There are 4 ways to get from Los Angeles to Popayán by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Popayan Airport (PPN)plane LAX - PPN
15h 23m$268–963Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Cali, bus
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cali (CLO)plane LAX - CLO
- Take the bus from Cali Airport to Bugabus
- Take the bus from Buga to Terminal de Transporte Calibus
- Take the bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayánbus
17h 50m$226–790Train to Ontario International Airport, fly to Popayan Airport
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtraktrain
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Popayan Airport (PPN)plane ONT - PPN
17h 35m$314–1,127Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Pitalito (PTX)plane LAX - PTX
- Take the bus from Pitalito to Terminal Popayánbus
24h 57m$453–1,639
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Popayan Airport (PPN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Popayán is to fly and bus which costs $220 - $800 and takes 17h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Popayán is to fly which takes 15h 23m and costs $260 - $1,000.
The distance between Los Angeles and Popayán is 5592 km.
It takes approximately 15h 23m to get from Los Angeles to Popayán, including transfers.
Popayán is 2h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 8:56 PM in Los Angeles and 10:56 PM in Popayán.
There are 109+ hotels available in Popayán.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Popayán, Colombia?
Avianca - Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A., Easyfly, and four other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Popayan Airport (PPN) 5 times a day.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport via Guadalajara, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 24m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport via Guatemala City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport via San Jose, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Popayan Airport via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Popayan Airport via Guadalajara, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 54m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Popayan Airport via Houston, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Popayan Airport via Atlanta, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cali via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via San Salvador, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via Houston, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via Guadalajara, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- easyfly.com.co
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Popayan Airport via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–950
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via Houston, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via Panama City, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Pitalito via Guadalajara, Bogota
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cali via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cali via San Diego, Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cali via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cali via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–850
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–25
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +57 318 760 6799
- [email protected]
- Website
- cootrancise.com
Bus from Cali Airport to Buga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- cootrancise.com
Bus from Buga to Terminal de Transporte Cali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- cootrancise.com
- Phone
- +57 311 273 0419
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresopalmira.com.co
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Schedules at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Book at
- expresopalmira.com.co
- Phone
- +57 317 441 0917
- [email protected]
- Website
- transipialesvirtual.com
Bus from Terminal de Transporte Cali to Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–17
- Schedules at
- transipialesvirtual.com
- Book at
- transipialesvirtual.com
- Basico
- $13–17
- Phone
- +57 310 245 1821
- [email protected]
- Website
- cootranslaboyana.com.co
Bus from Pitalito to Terminal Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- cootranslaboyana.com.co
- Phone
- 01-8000-910293
- [email protected]
- Website
- coomotor.com.co
Bus from Pitalito to Terminal Popayán
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- coomotor.com.co
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