There are 4 ways to get from Wellington to Seattle by plane or train
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Fly Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane WLG - SEA
20h 58m$491–1,612Fly Wellington to Seattle Lake Union SPB
cheapest- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Seattle Lake Union SPB (LKE)plane WLG - LKE
21h 31m$478–1,609Fly Wellington to Paine Field County Airport
- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Paine Field County Airport (PAE)plane WLG - PAE
22h 36m$511–1,621Train to Paraparaumu, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Stationtrain
- Fly from Paraparaumu (PPQ) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane PPQ - SEA
25h 39m$514–1,866
Wellington (WLG) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wellington to Seattle is to fly which costs $470 - $1,700 and takes 21h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Wellington to Seattle is to fly which takes 20h 58m and costs $490 - $1,700.
The distance between Wellington and Seattle is 7303 miles.
It takes approximately 20h 58m to get from Wellington to Seattle, including transfers.
Seattle is 19h behind Wellington. It is currently 12:12 PM in Wellington and 5:12 PM in Seattle.
There are 1659+ hotels available in Seattle.
What companies run services between Wellington, New Zealand and Seattle, WA, USA?
Air New Zealand, United Airlines, and six other airlines fly from Wellington (WLG) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 29m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Honolulu
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Paine Field County Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Paine Field County Airport via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Paine Field County Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 26m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,400
- Website
- harbourair.com
Flights from Wellington to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Auckland, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Auckland, Vancouver, Nanaimo, Coal Harbour Spb
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle Lake Union SPB via New Plymouth, Auckland, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Blenheim, Auckland, Vancouver, Victoria Inner Harbour Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle Lake Union SPB via Auckland, Vancouver, Ganges Harbor, Coal Harbour Spb
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 29m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Wellington to Paine Field County Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,200
Flights from Wellington to Paine Field County Airport via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Wednesday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Wellington to Paine Field County Airport via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Wellington to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Paraparaumu to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $56
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–23
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
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