There are 8 ways to get from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia by plane, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, bus, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Liberia International Airport
best- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PHX - LIR
7h 42m$300–963Bus
- Take the bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take the bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancasbus
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
4d 21h$402–536Drive 4,527.5 km
- Drive from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberiacar 4,527.5 km
2d 9h$608–877Fly to Juan Santamaría International Airport, bus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PHX - SJO
- Take the bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedesbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberiabus
12h 15m$347–941Fly to Tamarindo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane PHX - TNO
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
11h 15m$363–885Fly to Managua Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Managua Airport (MGA)plane PHX - MGA
- Take a shuttle bus from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Take the bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESAbus
14h 39m$440–1,078Fly to Nosara Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane PHX - NOB
- Take a shuttle bus from Tamarindo to Liberia
13h$647–1,111Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to Maricopa Amtrakbus
- Take the train from Maricopa Amtrak to Houstontrain
- Take the bus from Houston to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Liberiabus
5d 2h$656–1,306
Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia is to fly and bus which costs $340 - $950 and takes 12h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs $300 - $1,000.
No, there is no direct bus from Phoenix Airport (PHX) station to Liberia. However, there are services departing from Phoenix Bus Station and arriving at Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA via Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Terminal Managua - CCA and Peñas Blancas. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 days 21h.
The distance between Phoenix Airport (PHX) and Liberia is 3718 km. The road distance is 4527.5 km.
The best way to get from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia without a car is to bus which takes 4 days 21h and costs $400 - $550.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia, including transfers.
Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Phoenix Bus Station.
The best way to get from Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs $300 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $400 - $550 and takes 4 days 21h.
Phoenix Airport (PHX) to Liberia bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Liberia is 1h ahead of Phoenix Airport (PHX). It is currently 9:53 PM in Phoenix Airport (PHX) and 10:53 PM in Liberia.
What companies run services between Phoenix Airport (PHX), USA and Liberia, Costa Rica?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Terminal 4 Station to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA via 24th St Station, Phoenix Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Managua, Terminal Managua - CCA, and Peñas Blancas in around 4d 21h.
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Phoenix to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Phoenix to Managua Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Maricopa Amtrak to Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $390–800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $330–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Houston to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 3d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–390
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +504 9919 5375
- Website
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
Bus from Terminal Managua - CCA to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $11–16
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $5–8
Bus from Peñas Blancas to Liberia - Estación de Servicio EMESA
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cristobalcolon.com.gt
- Road
- $5–8
- Phone
- +506 2442 6900
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupotuasa.com
Bus from 50 m este Del Aeropuerto to Paseo Colon Frente A Torre Mercedes
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- grupotuasa.com
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- [email protected]
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
Shuttle from Tamarindo to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +1 586 310 8389
- [email protected]
- Website
- easyridecostarica.com
Shuttle from Granada to Peñas Blancas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- easyridecostarica.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to Maricopa Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- [email protected]
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Terminal Tica Bus San Salvador to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
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