There are 3 ways to get from San Diego Airport (SAN) to Amsterdam by plane or train
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Recommended option
Fly to Amsterdam Schiphol
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Fly from San Diego (SAN) to Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
2 alternative options
Fly to Brussels, train
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Fly from San Diego (SAN) to Brussels (BRU)
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Take the train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
Fly to Dusseldorf, train
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Fly from San Diego (SAN) to Dusseldorf (DUS)
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Take the train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraal
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Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal
San Diego (SAN) to Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) flights
The flight time between San Diego (SAN) and Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) is around 15h 47m and covers a distance of around 9012 km. This includes an average layover time of around 3h 27m. Services are operated by British Airways, Delta, United Airlines and others. Typically 230 flights run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
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International entry into Netherlands from United States
- Entry is fully open for citizens and permanent residents of United States
Conditions of entry into Netherlands from United States
- Entry is allowed for fully vaccinated travellers or those who have recovered from COVID-19 in the last 6 months
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, entry into Netherlands is currently allowed from United States.
Explore travel optionsDomestic travel is not restricted, but some conditions may apply
- Face masks are recommended
- There is a social distancing requirement of 1.5 metres
- There are no current restrictions
The national COVID-19 helpline number in Amsterdam is 1351.
Wearing a face mask on public transport in Amsterdam is recommended.
The social distance requirement in Amsterdam is 1.5 metres.
Make yourself known to an official member of staff and/or call the national coronavirus helpline number on 1351.
No, but conditions apply when returning to United States from Netherlands.
See options for return travel.
Last updated: 28 Jul 2022
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Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Diego Airport (SAN) to Amsterdam is to fly which costs $380 - $1,400 and takes 13h 9m.
The quickest way to get from San Diego Airport (SAN) to Amsterdam is to fly which costs $380 - $1,400 and takes 13h 9m.
The distance between San Diego Airport (SAN) and Amsterdam is 9013 km.
It takes approximately 13h 9m to get from San Diego Airport (SAN) to Amsterdam, including transfers.
There is no direct flight from San Diego Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The quickest flight takes 12h 45m and has one stopover.
Amsterdam is 9h ahead of San Diego Airport (SAN). It is currently 02:44 in San Diego Airport (SAN) and 11:44 in Amsterdam.
WestJet, British Airways, Air Canada and five other airlines offer flights from San Diego Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
There are 2368+ hotels available in Amsterdam. Prices start at €100 per night.
- Distance: 9013.2 km
- Duration: 13h 9m
What companies run services between San Diego Airport (SAN), USA and Amsterdam, Netherlands?
British Airways, Delta and six other airlines fly from San Diego Airport (SAN) to Amsterdam hourly.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430 - €1800
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2400
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460 - €2000
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500 - €2200
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420 - €1500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €450 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430 - €1800
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €550 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €460 - €2000
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €500 - €2200
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €440 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Minneapolis, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420 - €1500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 16m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Washington Dulles, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400 - €1300
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430 - €1400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2000
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €1900
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450 - €1400
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Denver, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €430 - €1400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2300
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €900 - €4100
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2600
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €420 - €1400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €700 - €2300
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €900 - €4100
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €1000 - €2600
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €420 - €1400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Amsterdam Schiphol via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €950 - €2000
Flights from San Diego to Brussels via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €900 - €2100
Flights from San Diego to Dusseldorf via Denver, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €400 - €1300
- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Anvers-Central to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55 - €110
- Website
- Thalys
- Standard
- €55 - €80
- Comfort
- €65 - €90
- Premium
- €80 - €110
- Phone
- 069 450099650
- Kundenservice-Linie10@vias-online.de
- Website
- vias-online.de
Train from Duesseldorf Flughafen to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Dutch Railways (NS) is the main passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS connects all major cities in the Netherlands, and offers night trains, international trains, Intercity direct, and trains to and from the airport. NS International is the international subsidiary of NS; their services include high-speed trains such as Thalys, ICE International, Eurostar and TGV, to major European hubs including Paris, London, Brussels, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Lille.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13 - €35
- Website
- Dutch Railways (NS)
- Book at
- Netherlands Rail Pass
- 2nd Class
- €13 - €19
- 1st Class
- €22 - €35
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