There are 8 ways to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón by plane, bus, shuttle, or car
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Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus, shuttle
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane LAX - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14bus
- Take a shuttle bus from San José to Guápiles
8h 15m$503–878Fly to Limón International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Limón International Airport (LIO)plane LAX - LIO
11h 32m$213–763Bus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBusbus
- Take the bus from Gran Terminal del Caribe, San José to Parada Diagonal Al Macdonaldsbus
4d 20h$398–483Drive 5,457 km
- Drive from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limóncar 5,457 km
2d 19h$732–1,057Fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane LAX - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Guápiles
10h 8m$631–1,502Fly to La Fortuna Arenal Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to La Fortuna Arenal Airport (FON)plane LAX - FON
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Guápiles
9h 19m$400–957Fly to Quepos La Managua Airport, drive
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP)plane LAX - XQP
- Drive from Quepos-Airport-XQP to Guápilescar
11h 4m$224–790Fly to Cobano, shuttle
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cobano (ACO)plane LAX - ACO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tambor to Monteverde
- Take a shuttle bus from Monteverde to Guápiles
12h 48m$1,052–1,631
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón is to bus which costs $390 - $490 and takes 4 days 20h.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón is to fly and bus and shuttle which takes 8h 15m and costs $500 - $900.
No, there is no direct bus from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón. However, there are services departing from LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal and arriving at Parada Diagonal Al Macdonalds via Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Managua and Gran Terminal del Caribe, San José. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 20h.
The distance between Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Limón is 4553 km. The road distance is 5457 km.
The best way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 20h and costs $390 - $490.
It takes approximately 8h 15m to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón, including transfers.
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón bus services, operated by Buses USA Tours, depart from Los Angeles station.
The best way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón is to bus which takes 4 days 20h and costs $390 - $490. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $210 - $800 and takes 11h 32m.
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón bus services, operated by Buses USA Tours, arrive at Managua station.
Limón is 1h ahead of Los Angeles Airport (LAX). It is currently 7:49 AM in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and 8:49 AM in Limón.
What companies run services between Los Angeles Airport (LAX), USA and Limón, Costa Rica?
You can take a bus from LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal to Parada Diagonal Al Macdonalds via Los Angeles Union Station, Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Managua, Terminal NicaBus, and Gran Terminal del Caribe, San José in around 4d 20h. Alternatively, Delta, World Ticket, and four other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Limón International Airport (LIO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Guatemala City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Guatemala City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Limón International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Roxana
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Fortuna Arenal Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Quepos La Managua Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via San Salvador, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cobano via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Terminal San José Av. 2, C12 Y 14
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $252
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $269
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $325
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $178
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Tambor to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $461
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Monteverde to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $325
- Website
- RIDE CR
- Phone
- (+506) 4100 0888
- [email protected]
- Website
- Interbus Shuttles
Shuttle from San José to Guápiles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150
- Schedules at
- Interbus Shuttles
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +505 2222 2276
- [email protected]
- Website
- Nica Bus
Bus from Managua to Terminal NicaBus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37–38
- Website
- Nica Bus
- Phone
- +506 2222 0610
- info@caribeños.com
- Website
- Grupo Caribeños
Bus from Gran Terminal del Caribe, San José to Parada Diagonal Al Macdonalds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–30
- Schedules at
- Grupo Caribeños
- Phone
- +506 2640 1900 / 2640 0811
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
Shuttle from Liberia Airport to Monteverde
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–69
- Website
- Tropical Tours Shuttles
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Yes, the driving distance between Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón is 5457 km. It takes approximately 2 days 19h to drive from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Limón.
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