There are 5 ways to get from Washington to Drake Bay by plane, car, train, subway, or shuttle
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Drake Bay (DRK)plane DCA - DRK
8h 50m$280–1,300Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Drake Bay
cheapest- 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 Drake Bay (DRK)plane IAD - DRK
11h 42m$142–658Drive 6,038.6 km
- Drive from Washington to Drake Baycar 6,038.6 km
3d 5h$810–1,170Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Drake Bay
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Drake Bay (DRK)plane BWI - DRK
11h 17m$162–1,295Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle, drive
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane DCA - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Uvita
- Drive from Ciudad Cortés to Drake Baycar
12h 44m$568–1,391
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Drake Bay (DRK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Drake Bay is to subway and fly which costs $140 - $700 and takes 11h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Drake Bay is to fly which takes 8h 50m and costs $280 - $1,300.
The distance between Washington and Drake Bay is 3415 km. The road distance is 6038.6 km.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Drake Bay (DRK), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Airport to Drake Bay Airport. The quickest flight takes 14h 50m and has two stopovers.
Drake Bay is 2h behind Washington. It is currently 12:53 AM in Washington and 10:53 PM in Drake Bay.
Yes, the driving distance between Washington to Drake Bay is 6039 km. It takes approximately 3 days 5h to drive from Washington to Drake Bay.
SANSA, Delta, United Airlines and four other airlines offer flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Airport to Drake Bay Airport.
There are 142+ hotels available in Drake Bay.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Drake Bay, Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, SANSA, and five other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Drake Bay (DRK) every 4 hours.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Atlanta, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Newark, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Liberia, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Fort Lauderdale, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Miami, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Drake Bay via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Drake Bay via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Drake Bay via Charlotte, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Drake Bay via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Drake Bay via Orlando, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Drake Bay via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 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
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 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 Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 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
- 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
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1970
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from San José to Uvita
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $311
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
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