There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Sicily by plane or ferry
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SFO - CTA
17h 14m€403–914Fly Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
cheapest- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane OAK - CTA
19h 32m€348–1,211Fly San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SFO - PMO
17h 25m€382–917Fly San Francisco International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane SFO - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
18h 33mFly San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY)plane SFO - CIY
20h 7m€450–1,436Fly San Francisco International Airport to Trapani Airport
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Trapani Airport (TPS)plane SFO - TPS
19h 47m€382–1,313
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Sicily is to fly which costs €380 - €950 and takes 17h 25m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Sicily is to fly which takes 17h 14m and costs €400 - €950.
The distance between San Francisco and Sicily is 10620 km.
It takes approximately 17h 14m to get from San Francisco to Sicily, including transfers.
Sicily is 9h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 12:29 AM in San Francisco and 9:29 AM in Sicily.
There are 6374+ hotels available in Sicily.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Sicily, Italy?
ITA Airways, Swiss, and six other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) 5 times a day.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Seattle, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €410–1,400
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Seattle, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €380–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Portland, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
- Website
- aeroitalia.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Zurich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Zurich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Seattle, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Trapani Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Trapani Airport via Munich, Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Trapani Airport via Zurich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Trapani Airport via Munich, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Trapani Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €370–1,300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €310–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €490–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460–1,200
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Seattle, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–950
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €390–950
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
- Website
- neosair.it
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Vincenzo Magliocco Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,400
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
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