There are 8 ways to get from Zambia to Washington by car, plane, subway, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Drive to Lubumbashi International Airport, fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
best- Drive from Chingola to Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM)car
- Fly from Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane FBM - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
30h 48m$874–1,935Fly Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane LUN - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
23h 41m$715–1,706Fly Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Ndola (NLA) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane NLA - DCA
24h 6m$1,311–3,412Fly Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane LUN - DCA
22h 18m$1,131–2,937Fly Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Ndola (NLA) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane NLA - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
26h 39m$863–2,215Fly Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane LUN - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
24h 52m$783–1,540Fly Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Lusaka (LUN) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane LUN - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 10m$901–1,577Drive to Kamuzu International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Drive from Chipata to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW)car
- Fly from Kamuzu International Airport (LLW) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane LLW - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
27h 12m$1,113–1,911
Lubumbashi International Airport (FBM) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zambia to Washington is to fly and train which costs $900 - $1,600 and takes 25h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Zambia to Washington is to fly which takes 22h 18m and costs $1,100 - $3,000.
The distance between Zambia and Washington is 7686 miles.
It takes approximately 30h 48m to get from Zambia to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 6h behind Zambia. It is currently 2:41 PM in Zambia and 8:41 AM in Washington.
There are 1406+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Zambia and Washington, DC, USA?
Airlink, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Ndola (NLA) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Addis Ababa, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,100
Flights from Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Johannesburg, Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Addis Ababa, Brussels, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,400
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Johannesburg, Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Johannesburg, Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport via Johannesburg, Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport via Addis Ababa, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,900
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 59m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,200
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,900
Flights from Lusaka to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 28m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Johannesburg, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kamuzu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 19m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 49m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,400
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Kamuzu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 38m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Addis Ababa, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,100
Flights from Ndola to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Addis Ababa, Brussels, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–3,400
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from Lusaka to Washington Dulles International Airport via Addis Ababa, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,900
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,100
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Lusaka to Newark Liberty International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from Lusaka to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Ndola to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Kinshasa, Lome
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,900
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Lubumbashi International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Kinshasa, Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
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