There are 6 ways to get from Crete to San Francisco by plane or train
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Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane HER - SFO
30h 46m$250–713Fly Chania International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane CHQ - SFO
18h 39m$304–862Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane HER - OAK
28h 15m$416–1,609Fly Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane CHQ - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
25h 20m$407–1,215Fly Chania International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane CHQ - OAK
24h 21m$390–1,108Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane HER - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
29h 47m$353–1,016
Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Crete to San Francisco is to fly which costs $250 - $750 and takes 30h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Crete to San Francisco is to fly which takes 18h 39m and costs $300 - $900.
The distance between Crete and San Francisco is 7041 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 46m to get from Crete to San Francisco, including transfers.
San Francisco is 10h behind Crete. It is currently 2:58 AM in Crete and 4:58 PM in San Francisco.
There are 555+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Crete, Greece and San Francisco, CA, USA?
Aer Lingus, British Airways, and three other airlines fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 6 times a week.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via London Heathrow, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Manchester, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 33m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 42m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 6m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 8m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 14m
- When
- Thursday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,000
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 23m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via London Heathrow, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 23m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Flights from Chania International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Chania International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport via London Heathrow, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to San Francisco International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Chania International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to San Francisco International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- jsx.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Oakland International Airport via Manchester, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Frankfurt, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
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