There are 9 ways to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) by plane, shuttle, train (Amtrak), car, bus, or train
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Fly to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)plane SEA - BUF
6h 24m$210–900Fly to Toronto Pearson International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)plane SEA - YYZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
7h 15m$300–885Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Seattle to Chicago Union Stationtrain Empire Builder
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited
2d 12h$849–1,909Drive 2,554.8 mi
- Drive from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF)car 2,554.8 mi
41h 35m$467–674Fly to Rochester, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Rochester (ROC)plane SEA - ROC
- Take the bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalo Niagara International Airportbus
9h 9m$279–1,050Fly to Toronto Island Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Toronto Island Airport (YTZ)plane SEA - YTZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
10h 14m$461–1,239Fly to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport, bus, shuttle
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM)plane SEA - YHM
- Take the bus from King St. W. @ Summers Ln. to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
11h 26m$343–975Fly to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane SEA - CLE
- Take the train from Cleveland Amtrak to Buffalo Depew Stationtrain
9h 42m$310–601Bus, train
- Take the bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Vancouverbus
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Toronto to Buffalo Niagara International Airportbus
4d 6h$740–1,566
Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) by bus, tram, train, and taxi (Amtrak)
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is to fly and shuttle which costs $300 - $900 and takes 7h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs $210 - $900.
No, there is no direct train from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) station. However, there are services departing from SeaTac/Airport and arriving at Buffalo Depew Station via Seattle and Chicago Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Seattle Airport (SEA) and Buffalo Airport (BUF) is 2128 miles. The road distance is 2569.8 miles.
The best way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) without a car is to train which takes 2 days 12h and costs $850 - $2,000.
It takes approximately 6h 24m to fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF), including transfers and time at the airport.
Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Seattle station.
The best way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is to fly which takes 6h 24m and costs $210 - $900. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $850 - $2,000 and takes 2 days 12h.
There is no direct flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport Airport. The quickest flight takes 6h 24m and has one stopover.
Buffalo Airport (BUF) is 3h ahead of Seattle Airport (SEA). It is currently 10:45 AM in Seattle Airport (SEA) and 1:45 PM in Buffalo Airport (BUF).
What companies run services between Seattle Airport (SEA), USA and Buffalo Airport (BUF), USA?
Delta, Southwest Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from SeaTac Airport Terminal - Bay 2 to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via SeaTac Station, SeaTac/Airport, Int'l Dist/Chinatown, Seattle, Chicago Union Station, Buffalo Depew Station, and Buffalo in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Rochester via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–470
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Island Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–650
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–470
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–340
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Cleveland Amtrak to Buffalo Depew Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $700–1,500
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $700–1,500
- Business
- $800–1,300
- Business Plus
- $800–1,300
- Economy
- $800–1,500
- Economy Plus
- $900–1,500
- Phone
- +1 905 374 8111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
Shuttle from Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 to Buffalo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- Niagra Airbus
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Rochester Bus Stop to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Toronto to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1 888-438-6646
- Website
- GO Transit
Bus from King St. W. @ Summers Ln. to Pearson International Airport Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- GO Transit
- Website
- GO Transit Schedules
- Passenger
- $8–10
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More Questions & Answers
Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF) is 2570 miles. It takes approximately 41h 35m to drive from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Buffalo Airport (BUF).
American Airlines, Delta, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines offer flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport Airport.
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