There are 9 ways to get from San Jose Airport (SJO) to Reno Airport (RNO) by plane, bus, car, subway, train, or shuttle
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Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
best- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane SJO - RNO
8h 25m$230–900Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Sacramento International Airport (SMF)plane SJO - SMF
- Take the bus from Sacramento to Renobus
13h 54m$258–1,477Drive 3,669.4 mi
- Drive from San-Jose-Airport-SJO to Reno-Airport-RNOcar 3,669.4 mi
3d 2h$792–1,144Bus to Liberia International Airport, fly to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Take the bus from Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Liberiabus
- Fly from Liberia International Airport (LIR) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane LIR - RNO
14h 25m$404–1,380Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport, BART, train, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SJO - SFO
- Take the subway from San Francisco International Airport to Richmondsubway
- Take the train from Richmond to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento to Renobus
15h 19m$504–1,015Drive to Quepos La Managua Airport, fly to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Drive from San-Jose-Airport-SJO to Quepos-Airport-XQPcar
- Fly from Quepos La Managua Airport (XQP) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane XQP - RNO
13h 51m$244–970Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SJO - OAK
- Take the train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento to Renobus
16h 40m$463–916Fly Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane SJO - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Amtrak to Sacramentotrain
- Take the bus from Sacramento to Renobus
17h 39m$323–1,049Shuttle, shuttle to Cobano, fly to Reno/Tahoe International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Take a shuttle bus from La Fortuna to Tambor
- Fly from Cobano (ACO) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO)plane ACO - RNO
16h 55m$1,008–1,882
Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Jose Airport (SJO) to Reno Airport (RNO) is to fly and bus which costs $250 - $1,500 and takes 13h 54m.
The fastest way to get from San Jose Airport (SJO) to Reno Airport (RNO) is to fly which takes 8h 25m and costs $230 - $900.
The distance between San Jose Airport (SJO) and Reno Airport (RNO) is 3005 miles. The road distance is 3690.8 miles.
It takes approximately 8h 25m to fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Juan Santamaría International Airport Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 8h 25m and has one stopover.
Reno Airport (RNO) is 1h behind San Jose Airport (SJO). It is currently 3:07 AM in San Jose Airport (SJO) and 2:07 AM in Reno Airport (RNO).
Yes, the driving distance between San Jose Airport (SJO) to Reno Airport (RNO) is 3691 miles. It takes approximately 3 days 2h to drive from San Jose Airport (SJO) to Reno Airport (RNO).
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Southwest Airlines, Delta and two other airlines offer flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport Airport.
There are 261+ hotels available in Reno Airport (RNO).
What companies run services between San Jose Airport (SJO), Costa Rica and Reno Airport (RNO), USA?
Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 16m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Cobano to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Liberia International Airport, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Quepos La Managua Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,600
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Cobano to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Juan Santamaría International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Cobano to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Quepos La Managua Airport, Juan Santamaría International Airport, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Sacramento International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Liberia International Airport to Reno/Tahoe International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 32m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–900
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–800
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Juan Santamaría International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–900
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Richmond to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Santa Clara Amtrak to Sacramento
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Sacramento to Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Sacramento to Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Sacramento to Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Sacramento to Reno
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- [email protected]
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Parada Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría to Liberia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- [email protected]
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from Alajuela to La Fortuna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $258
- Website
- RIDE CR
Shuttle from La Fortuna to Tambor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $461
- Website
- RIDE CR
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