There are 7 ways to get from Los Angeles to Santorini Island by plane, car ferry, shuttle, or helicopter
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Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Santorini
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Santorini (JTR)plane LAX - JTR
17h 50m€457–1,311Fly Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Santorini
cheapest- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Santorini (JTR)plane BUR - JTR
22h 22m€426–1,508Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, car ferry
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane LAX - HER
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
20h 46m€533–983Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Mykonos, car ferry
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Mykonos (JMK)plane LAX - JMK
- Take the carferry from Mykonos to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
22h 35m€484–943Fly Santa Monica to Santorini
- Fly from Santa Monica (SMO) to Santorini (JTR)plane SMO - JTR
33h 45m€443–1,503Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Chania International Airport, Private transfer, car ferry
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane LAX - CHQ
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Take the carferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Portcarferry
22h 29m€582–1,581Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport, helicopter
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane LAX - ATH
- Take the helicopter from Athens Heliport to Mykonos Heliporthelicopter
- Take the helicopter from Mykonos Heliport to Santorini Heliporthelicopter
21h€977–1,781
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Santorini (JTR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Santorini Island is to fly and car ferry which costs €480 - €950 and takes 22h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Santorini Island is to fly which takes 17h 50m and costs €450 - €1400.
The distance between Los Angeles and Santorini Island is 11366 km.
It takes approximately 17h 50m to get from Los Angeles to Santorini Island, including transfers.
Santorini Island is 10h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 8:55 AM in Los Angeles and 6:55 PM in Santorini Island.
There are 2677+ hotels available in Santorini Island.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Santorini Island, Greece?
Lufthansa, ITA Airways, and Ulendo Airlink fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Santorini (JTR) once daily.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mykonos via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–3,900
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Las Vegas, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mykonos via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,600
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Santorini via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 13m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–850
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–1,100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Phoenix Scottsdale Municipal Apt, Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €400–850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chania International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mykonos via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–900
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Phoenix Scottsdale Municipal Apt, Las Vegas, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Santorini via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,200
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €650–3,400
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mykonos via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,900
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Santa Monica to Santorini via Las Vegas, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chania International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Athens International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,100
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- [email protected]
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania - Airport to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €120–250
- Website
- https://www.cretetaxitransfers.gr/
- Car (4 passengers)
- €120–190
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- €200–230
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- €230–250
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Mykonos to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Heraklion Port to Thira Santorini Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–120
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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