There are 12 ways to get from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton by plane, subway, train, bus, bus (Greyhound), shuttle, or car
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP)plane SFO - AVP
7h 42m$217–748Fly San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane SFO - EWR
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Scrantonbus
9h 24m$197–665Fly Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP)plane SJC - AVP
9h 48m$278–894BART, train, bus via Syracuse
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Centertrain
- Take the bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Scrantonbus
2d 23h$993–2,090Bus
- Take the bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Harrisburg, Pa to Scranton, Pabus
3d 5h$481–978Fly San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane SFO - JFK
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Scrantonbus
9h 59m$238–597Fly San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane SFO - PHL
- Take the bus from Philadelphia 30th St Station to Scrantonbus
10h$239–657Fly San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane SFO - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Philadelphia 30th St Station to Scrantonbus
11h 13m$233–1,233Fly San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane SFO - DCA
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Philadelphia 30th St Station to Scrantonbus
11h 33m$236–743Fly San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane SFO - YYZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Take the bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Scrantonbus
14h 30m$380–934BART, train, bus
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Harrisburg, Pa to Scranton, Pabus
3d 3h$907–1,890Drive 2,824 mi
- Drive from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scrantoncar 2,824 mi
44h 17m$516–745
San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton by subway, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton is to fly and bus which costs $230 - $700 and takes 10h.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs $210 - $750.
No, there is no direct bus from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton. However, there are services departing from SFO Airport Terminal G-Lower Level and arriving at Scranton, Pa via San Francisco Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station and Harrisburg, Pa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 5h.
The distance between San Francisco Airport (SFO) and Scranton is 2495 miles. The road distance is 2840.5 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton without a car is to BART and train and bus via Syracuse which takes 2 days 23h and costs $950 - $2,100.
It takes approximately 7h 42m to get from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton, including transfers.
San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from San Francisco Bus Station.
The best way to get from San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton is to fly which takes 7h 42m and costs $210 - $750. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $480 - $1,000 and takes 3 days 5h.
San Francisco Airport (SFO) to Scranton bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Scranton is 3h ahead of San Francisco Airport (SFO). It is currently 10:53 AM in San Francisco Airport (SFO) and 1:53 PM in Scranton.
What companies run services between San Francisco Airport (SFO), USA and Scranton, PA, USA?
United Airlines and American Airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from SFO Airport Terminal G-Lower Level to Scranton, Pa via San Francisco Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, and Harrisburg, Pa in around 3d 5h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport via Denver, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 9m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Cleveland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–490
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–600
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–750
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmond
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- BART
- Adult Single Ride
- $12–16
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Syracuse Regional Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $210–440
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $24–460
- First Class
- $140–650
Train from Washington Union Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Syracuse Bus Station to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Harrisburg Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 800-858-8555
- Website
- Trailways
Bus from Harrisburg, Pa to Scranton, Pa
- Saver
- $24–75
- Flexible
- $45–75
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Scranton
- Saver
- $28–90
- Flexible
- $50–95
Bus from Harrisburg, Pa to Scranton, Pa
- Saver
- $24–75
- Flexible
- $45–75
- Phone
- 570.821.3800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Martz Bus
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- Martz Bus
Bus from Philadelphia 30th St Station to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Martz Bus
Bus from Philadelphia 30th St Station to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Martz Bus
Bus from Philadelphia 30th St Station to Scranton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Martz Bus
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
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