There are 5 ways to get from Adelaide to Whanganui by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Palmerston, bus
best- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Palmerston (PMR)plane ADL - PMR
- Take the bus from MSBH - Platform 1 to Trafalgar Square - Bay 3bus
12h 9mFly to New Plymouth Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to New Plymouth Airport (NPL)plane ADL - NPL
- Take the bus from New Plymouth Boys High STUDENTS ONLY to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
12h 26m$305–1,235Fly to Wellington, bus
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Wellington (WLG)plane ADL - WLG
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
13h 28m$345–865Fly to Wanganui Airport
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Wanganui Airport (WAG)plane ADL - WAG
9h 15m$355–1,530Fly to Auckland, train, bus
- Fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Auckland (AKL)plane ADL - AKL
- Take the train from Papakura to Taumarunui Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Taumarunui to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
16h 16m$479–858
Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Palmerston (PMR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Adelaide to Whanganui is to fly and bus which costs $340 - $900 and takes 13h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Adelaide to Whanganui is to fly which takes 9h 15m and costs $350 - $1,600.
The distance between Adelaide and Whanganui is 3382 km.
It takes approximately 12h 9m to get from Adelaide to Whanganui, including transfers.
Whanganui is 2h 30m ahead of Adelaide. It is currently 9:20 AM in Adelaide and 11:50 AM in Whanganui.
There are 66+ hotels available in Whanganui.
What companies run services between Adelaide, SA, Australia and Whanganui, New Zealand?
Qantas, Air Chathams, and two other airlines fly from Adelaide Airport (ADL) to Wanganui Airport (WAG) twice daily.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Melbourne, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Gold Coast, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Gold Coast, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Canberra, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–700
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Palmerston via Melbourne, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Melbourne, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to New Plymouth Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wanganui Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wanganui Airport via Melbourne, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–2,400
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wanganui Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wanganui Airport via Christchurch, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wanganui Airport via Gold Coast, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,600
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wanganui Airport via Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,700
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Gold Coast
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $390–700
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–700
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Wellington via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
Flights from Adelaide Airport to Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,000
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Papakura to Taumarunui Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- (+64) 0508 800 800
- Website
- horizons.govt.nz
Bus from MSBH - Platform 1 to Trafalgar Square - Bay 3
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- Horizons
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from New Plymouth Boys High STUDENTS ONLY to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–65
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Taumarunui to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
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