Bucharest - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?
Home base is in the United States. As of 2023, there are no direct flights from US to Bucharest. The trip takes approximately 14-18 hours to the East Coast. Add another 3-5 hours if flying to West Coast locations. Most common connections are in London and Amsterdam (3-4 hr layover). Other options include Munich or Frankfurt. Direct flights to major U.S. cities available from layover location. - Jun 2023
Home is New York or D.C. There are no direct flights from Romania to the U.S., although there are a few now from Canada. Many airlines fly to Bucharest (OTP), so it's just a matter of which airline and connection point you prefer: London, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, etc. If you're flying in with pets, opt for Lufthansa with an easy connection in Frankfurt or Munich. Including an average layover, you're looking at 10-hour journey to Eastern U.S. Overall, it's an easy journey with many options for flight times, airlines, layover points. - Mar 2019
Usually Bucharest to Frankfurt or Vienna and then on to Dulles. Overall about 15 hours. - Jun 2018
Since we were last based in DC, it's not a terribly exciting route: DC to Frankfurt to Bucharest, about 11 hours of flying time. Ask my in-laws about their route and you will find yourself exhausted: Springfield, MO to Chicago to Dulles to Frankfurt to Bucharest. It's only 90 minutes of extra flight time, but what a difference it makes! - Feb 2014
DC via Munich, Vienna or Amsterdam; 12 hours. - Jan 2013
Washington D.C. - about 14 hours with a layover in Germany. - May 2011
Home base is U.S. The trip takes approximately 18 hours, with connections in Munich, Frankfurt or Amsterdam, and direct flights to major U.S. cities from there. - Jul 2010
Boston; You can connect through Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Rome, London, and Amsterdam. During the summer months, Delta offers a direct flight from JFK. - Dec 2009
It is about a 13-hour flight to Washington DC, making a connection in Amsterdam or Frankfurt - Dec 2009
