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New York to Seattle

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from New York to Seattle. From €285.11, fastest 8h 34m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

New York to Seattle runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 20:51. One passenger pays between €285.11 and €350.60, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 34m over 3,981 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€285.11 to €350.60

  • 212%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving New York

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:06First departure
  • 20:51Last departure
  • 48Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €720.53Sat19
  2. about €684.54Sun20
  3. about €470.37Mon21
  4. about €457.98Tue22
  5. about €490.43Wed23
  6. about €616.10Thu24
  7. about €459.16Fri25
  8. about €477.45Sat26
  9. about €433.79Sun27
  10. about €380.10Mon28
  11. about €365.94Tue29
  12. about €392.49Wed30
  13. about €455.03Thu1
  14. about €360.04Fri2
  15. about €363.58Sat3
  16. about €335.85Sun4
  17. about €296.32Mon5
  18. about €285.11Tue6
  19. about €303.99Wed7
  20. about €381.28Thu8
  21. about €364.76Fri9

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Seattle. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Seattle for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Seattle King Street and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book New York to Seattle

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €394.8590 days
  2. €230.8360 days
  3. €239.0945 days
  4. €291.6030 days
  5. €364.7621 days
  6. €360.0414 days
  7. €459.167 days
  8. €470.373 days
  9. €720.531 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €230.83.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 212 percent. The most expensive point is €720.53, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€720.53€230.83137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to New York to Seattle and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

3 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

3,981 km

3,865 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

8,804,190780,995

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

New York CityNew York CitySeattleSeattle
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 3,981 km against 3,865 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Seattle King Street

Most of the points near Seattle King Street open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about New York to Seattle

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from New York to Seattle?

The fastest journey from New York to Seattle takes 8h 34m door to door, of which 5h 25m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 57m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from New York to Seattle?

The cheapest fare from New York to Seattle is €285.11, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €501.64. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from New York to Seattle?

The cheapest way from New York to Seattle is by flight, at €285.11 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 8h 35m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book New York to Seattle?

Fares from New York to Seattle bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €230.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 212 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for New York to Seattle?

Friday is the cheapest day to depart from New York to Seattle, at €364.76. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for New York to Seattle?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from New York to Seattle, at €243.22 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from New York to Seattle?

No operator record names New York to Seattle directly. Alaska Airlines, China Airlines, Delta Air Lines, EVA Air, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from New York to Seattle?

Every service we sell from New York to Seattle is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 8h 34m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from New York to Seattle use?

Services from New York to Seattle by flight leave from New York City JFK and arrive at Seattle SEA. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from New York to Seattle?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from New York to Seattle allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New York to Seattle on September 18, 2026: 3981 km of route against 3865 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €285.11, and 8h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Seattle a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Seattle and across United States

Day trips that leave Seattle in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

New York reaches 282 places in 80 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 15,339 km. Seattle reaches 140 places in 19 countries, from 15 to 11,930 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving New York

  • 282Places you can leave for
  • 80Countries
  • 120Operators

Arriving in Seattle

Leaving Seattle

  • 140Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 50Operators

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