There are 7 ways to get from California to Albania by plane, bus, 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.
Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LAX - TIA
18h 20m$320–975Fly San Francisco International Airport to Pristina, bus
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Pristina (PRN)plane SFO - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
24h 45m$303–747Fly San Francisco International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane SFO - TIA
19h 10m$383–925Fly San Diego International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane SAN - TIA
18h$334–1,017Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Podgorica Airport, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane LAX - TGD
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
20h 20m$398–1,137Fly San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane SFO - DBV
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Shkodër - Kompleksi Luani-Abus
25h 26m$308–1,032Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Sarajevo, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Sarajevo (SJJ)plane LAX - SJJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sarajevo, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teutabus
24h 3m
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from California to Albania is to fly and bus which costs $300 - $750 and takes 24h 45m.
The fastest way to get from California to Albania is to fly which takes 18h and costs $330 - $1,100.
The distance between California and Albania is 10648 km.
It takes approximately 18h 20m to get from California to Albania, including transfers.
Albania is 8h ahead of California. It is currently 8:16 PM in California and 4:16 AM in Albania.
There are 3846+ hotels available in Albania.
What companies run services between California, USA and Albania?
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Tuesday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pristina via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pristina via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Sarajevo via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pristina via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Sarajevo via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Montreal, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Sarajevo via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,100
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Pristina via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Sarajevo via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- MS tours
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- MS tours
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- MS tours
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- [email protected]
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Shkodër - Kompleksi Luani-A
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 (0)29 226666
- [email protected]
- Website
- atmaxhatrans.com
Bus from Pristina to Shkoder,Rruga Teuta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- atmaxhatrans.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- montemaretravel.com
Shuttle from Sarajevo, Autobuska Stanica to Podgorica , Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- montemaretravel.com
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