Guayaquil - 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?
I am from Chicago and my close and extended family still live in the area. Flights from O'Hare go through Atlanta, Houston, Miami or Panama (primarily) for a total of 7-8 flight hours. For a "northern city" the flights are pretty easy and affordable.. - Aug 2022
US. The only flights from the United States to Guayaquil are from Miami and New York. If you're coming from anywhere else you'll likely connect in one of those airports, or through Panama. There are flights daily, but the hours of arrival and departure are usually very early in the morning or late at night. Flying to anywhere from Guayaquil is more expensive than you'd think. $500 to Colombia, $1000+ to Bolivia, it is not a convenient location for travel due to the inflated flight costs. - Jun 2022
New York, it's a direct overnight flight or a connection through Miami. Very easy. - Oct 2020
The US, which is roughly a four hour flight from Miami. - Feb 2019
Home base is the western United States - California. Normally we would fly out of Washington DC during transfers, but flying from the west coast to DC normally takes about six hours. 2 hour flight to Miami, and then a 4 hour flight to Guayaquil. American Airlines is the main carrier which Foreign Service members use getting to Guayaquil. There are co-shares available such as LAN, but it depends on how your organization wants to route your trip. - Jun 2013
Direct flight to NY and Miami. - May 2013
Direct flights to Miami (4 hrs) and NYC. Transporting pets becoming more difficult due to certain airlines discontinuing service. - Jan 2012
Northeast US. All day to travel to post - Jan 2012
South Florida. Direct flight to Miami take 4 hours. - Aug 2011
