There are 7 ways to get from Santa Rosa to Columbus by plane, bus, train, bus (Greyhound), car, or subway
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Sonoma County Airport
best- Fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane STS - CMH
9h$178–758Bus, train
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop to Martinezbus
- Take the train from Martinez to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Columbusbus
2d 14hBus
- Take the bus from Santa Rosa to Phoenix Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Phoenix Bus Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Columbusbus
2d 16h$408–615Drive 2,419.1 mi
- Drive from Santa Rosa to Columbuscar 2,419.1 mi
38h 21m$442–638Train, bus to San Francisco International Airport, fly
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspurtrain
- Take the bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airportbus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane SFO - CMH
9h 26m$185–492Train, bus to Oakland International Airport, fly
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airportbus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane OAK - CMH
11h 7m$208–864Train, BART to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly
- Take the train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafaeltrain
- Take the subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitassubway
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane SJC - CMH
12h 11m$199–832
Sonoma County Airport (STS) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Santa Rosa to Columbus is to train and bus and fly which costs $180 - $500 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Santa Rosa to Columbus is to fly which takes 9h and costs $170 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Santa Rosa to Columbus. However, there are services departing from Santa Rosa and arriving at Columbus via Phoenix Bus Station and St Louis Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 16h.
The distance between Santa Rosa and Columbus is 2156 miles. The road distance is 2433.3 miles.
The best way to get from Santa Rosa to Columbus without a car is to bus and train which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h to get from Santa Rosa to Columbus, including transfers.
Santa Rosa to Columbus bus services, operated by ACN Autobuses, depart from Santa Rosa station.
The best way to get from Santa Rosa to Columbus is to fly which takes 9h and costs $170 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $400 - $650 and takes 2 days 16h.
Santa Rosa to Columbus bus services, operated by ACN Autobuses, arrive at Phoenix Bus Station.
Columbus is 3h ahead of Santa Rosa. It is currently 1:48 AM in Santa Rosa and 4:48 AM in Columbus.
What companies run services between Santa Rosa, CA, USA and Columbus, OH, USA?
Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Sonoma County Airport (STS) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Santa Rosa to Columbus via Phoenix Bus Station and St Louis Bus Station in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Oakland International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 34m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Oakland International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sonoma County Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–450
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Martinez to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,300–2,100
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 707-794-3330
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART Larkspur
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
Train from SMART Santa Rosa Downtown to SMART San Rafael
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- Sonoma Marin SMART
- Phone
- +1-510-464-6000
- Website
- BART
Subway from El Cerrito Del Norte to Milpitas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- BART
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Santa Rosa Amtrak Bus Stop to Martinez
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- [email protected]
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Santa Rosa to Phoenix Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $270–410
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 415-461-4222
- Website
- Marin Airporter
Bus from Larkspur - pickup to San Francisco Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $32
- Website
- Marin Airporter
- Adult One-way
- $32
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- Groome Transportation
Bus from San Rafael to Oakland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- Groome Transportation
- First Passenger
- $25–55
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