There are 6 ways to get from Decatur to East Lansing by plane, taxi, bus, train, or car
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Fly Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Capital Region International Airport
best- Fly from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) to Capital Region International Airport (LAN)plane HSV - LAN
5h 45m$182–849Drive 634.8 mi
cheapest- Drive from Decatur to East Lansingcar 634.8 mi
11h 5m$116–168Taxi, bus, train
- Take the taxi from Decatur to Huntsville, ALtaxi
- Take the bus from Huntsville, AL to Nashville Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Nashville Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to East Lansing Amtrak Stationtrain
19h 14m$289–529Taxi, bus
- Take the taxi from Decatur to Huntsville, ALtaxi
- Take the bus from Huntsville, AL to Nashville Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Nashville Bus Station to Toledo Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Toledo to East Lansing Amtrak Stationbus
19h 21m$224–359Fly Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Detroit, bus
- Fly from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) to Detroit (DTW)plane HSV - DTW
- Take the bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriottbus
5h 22m$147–680Drive to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, fly to Detroit, bus
- Drive from Decatur to Birmingham-Airport-BHMcar
- Fly from Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) to Detroit (DTW)plane BHM - DTW
- Take the bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriottbus
6h 46m$144–707
Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) to Capital Region International Airport (LAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Decatur to East Lansing is to drive which costs $110 - $170 and takes 11h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Decatur to East Lansing is to fly and bus which takes 5h 22m and costs $140 - $700.
The distance between Decatur and East Lansing is 602 miles. The road distance is 638.5 miles.
The best way to get from Decatur to East Lansing without a car is to taxi and bus and train which takes 19h 14m and costs $280 - $550.
It takes approximately 5h 45m to get from Decatur to East Lansing, including transfers.
East Lansing is 1h ahead of Decatur. It is currently 6:21 PM in Decatur and 7:21 PM in East Lansing.
Yes, the driving distance between Decatur to East Lansing is 639 miles. It takes approximately 11h 5m to drive from Decatur to East Lansing.
There are 85+ hotels available in East Lansing.
What companies run services between Decatur, AL, USA and East Lansing, MI, USA?
Delta, American Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) to Capital Region International Airport (LAN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Capital Region International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Capital Region International Airport via Atlanta, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Detroit via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Detroit via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Capital Region International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Capital Region International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Detroit via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Detroit via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Detroit via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Detroit via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Detroit via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to East Lansing Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Huntsville, AL to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Huntsville, AL to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Toledo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- greyhound.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Huntsville, AL to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Huntsville, AL to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Toledo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Nashville Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Toledo to East Lansing Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- info@michiganflyer.com
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from DTW McNamara Terminal to East Lansing Marriott
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Estimated price
- $70–90
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