Amman - 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?
East Coast. About 15 hours door to door. - Feb 2021
DC - flights are changing all the time. Currently the direct flight on RJ from Chicago to Amman is the one the Embassy is using. - Jan 2021
Northern Virginia. About 19 hours? Dulles, to London, to Amman. Travel isn't too bad. There are $600 flights from Chicago for family to visit. - Dec 2020
Oregon. Connect through NYC or Chicago from Amman. - Sep 2020
US/DC. It is about 24 hour trip, all said and done. There are direct flights from NYC and Chicago. - Sep 2018
East Coast, USA. There is a direct flight from NYC to Amman, but we like to break it up with a stop in France, Germany, or England. You can make the trip in fewer than 24 hours door to door. - Sep 2018
Washington DC area, USA. Many flight options through Frankfurt or London or Paris. - Mar 2017
We are from the West Coast in the U.S., and the trip is a long one. There is a Seattle-Frankfurt flight and then Frankfurt-Amman. In total the flight time is a grueling 20+ hours. - Jul 2016
Washington D.C. transiting London, Frankfurt, or Vienna. - Mar 2016
Washington, D.C.--fly through London or Frankfurt, or take a non-stop to JFK and connect there. - Mar 2016
California, we flew from D.C. to London and then onto Jordan. I know there is a direct flight from Jordan to Chicago. - Nov 2015
Salt Lake City. It takes 24-29 hours to get home, depending on layovers. We usually fly Amman>Paris>Salt Lake. We have also flown through Frankfurt and Vienna with a layover on the east coast of the U.S. - May 2015
Ottawa - a 10 hour direct flight to Montreal, or about 18 hours to connect through Frankfurt or London. - Mar 2015
We don't have a home base (no home ownership) but typically end up in Virginia. Flights from Amman can go either direct to Chicago or NY or typically transit Vienna, Frankfurt, or London to go to DC. - Jul 2014
We travel to the West coast mostly, and with connections the travel time is about 18-20 hours. From Washington DC it is closer to 14 hours. - Mar 2014
An easy way to get here is to fly direct from Chicago. People also transit via Vienna. - Dec 2013
Washington DC, about 18 hours with a layover in Frankfurt. - Aug 2013
DC requires a stopover, usually in Europe. - Jul 2013
Washington DC - 18-20 hours because of bad connections. - May 2013
DC. It is about a 16-hour trip, connecting through London or Frankfurt. - Mar 2013
Maryland, United States. It is a 14 hour flight if you fly direct (Amman to NY).If you pass through Europe, then you would have to include time for layovers. - Apr 2012
Homebase is Washington, DC.Several flights to choose from to get to Amman. Direct flights from JFK or Chicago; connections from DC through London, Frankfurt, Vienna, Paris. Having flown all of them, my preference is United to London then BMI from London to Amman. - Mar 2012
The East coast. There are direct flights from Amman to New York (12.5 hours) and Chicago (13.5 hours). - Mar 2012
DC, 15 hours via NY. - Oct 2011
Based in DC.There are direct flights to Amman from New York and Chicago. Other cities require a European layover like London, Paris, or Frankfurt. I don't recommend the Paris layover as bags tend to get lost due to the short layover before departing to Amman. - Aug 2011
Sterling, VA 14 hours direct flight. - Aug 2011
