There are 10 ways to get from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo by plane, train (Amtrak), 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 Buffalo Niagara International Airport
best- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane PDX - BUF
7h 22m$273–1,080Fly to Erie International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Erie International Airport (ERI)plane PDX - ERI
- Take the bus from Erie, PA to Buffalo, NYbus
11h 50m$180–658Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Portland to Chicago Union Stationtrain Empire Builder
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
2d 12h$875–1,993Drive 2,615.3 mi
- Drive from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalocar 2,615.3 mi
41h 59m$478–690Fly to Rochester, bus
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Rochester (ROC)plane PDX - ROC
- Take the bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalobus
8h 31m$307–1,107Fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane PDX - YYZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
10h 4m$566–755Fly to Toronto Island Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane PDX - YTZ
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalotrain
12h 42m$416–1,275Fly to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, train
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM)plane PDX - YHM
- Take the train from Aldershot to Buffalotrain
14h 16m$210–867Bus, train
- Take the bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Pasco Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Pasco Amtrak Station to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain
- Take the bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cleveland Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NYbus
2d 12h$644–1,436Train, bus
- Take the train from Portland to Vancouvertrain
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Toronto to Buffalobus
4d 10h
Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo by tram, foot, and train (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo is to fly and bus which costs $180 - $700 and takes 11h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo is to fly which takes 7h 22m and costs $270 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct train from Portland Airport (PDX) station to Buffalo. However, there are services departing from Portland Int'l Airport station and arriving at Buffalo via Portland, Chicago Union Station and Buffalo Depew Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Portland Airport (PDX) and Buffalo is 2178 miles. The road distance is 2630.6 miles.
The best way to get from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo without a car is to train which takes 2 days 12h and costs $850 - $2,000.
It takes approximately 7h 22m to get from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo, including transfers.
Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Portland station.
The best way to get from Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo is to fly which takes 7h 22m and costs $270 - $1,100. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $850 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 12h.
Buffalo is 3h ahead of Portland Airport (PDX). It is currently 5:46 AM in Portland Airport (PDX) and 8:46 AM in Buffalo.
Portland Airport (PDX) to Buffalo train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
What companies run services between Portland Airport (PDX), USA and Buffalo, NY, USA?
Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Portland Int'l Airport station to Buffalo via Rose Quarter TC station, Portland, Chicago Union Station, and Buffalo Depew Station in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Portland International Airport to Erie International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Erie International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Portland International Airport to Erie International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Sunday, Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,200
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Portland International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Portland International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Vancouver, Winnipeg
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Portland International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Seattle, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Portland International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Seattle, Edmonton
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,500
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Portland International Airport to Erie International Airport via Orlando
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $170–350
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Pasco Amtrak Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Portland to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from Toronto Union Station to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–170
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $29–90
- Business
- $60–160
- Business Plus
- $70–170
- Economy
- $30–95
- Economy Plus
- $35–100
Train from Aldershot to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–160
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $20–70
- Business
- $50–150
- Business Plus
- $60–160
- Economy
- $22–75
- Economy Plus
- $24–85
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $700–1,500
- Business
- $800–1,300
- Business Plus
- $800–1,300
- Economy
- $800–1,500
- Economy Plus
- $900–1,500
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Pasco Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Portland Curbside Bus Stop to Pasco Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Erie, PA to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Erie, PA to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- niagaraairbus.com
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.niagaraairbus.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Erie, PA to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–45
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Website
- example.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Cleveland Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
Bus from Cleveland, OH to Buffalo, NY
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
- Website
- example.com
Bus from Toronto to Buffalo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- example.com
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