There are 7 ways to get from Tri-Cities to San Francisco by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane PSC - SFO
3h 52m$138–284Fly to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
cheapest- Fly from Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane PSC - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
6h 44m$75–315Bus, train
- Take the bus from Kennewick, WA - Fred Meyer to Portland, OR - Lloyd Centerbus Portland
- Take the train from Portland to Oaklandtrain Coast Starlight
26h 4m$314–582Drive, bus
- Drive from Tri-Cities to Moses Lakecar
- Take the bus from Moses Lake to Seattle Tacoma Intl Airportbus
- Take the bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sacramento Bus Station to San Francisco Bus Stationbus
26h 11m$177–331Drive 731.9 mi
- Drive from Tri-Cities to San Franciscocar 731.9 mi
13h 32m$134–193Fly to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane PSC - OAK
6h 30m$84–362Drive, train (Amtrak)
- Drive from Tri-Cities to Multimodal Transit Centercar
- Take the train from Ephrata Amtrak to Seattletrain
- Take the train from Seattle to Oaklandtrain
33h 45m$372–764
Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tri-Cities to San Francisco is to drive which costs $130 - $200 and takes 13h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Tri-Cities to San Francisco is to fly which takes 3h 52m and costs $130 - $290.
The distance between Tri-Cities and San Francisco is 642 miles. The road distance is 736.2 miles.
The best way to get from Tri-Cities to San Francisco without a car is to bus and train which takes 26h 4m and costs $310 - $600.
It takes approximately 3h 52m to get from Tri-Cities to San Francisco, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Tri-Cities to San Francisco is 736 miles. It takes approximately 13h 32m to drive from Tri-Cities to San Francisco.
There are 808+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Tri-Cities, WA, USA and San Francisco, CA, USA?
United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and Delta fly from Tri-Cities Airport (PSC) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) every 4 hours.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–280
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–280
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Oakland International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Oakland International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–200
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Oakland International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–300
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–340
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to San Francisco International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–280
Flights from Tri-Cities Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–410
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–480
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ephrata Amtrak to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Seattle to Oakland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $290–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- $9–12
- Phone
- +1 208.342-1900
- [email protected]
- Website
- starlinecollection.com
Bus from Kennewick, WA - Fred Meyer to Portland, OR - Lloyd Center
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–100
- Schedules at
- starlinecollection.com
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Moses Lake to Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Moses Lake to Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Seattle Tacoma Intl Airport to Sacramento Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–27
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Sacramento Bus Station to San Francisco Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
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