There are 9 ways to get from Miami International Airport to California by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train (Amtrak), car, 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.
Fly Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport
best- Fly from Miami International Airport (MIA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane MIA - SAN
5h 54m$151–476Bus
- Take the bus from Miami Airport Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
2d 16h$430–860Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Miami Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angelestrain
3d 21h$1,351–2,905Drive 2,683.6 mi
- Drive from Miami International Airport to Los Angelescar 2,683.6 mi
43h 57m$490–708Fly Miami International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Fly from Miami International Airport (MIA) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane MIA - LAX
6h 13m$204–844Fly Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Fly from Miami International Airport (MIA) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane MIA - SFO
6h 52m$184–403Bus to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the bus from Miami Airport to Fort Lauderdale Airportbus
- Fly from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane FLL - LAX
7h 36m$414–1,626Bus to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport
- Take the bus from Miami Airport to Fort Lauderdale Airportbus
- Fly from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane FLL - SAN
7h 41m$299–1,218Bus to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Miami Airport to Fort Lauderdale Airportbus
- Fly from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane FLL - SFO
8h 5m$268–977
Miami International Airport to California by tram and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Miami International Airport to California is to fly which costs $180 - $410 and takes 6h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Miami International Airport to California is to fly which takes 5h 54m and costs $150 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Miami International Airport station to California station. However, there are services departing from Miami Airport Station and arriving at Los Angeles Union Station via Atlanta Bus Station and Dallas Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
No, there is no direct train from Miami International Airport to California. However, there are services departing from Miami International Airport and arriving at Los Angeles via Miami Airport Station, Miami Amtrak Station and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 21h.
The distance between Miami International Airport and California is 2283 miles. The road distance is 2699.3 miles.
The best way to get from Miami International Airport to California without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs $430 - $900.
It takes approximately 5h 54m to get from Miami International Airport to California, including transfers.
Miami International Airport to California bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Miami Airport Station.
Miami International Airport to California train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Miami Amtrak Station.
The best way to get from Miami International Airport to California is to fly which takes 5h 54m and costs $150 - $480. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $430 - $900 and takes 2 days 16h, you could also train, which costs $1,300 - $2,900 and takes 3 days 21h.
What companies run services between Miami International Airport, FL, USA and California, USA?
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Miami International Airport (MIA) to San Diego International Airport (SAN) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Miami International Airport to Los Angeles Union Station via Miami, Airport Intermodal Station, Miami Airport Station, Atlanta Bus Station, and Dallas Bus Station in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Miami International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Miami International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 28m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Miami International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Miami International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Miami International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to San Diego International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Miami International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–390
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Miami Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Miami Airport Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Miami Airport Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $210–420
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 877 733 0724
- Website
- RedCoach
Bus from Miami Airport to Fort Lauderdale Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- RedCoach
Bus from Miami Airport to Fort Lauderdale Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- RedCoach
Bus from Miami Airport to Fort Lauderdale Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- RedCoach
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More Questions & Answers
Miami International Airport to California bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Atlanta Bus Station.
California is 3h behind Miami International Airport. It is currently 1:00 PM in Miami International Airport and 10:00 AM in California.
Miami International Airport to California train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Miami International Airport to California is 2699 miles. It takes approximately 43h 57m to drive from Miami International Airport to California.
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