There are 7 ways to get from San Francisco to Inverness by plane, train, or bus
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane SFO - INV
16h 44m£270–766Fly San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SFO - GLA
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
20h 39m£220–729Fly Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane OAK - INV
19h 56m£277–1,114Fly San Francisco International Airport to Aberdeen Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SFO - ABZ
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Invernesstrain
19h 19m£255–936Fly San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport, bus, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SFO - EDI
- Take the bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth stationbus
- Take the train from Perth to Invernesstrain
20h 11m£450–1,044Fly San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Newcastle (NCL)plane SFO - NCL
- Take the train from Newcastle to Invernesstrain
21h 44m£251–814Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Inverness Dalcross Airport
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV)plane SJC - INV
22h 18m£272–967
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Inverness is to fly and train which costs £220 - £750 and takes 20h 39m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Inverness is to fly which takes 16h 44m and costs £270 - £800.
The distance between San Francisco and Inverness is 5009 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 44m to get from San Francisco to Inverness, including transfers.
Inverness is 8h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 6:35 PM in San Francisco and 2:35 AM in Inverness.
There are 1358+ hotels available in Inverness.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Inverness, Scotland?
KLM, British Airways, and four other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) 3 times a day.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Portland, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Denver, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,000
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Minneapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Minneapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–650
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £180–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Glasgow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–650
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Inverness Dalcross Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £260–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–850
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Newcastle via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Aberdeen to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–95
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Perth to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Inverness
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- Cal Train
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–9
- Website
- Cal Train
- Schedules at
- Cal Train
- One-way Adult
- £7–9
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Edinburgh Airport to Perth station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–10
- Website
- Ember
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