There are 4 ways to get from Santa Marta to Los Angeles by bus, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane BAQ - LAX
14h 48m$186–735Fly Simón Bolívar International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane SMR - LAX
14h 14m$157–574Bus to Cartagena, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Oficina Transportes Marsolbus
- Fly from Cartagena (CTG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane CTG - LAX
18h 13m$188–644Bus to Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport, fly to San Diego International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquillabus
- Fly from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to San Diego International Airport (SAN)plane BAQ - SAN
- Take the train from San Diego to Los Angelestrain
19h 44m$311–1,037
Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport (BAQ) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santa Marta to Los Angeles is to fly which costs $150 - $600 and takes 14h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Marta to Los Angeles is to fly which takes 14h 14m and costs $150 - $600.
The distance between Santa Marta and Los Angeles is 3276 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 48m to get from Santa Marta to Los Angeles, including transfers.
Los Angeles is 3h behind Santa Marta. It is currently 11:49 AM in Santa Marta and 8:49 AM in Los Angeles.
There are 216+ hotels available in Los Angeles.
What companies run services between Santa Marta, Colombia and Los Angeles, CA, USA?
Copa Airlines flies from Simón Bolívar International Airport (SMR) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 3 times a week.
- Website
- copaair.com
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Cartagena to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Cartagena to Los Angeles International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Cartagena to Los Angeles International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Cartagena to Los Angeles International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Panama City
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–700
Flights from Cartagena to Los Angeles International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to San Diego International Airport via Fort Lauderdale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 23m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Ernesto Cortissoz International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Medellin Jose Marie Cordova, Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Cartagena to Los Angeles International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from San Diego to Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8001
- [email protected]
- Website
- expresobrasilia.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $16–23
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Schedules at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Book at
- expresobrasilia.com
- Preferencial de Lujo
- $16–23
- Phone
- +57 323 563 9139
- [email protected]
- Website
- copetran.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $12–18
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- copetran.com
- Book at
- copetran.com
- Road
- $12–18
- Phone
- 01 800 051 8002
- [email protected]
- Website
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- unitransco.com
- Book at
- unitransco.com
- Phone
- +57 604 444 8888
- [email protected]
- Website
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Terminal Metropolitana de Barranquilla
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Book at
- rapidoochoa.com.co
- Phone
- +57 605 3685672
- [email protected]
- Website
- marsol.com.co
Bus from Terminal Santa Marta to Oficina Transportes Marsol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $31
- Schedules at
- marsol.com.co
- Book at
- marsol.com.co
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