There are 8 ways to get from San Francisco to Puget Sound by plane, unknown, bus, train, tram, or shuttle
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Paine Field County Airport, travel
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Paine Field County Airport (PAE)plane SFO - PAE
- Walk from Seattle-Airport-PAE to Puget Soundunknown
3h 49mBus, travel
- Take the bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattlebus
- Walk from Seattle to Puget Soundunknown
20h 25mTrain, travel (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Oakland to Seattletrain Coast Starlight
- Walk from Mountlake Terrace to Puget Soundunknown
24h 48mFly San Francisco International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, tram, travel
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane SFO - SEA
- Take the tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terracetram
- Walk from Mountlake Terrace to Puget Soundunknown
5h 20mFly Oakland International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, tram, travel
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane OAK - SEA
- Take the tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terracetram
- Walk from Mountlake Terrace to Puget Soundunknown
5h 21mShuttle to Sonoma County Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, tram, travel
- Take a shuttle bus from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa Airport
- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane STS - SEA
- Take the tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terracetram
- Walk from Mountlake Terrace to Puget Soundunknown
6h 27mCaltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, tram, travel
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane SJC - SEA
- Take the tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terracetram
- Walk from Mountlake Terrace to Puget Soundunknown
6h 29mTrain to Sacramento International Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, tram, travel
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Fly from Sacramento International Airport (SMF) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane SMF - SEA
- Take the tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terracetram
- Walk from Mountlake Terrace to Puget Soundunknown
8h 39m
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Paine Field County Airport (PAE) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between San Francisco and Puget Sound is 739 miles.
The best way to get from San Francisco to Puget Sound without a car is to bus and travel which takes 20h 25m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 49m to get from San Francisco to Puget Sound, including transfers.
There are 246+ hotels available in Puget Sound.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Puget Sound, WA, USA?
There is no direct connection from San Francisco to Puget Sound. However, you can take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) airport, fly to Paine Field County Airport (PAE), then travel to Puget Sound. Alternatively, you can take a bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Puget Sound via Sacramento Bus Station and Seattle in around 20h 25m.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Paine Field County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–370
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–370
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–360
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–360
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Boise
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–360
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Sacramento International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oakland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888-889-6368
- [email protected]
- Website
- soundtransit.org
Tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terrace
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.soundtransit.org
- Adult
- $3
Tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terrace
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.soundtransit.org
- Adult
- $3
Tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terrace
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.soundtransit.org
- Adult
- $3
Tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terrace
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.soundtransit.org
- Adult
- $3
Tram from SeaTac/Airport to Mountlake Terrace
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $3
- Website
- https://www.soundtransit.org
- Adult
- $3
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from San Francisco Bus Station to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from San Francisco Pier 27 to Santa Rosa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25–65
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $25–65
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