There are 10 ways to get from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas by plane, shuttle, train, bus, car, or bus (Flixbus)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport, Tour
best- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Cuscatlán International Airport (SAL)plane SBA - SAL
- Take a shuttle bus from San Salvador to Copán Ruinas
15h 21m$356–767Fly Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to La Aurora International Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to La Aurora International Airport (GUA)plane SBA - GUA
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruins
19h 27m$156–733Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Stationtrain
- Take the bus from San Antonio to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachulabus
- Drive from Tapachula to Tocachécar
- Take the bus from Tocaché to Transportes Fuente del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Litegua Bus Station to El Floridobus
3d 10h$754–1,487Drive 4,559.4 km
- Drive from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinascar 4,559.4 km
2d 7h$628–907Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Cuscatlán International Airport, Tour
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Cuscatlán International Airport (SAL)plane LAX - SAL
- Take a shuttle bus from San Salvador to Copán Ruinas
14h 19m$515–1,096Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to La Aurora International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to La Aurora International Airport (GUA)plane LAX - GUA
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruins
15h 13m$226–822Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP)plane LAX - SAP
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal Metropolitana de Buses to Copan Ruins
17h 27mTrain, train to Ontario International Airport, fly to Cuscatlán International Airport, Tour
- Take the train from Santa Barbara to Los Angelestrain
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtraktrain
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Cuscatlán International Airport (SAL)plane ONT - SAL
- Take a shuttle bus from San Salvador to Copán Ruinas
15h 28m$472–1,160Bus, Tour
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicanobus
- Take the bus from Tijuana Los Pinos to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to Terminal de Autobusesbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruinas
3d 19h$376–468Bus
- Take the bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Guatemala Citybus
- Take the bus from Litegua Bus Station to El Floridobus
3d 20h$303–430
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Cuscatlán International Airport (SAL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas is to fly and shuttle which costs $150 - $750 and takes 19h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas is to train and fly and Tour which takes 14h 19m and costs $500 - $1,100.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas. However, there are services departing from Santa Barbara Bus Stop and arriving at El Florido via Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles and Litegua Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 20h.
The distance between Santa Barbara and Copán Ruinas is 4110 km. The road distance is 4559.4 km.
The best way to get from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas without a car is to bus and Tour which takes 3 days 19h and costs $370 - $470.
It takes approximately 15h 21m to get from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas, including transfers.
Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Santa Barbara Bus Stop station.
Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Los Angeles Union Station.
Copán Ruinas is 1h ahead of Santa Barbara. It is currently 5:58 AM in Santa Barbara and 6:58 AM in Copán Ruinas.
Yes, the driving distance between Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas is 4559 km. It takes approximately 2 days 7h to drive from Santa Barbara to Copán Ruinas.
What companies run services between Santa Barbara, CA, USA and Copán Ruinas, Honduras?
You can take a bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Copán Ruinas via Los Angeles Union Station, Cesar E Chavez / Vignes, Los Angeles, Guatemala City, Litegua Bus Station, and El Florido in around 3d 20h.
- Website
- avianca.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to La Aurora International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to La Aurora International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport, Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to La Aurora International Airport via Las Vegas, Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via La Aurora International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport via Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport via Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Phoenix, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to La Aurora International Airport via Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport via Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Cuscatlán International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–380
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to La Aurora International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to San Antonio Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $450–950
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +503 7223 2638
- [email protected]
- Website
- infinitours.co
Shuttle from San Salvador to Copán Ruinas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $165
- Website
- https://infinitours.co/
Shuttle from San Salvador to Copán Ruinas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $165
- Website
- https://infinitours.co/
Shuttle from San Salvador to Copán Ruinas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $165
- Website
- https://infinitours.co/
- Phone
- +1 800 923 1799
- [email protected]
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from San Antonio to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- [email protected]
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +502 2471 0952
- Website
- mmcorporacion.com
Bus from Tocaché to Transportes Fuente del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- mmcorporacion.com
- Phone
- +502 2326 959
- [email protected]
- Website
- sistemas.litegua.com
Bus from Litegua Bus Station to El Florido
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- sistemas.litegua.com
- Primera Plus
- $14
- Primera Clase
- $20
- Especial Plus
- $7
Bus from Litegua Bus Station to El Florido
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- Schedules at
- sistemas.litegua.com
- Primera Plus
- $14
- Primera Clase
- $20
- Especial Plus
- $7
- Website
- turansa.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruins
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $35–260
- Schedules at
- turansa.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruins
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $35–260
- Schedules at
- turansa.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- guatemalatransportation.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruins
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Website
- http://www.guatemalatransportation.com
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruins
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Website
- http://www.guatemalatransportation.com
Bus from Tapachula to Terminal de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45
- Website
- http://www.guatemalatransportation.com
- +504 2651 4030
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Terminal Metropolitana de Buses to Copan Ruins
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Santa Barbara Bus Stop to Los Angeles Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-800-231-2222
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com.mx
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to Tijuana - Plaza El Mexicano
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 713 120 0700
- [email protected]
- Website
- autotravel.mx
Bus from Tijuana Los Pinos to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 19h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Schedules at
- autotravel.mx
- Book at
- autotravel.mx
- [email protected]
- Website
- clarktours.com.gt
Shuttle from Terminal de Autobuses to Copán Ruinas
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $149
- Schedules at
- clarktours.com.gt
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- [email protected]
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Guatemala City
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 12h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $280–380
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
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