There are 7 ways to get from Chengdu to Washington by plane, subway, or train
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Fly Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
best- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane CTU - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
22h 1m$553–1,705Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane TFU - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 37m$476–1,312Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane TFU - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
23h 42m$504–1,706Fly Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane CTU - DCA
21h 20m$701–2,302Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane TFU - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
24h 7m$604–2,455Subway to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Take the subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport Northsubway
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane TFU - DCA
23h 12m$702–2,303Fly Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane CTU - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
26h 39m$603–2,554
Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chengdu to Washington is to subway and fly and train which costs $470 - $1,400 and takes 25h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Chengdu to Washington is to fly which takes 21h 20m and costs $700 - $2,300.
The distance between Chengdu and Washington is 7714 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 1m to get from Chengdu to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 12h behind Chengdu. It is currently 7:35 AM in Chengdu and 7:35 PM in Washington.
There are 1606+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Chengdu, China and Washington, DC, USA?
Air China, American Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 18m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 34m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Wuhan, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 13m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Incheon, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 29m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,500
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Vancouver, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 59m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 23m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Beijing Capital, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Beijing Capital, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Beijing Capital, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Beijing Capital, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to McPherson Square, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Subway from Century City to Tianfu International Airport North
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
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