There are 5 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 47m€365–1,424Fly Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport
cheapest- Fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Bilbao Airport (BIO)plane SDF - BIO
16h 42m€223–855Fly 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 45m€403–1,519Fly Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport, bus
- Fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Pamplona Airport (PNA)plane SDF - PNA
- Take the bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodalbus
20h 8m€612–2,316Bus 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
18h 59m€290–1,054
Covington (CVG) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Louisville to Bilbao is to fly which costs €220 - €900 and takes 16h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Louisville to Bilbao is to drive and fly which takes 13h 47m and costs €360 - €1500.
The distance between Louisville and Bilbao is 6740 km.
It takes approximately 13h 47m to get from Louisville to Bilbao, including transfers.
Bilbao is 6h ahead of Louisville. It is currently 3:40 AM in Louisville and 9:40 AM in Bilbao.
There are 1684+ hotels available in Bilbao.
What companies run services between Louisville, KY, USA and Bilbao, Spain?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Louisville International Airport (SDF) to Bilbao Airport (BIO) twice daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Newark, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Philadelphia, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,800
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,600
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Newark, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Boston, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,800
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,700
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €480–1,800
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Newark, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,300
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Washington Dulles, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €700–2,800
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €700–2,700
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Boston, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Toronto, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,600
Flights from Louisville International Airport to San Sebastián Airport via Newark, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Charlotte, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €600–2,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Boston, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €650–2,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Pamplona Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,400
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Covington to Bilbao Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Louisville International Airport to Bilbao Airport via Toronto, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Indianapolis to Bilbao Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,500
- 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
- Phone
- +34 945 18 20 60
- [email protected]
- Website
- alavabus.eus
Bus from Pamplona / Iruña to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Schedules at
- alavabus.eus
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact 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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