$315–1,111Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DCA - OTP
13h 57m$560–1,687Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)PHL - OTP
16h 17m$564–1,443Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)JFK - OTP
14h 53m$409–1,486
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Bucharest is to subway and fly which costs $360 - $950 and takes 14h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Bucharest is to fly which takes 13h 57m and costs $550 - $1,700.
The distance between Washington and Bucharest is 8051 km.
It takes approximately 14h 19m to get from Washington to Bucharest, including transfers.
Bucharest is 7h ahead of Washington. It is currently 4:47 AM in Washington and 11:47 AM in Bucharest.
There are 5345+ hotels available in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Bucharest, Romania?
American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $380–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–950
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Munich, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Frankfurt, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Vienna, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–490
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–550
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
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 Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- 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
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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–300
- 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
- $40–500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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