Onward trips from Seattle

Where travelers go next after landing at SEA, and how to get there: the drives, buses, trains and short flights to the places people head to most. Each guide compares the ways to make one trip, with times and costs as the operators publish them.

• Seattle airport to Bellevue

  SEA to Bellevue by the hourly shuttle ($30 for one), Route 560 bus, Uber (about $70, 27 minutes) or taxi ($20 minimum). Where each boards and what goes wrong.

  • Which ride costs what from SEA to Bellevue
  • Which ride fits your group and your address
  • How the Bellevue shuttle works and where it boards
  • Is there a bus from SEA to Bellevue?
  • What Uber and Lyft cost from SEA to Bellevue
  • How much is a taxi to Bellevue?
  • Premier vans go to any address
  • Driving to or from Bellevue
  • What goes wrong, and what to do
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Bellingham: Airporter Shuttle Pickup, Times and Fare

  The Airporter Shuttle runs SEA to Bellingham 10 times a day, about 2.5 hours, from the Arrivals Drive curb. Book ahead. Times, pickup spot and fares.

  • Where to find the Airporter at SEA
  • Northbound times from SEA
  • What it costs against the other ways north
  • What one traveler filmed
  • If your flight is late
  • Going the other way
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Bremerton and Kitsap: Airporter or Ferry?

  SEA to Bremerton: the Kitsap Airporter boards at Door 02. Link plus the ferry is 1 hr 47 min and $11.65 by Moovit's count. Uber averages $157. Which fits you.

  • The options side by side
  • Which one fits your trip
  • Where to find the Kitsap Airporter at SEA
  • Link plus the ferry, step by step
  • Taking an Uber
  • When something goes wrong
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Everett: Link and Bus, Shuttle, Uber and Taxi Compared

  SEA to Everett takes 53 to 64 minutes by van or car and 90 to 101 by Link plus a bus. Fares, boarding spots and late-night options compared.

  • The options side by side
  • Link and a bus: the cheap way north
  • Door-to-door shuttle: the private van wins from three people
  • Uber, Lyft and taxis
  • Driving yourself, or being met
  • Farther north than Everett
  • If you land after the last train
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Mount Rainier: Drive Time, Day Trip and Season

  SEA to Mount Rainier's Paradise is about 2 hours 15 minutes by car, and no bus goes there. Plan the rental pickup, a same-day trip and the best season.

  • The drive from the rental car facility
  • Can you do it the day you land?
  • Flying out the same night
  • When to go
  • Seeing the mountain
  • What it costs, with a car or without one
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Olympia: Bus, Shuttle, Uber and Rental Compared

  SEA to Olympia is about 50 miles. Direct buses start at $15.48, private cars at $150, Uber averages $154. Find your pickup spot and compare routes.

  • Every way to Olympia side by side
  • The bus from Door 2
  • Shuttle vans and private cars
  • Uber, Lyft or a taxi
  • Public buses: check the Olympia connection
  • Renting a car
  • Getting picked up by someone from Olympia
  • Going back from Olympia to SEA
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Port Angeles: Dungeness Line Bus, Ferry and Driving

  The Dungeness Line express leaves SEA at 1:45 p.m. for Port Angeles, about 3 hours, $54 by its own fare list. Pickup, other options, and a missed bus.

  • Which way to go
  • Catching the Dungeness Line at SEA
  • How long to allow after landing
  • Which run suits your arrival
  • Where the runs stop
  • Tickets, bags and rules
  • If your flight runs late or you miss the bus
  • Link, ferry and a bus: the no-car route
  • Driving to Port Angeles
  • After you get to Port Angeles
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Portland: Bus, Train, Flight and Drive Compared

  SEA to Portland by FlixBus (fares from $28.48 on its Seattle page), Link plus Amtrak, a 55-minute flight or a rental car. Where each boards and what goes wrong.

  • The options side by side
  • Which one fits your landing time
  • FlixBus from the arrivals curb
  • Is there a train from Seattle airport to Portland?
  • Flying SEA to PDX
  • Driving to Portland
  • A taxi or private car
  • When it goes wrong
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Tacoma: Rideshare, Shuttle, Bus and Link Compared

  Compare rideshare, taxi, van and rental car from SEA to Tacoma. By transit, take Link to Federal Way or the 597 night bus to Tacoma Dome.

  • The options side by side
  • By car: rideshare, taxi, van or rental
  • Transit to Tacoma: Link to Federal Way, route 574 and FlixBus
  • Night Bus 597
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to the San Juan Islands: Shuttle, Ferry or Seaplane

  Island Airporter runs SEA to Friday Harbor and Roche Harbor for $75 to $95, weekdays at 11 a.m. Also: Bellair plus ferry, or a seaplane.

  • Which way fits your arrival
  • Island Airporter: one seat from the curb to the dock
  • Bellair plus the state ferry takes two tickets
  • Seaplanes fly the last leg from Renton or Lake Union
  • What to do if you miss the 11 a.m. run
  • Passport, car and ferry reservation
  • Sources
• Seattle airport to Vancouver, BC: shuttle, train or car

  SEA to Vancouver, BC: Quick Shuttle boards at Door 02, the train starts downtown after a $3 Link ride, and travelers describe the border steps.

  • The options side by side
  • Quick Shuttle: the curb outside Door 02
  • Link, then Amtrak Cascades
  • The border, as travelers describe it
  • Driving
  • Flying instead
  • When things go wrong
  • Sources
• Seattle Airport to Whidbey Island: Shuttle, Ferry and Fares

  One airporter serves Whidbey from SEA: nine trips a day, Doors 00 and 02, $64 adult from Oak Harbor. Stops, the ferry, late flights and driving yourself.

  • Your options at a glance
  • How the Whidbey shuttle works
  • Fares
  • Which stop is yours
  • If your flight runs late
  • Renting a car for Whidbey
  • Sources