There are 5 ways to get from Xiamen to San Francisco by plane, train, or shuttle
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Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane XMN - SFO
16h 4m$334–968Train to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Xiamen North to Jinjiangtrain
- Fly from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane JJN - SFO
24h 22m$270–732Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Oakland International Airport
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane XMN - OAK
15h 33m$510–1,514Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, Caltrain
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane XMN - SJC
- Take the train from Santa Clara Caltrain Northbound to San Francisco Caltrain Northboundtrain
16h 48m$517–1,521Fly Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to Sonoma County Airport (STS)plane XMN - STS
- Take a shuttle bus from Santa Rosa Airport to San Francisco Pier 27
24h 20m$300–866
Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Xiamen to San Francisco is to train and fly which costs $270 - $750 and takes 24h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Xiamen to San Francisco is to fly which takes 15h 33m and costs $500 - $1,600.
The distance between Xiamen and San Francisco is 6679 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 4m to get from Xiamen to San Francisco, including transfers.
San Francisco is 15h behind Xiamen. It is currently 12:50 AM in Xiamen and 9:50 AM in San Francisco.
There are 833+ hotels available in San Francisco.
What companies run services between Xiamen, China and San Francisco, CA, USA?
Xiamen Airlines, Japan Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–850
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 23m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Vancouver, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 23m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Vancouver, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 51m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Beijing Capital, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Sonoma County Airport via Tokyo Narita, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Oakland International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, San Diego
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 9m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Beijing Capital, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 14m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $320–950
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–700
- 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
Train from Xiamen North to Jinjiang
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $6–9
- Adult - 1st Class
- $5–8
Train from Xiamen North to Jinjiang
- 2nd Class Seat
- $3–4
- 1st Class Seat
- $5–7
- Business Class Seat
- $7–11
- Phone
- +1 707-837-8700
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Shuttle from Santa Rosa Airport to San Francisco Pier 27
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/sonoma-county/
- First Passenger
- $25–60
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