There are 7 ways to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) by plane, bus, train, or shuttle
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Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)plane SEA - PLZ
27hR 10,000–29,000Shuttle to Paine Field County Airport, fly to Port Elizabeth
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Paine Field Airport Terminal - Eb
- Fly from Paine Field County Airport (PAE) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)plane PAE - PLZ
39h 31mR 7,693–39,500Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to East London (ELS)plane SEA - ELS
- Take the bus from East London to Port Elizabethbus
35h 10mR 13,534–36,872Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to George Airport (GRJ)plane SEA - GRJ
- Take the bus from George to Port Elizabeth Stationbus
36h 2mR 11,265–26,978Train to Portland International Airport, fly to Port Elizabeth
- Take the train from Tacoma to Portlandtrain
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)plane PDX - PLZ
31h 55mR 10,292–34,642Train to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Port Elizabeth
- Take the train from Seattle to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)plane YVR - PLZ
38h 13mR 9,868–24,908Fly King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth
- Fly from King County International Airport (BFI) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ)plane BFI - PLZ
33h 53mR 12,097–70,097
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) is to train and fly which costs R 9 500 - R 25 000 and takes 38h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) is to fly which takes 27h and costs R 10 000 - R 29 000.
The distance between Seattle Airport (SEA) and Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) is 16955 km.
It takes approximately 27h to fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ), including transfers and time at the airport.
There is no direct flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport to Port Elizabeth Airport. The quickest flight takes 30h 35m and has two stopovers.
Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) is 9h ahead of Seattle Airport (SEA). It is currently 8:24 AM in Seattle Airport (SEA) and 5:24 PM in Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ).
Alaska Airlines, Inc., Delta, Turkish Airlines and five other airlines offer flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Airport to Port Elizabeth Airport.
There are 840+ hotels available in Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ).
What companies run services between Seattle Airport (SEA), USA and Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ), South Africa?
British Airways, Airlink, and six other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Port Elizabeth (PLZ) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flysafair.co.za
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–42,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Munich, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–55,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–36,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–38,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Munich, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–38,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–27,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Washington Dulles, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–44,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Munich, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–24,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–70,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–70,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 15,000–55,000
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 24m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–39,000
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–40,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,000–42,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–55,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–44,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 8,500–45,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–70,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 40h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 13,000–70,000
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–39,000
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 7,500–40,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–42,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–42,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–38,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–38,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Munich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–33,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–37,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–35,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–35,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- R 15,000–55,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- R 15,000–55,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–42,000
Flights from Portland International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Washington Dulles, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Istanbul, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Frankfurt, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 9,000–23,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–27,000
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Port Elizabeth via Las Vegas, Zurich, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–34,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Istanbul, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 10,000–29,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to George Airport via Istanbul, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- R 11,000–33,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Port Elizabeth via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- R 9,500–33,000
- Website
- flycemair.co.za
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to East London via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Capetown
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- R 12,000–43,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Tacoma to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- R 650–1,500
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- R 750–1,700
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +27 11 611 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.co.za
Bus from East London to Port Elizabeth
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 480–650
- Schedules at
- greyhound.co.za
- Phone
- +27 86 158 9282
- Website
- res.prasa.com
Bus from George to Port Elizabeth Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- R 280–390
- Schedules at
- res.prasa.com
- Phone
- +1 866-235-5247
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bellair Airporter
Shuttle from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Paine Field Airport Terminal - Eb
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- R 190–500
- Website
- Bellair Airporter
- Schedules at
- Airporter Schedules
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