There are 4 ways to get from Washington to Bucharest by subway, plane, train, or shuttle
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 Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane IAD - OTP
14h 23m$537–1,018Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
cheapest- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane JFK - OTP
14h 43m$423–1,068Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DCA - OTP
14h 1m$745–1,408Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane IAD - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Bucharest
19h 36m$617–1,723
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Bucharest is to train and fly which costs $420 - $1,100 and takes 14h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Bucharest is to fly which takes 14h 1m and costs $700 - $1,500.
The distance between Washington and Bucharest is 8051 km.
It takes approximately 14h 23m to get from Washington to Bucharest, including transfers.
Bucharest is 7h ahead of Washington. It is currently 3:45 AM in Washington and 10:45 AM in Bucharest.
There are 5452+ hotels available in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Bucharest, Romania?
JetBlue Airways, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Halifax, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–950
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- 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
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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 Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
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
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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