There are 6 ways to get from Louisville to Bilbao by car, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive to Covington, fly to Bilbao Airport
best- Drive from Louisville to Covington (CVG)car
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane CVG - BIO
13h 39m€356–1,325Fly Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane SDF - BIO
17h 1m€283–1,105Drive to Covington, fly to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, bus
- Drive from Louisville to Covington (CVG)car
- Fly from Covington (CVG) to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ)plane CVG - BIQ
- Take the bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodalbus
16h 13m€575–2,140Fly Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport, bus
- Fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Santander Airport (SDR)plane SDF - SDR
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodalbus
18h 52m€453–1,619Fly Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport, bus
- Fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to San Sebastián Airport (EAS)plane SDF - EAS
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodalbus
18h 51m€513–1,919Bus to Indianapolis, fly to Bilbao Airport
- Take the bus from Louisville, KY to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
- Fly from Indianapolis (IND) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane IND - BIO
19h 6m€310–1,154
Covington (CVG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Louisville to Bilbao is to bus and fly which costs €310 - €1200 and takes 19h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Louisville to Bilbao is to drive and fly which takes 13h 39m and costs €350 - €1400.
The distance between Louisville and Bilbao is 6740 km.
It takes approximately 13h 39m to get from Louisville to Bilbao, including transfers.
Bilbao is 6h ahead of Louisville. It is currently 8:27 AM in Louisville and 2:27 PM in Bilbao.
There are 1715+ hotels available in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Louisville, KY, USA and Bilbao, Spain?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €460–1,700
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Atlanta, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 52m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 37m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,200
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Atlanta, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,700
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–2,000
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Atlanta, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550–2,000
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500–1,900
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Covington to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,400
Flights from Covington to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Washington Dulles, Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Santander Airport via Newark, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €500–2,400
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,600
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Biarritz - Airport Bus Station to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santander to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–14
- Website
- ALSA
- Phone
- +34 900 121 400
- [email protected]
Bus from Estación de Autobuses Donostia-San Sebastián to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Louisville, KY to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Amtrak
- Adult
- €20–40
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