There are 9 ways to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk by plane, train (Amtrak), bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), car, bus, or train
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Fly to Norfolk International Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane LAX - ORF
6h 51m$217–566Fly to Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport (PHF)plane LAX - PHF
10h 10m$134–539Train (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Norfolktrain
2d 21h$1,753–2,788Bus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Norfolkbus
3d$542–827Drive 2,671.4 mi
- Drive from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolkcar 2,671.4 mi
43h 49m$488–705Fly to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane LAX - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Norfolkbus
9h 41m$206–805Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane LAX - DCA
- Take the train from Alexandria to Norfolktrain
10h 30m$308–698Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane LAX - IAD
- Take the train from Alexandria to Norfolktrain
11h 29m$310–743Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane LAX - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Norfolktrain
11h 42m$307–1,370
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk by bus, foot, and train (Amtrak)
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk is to fly which costs $130 - $550 and takes 10h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk is to fly which takes 6h 51m and costs $210 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk station. However, there are services departing from LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal and arriving at Military Hwy Station via Los Angeles Union Station, St Louis Bus Station, Philadelphia Bus Station and Military & Poplar Hall. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
No, there is no direct train from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk. However, there are services departing from Los Angeles and arriving at Norfolk via Chicago Union Station and Petersburg Amtrak Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 21h.
The distance between Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Norfolk is 2387 miles. The road distance is 2687 miles.
The best way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk without a car is to train which takes 2 days 21h and costs $1,700 - $2,800.
It takes approximately 6h 51m to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk, including transfers.
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, depart from Los Angeles Union Station.
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk train services, operated by Amtrak, depart from Los Angeles station.
The best way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk is to fly which takes 6h 51m and costs $210 - $600. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $1,700 - $2,800 and takes 2 days 21h, you could also bus, which costs $500 - $850 and takes 3 days 0h.
What companies run services between Los Angeles Airport (LAX), USA and Norfolk, VA, USA?
Southwest Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF) hourly. Alternatively, you can take a bus from LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal to Norfolk via Los Angeles Union Station, Los Angeles, Chicago Union Station, and Petersburg Amtrak Station in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport via Phoenix, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport via Nashville, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport via Will Rogers World, Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 58m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Richmond International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,200–1,900
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Chicago Union Station to Petersburg Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–800
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Petersburg Amtrak Station to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Alexandria to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Alexandria to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Washington Union Station to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–190
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- Maryland Transit
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- Maryland Transit
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Los Angeles Union Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $330–500
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Philadelphia Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160–240
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Philadelphia Bus Station to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Richmond to Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
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Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk bus services, operated by Greyhound USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Norfolk is 3h ahead of Los Angeles Airport (LAX). It is currently 09:21 in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and 12:21 in Norfolk.
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk train services, operated by Amtrak, arrive at Chicago Union Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk is 2687 miles. It takes approximately 43h 49m to drive from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Norfolk.
There are 303+ hotels available in Norfolk.