There are 5 ways to get from Denver to Wellington by plane, bus, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Denver to Wellington
best- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Wellington (WLG)plane DEN - WLG
21h 46m$822–3,041Bus, bus to Aspen–Pitkin County Airport, fly to Wellington
cheapest- Take the bus from Union Station Gate B19 to West Glenwood Park & Ridebus
- Take the bus from West Glenwood Park & Ride to AABC Airport UVbus
- Fly from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport (ASE) to Wellington (WLG)plane ASE - WLG
26h 35m$754–2,689Bus, bus to Eagle County Regional Airport, fly to Wellington
- Take the bus from Union Station Gate B19 to Vail Transportation Centerbus
- Take the bus from Vail Transportation Center to Eagle County Airportbus
- Fly from Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) to Wellington (WLG)plane EGE - WLG
28h 30m$831–2,789Fly Denver to Palmerston, bus, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Palmerston (PMR)plane DEN - PMR
- Take the bus from Palmerston North to Waikanaebus
- Take the train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Stationtrain
25h 42m$837–3,270Fly Denver to Paraparaumu, train
- Fly from Denver (DEN) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane DEN - PPQ
- Take the train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Stationtrain
25h 20m$829–3,221
Denver (DEN) to Wellington (WLG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Denver to Wellington is to bus and fly which costs $750 - $2,700 and takes 26h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Denver to Wellington is to fly which takes 21h 46m and costs $800 - $3,100.
The distance between Denver and Wellington is 12183 km.
It takes approximately 21h 46m to get from Denver to Wellington, including transfers.
Wellington is 20h ahead of Denver. It is currently 8:00 AM in Denver and 4:00 AM in Wellington.
There are 482+ hotels available in Wellington.
What companies run services between Denver, CO, USA and Wellington, New Zealand?
United Airlines, Air New Zealand, and three other airlines fly from Denver (DEN) to Wellington (WLG) 5 times a day.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Denver to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Denver to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Denver to Wellington via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 49m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Denver to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland, New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland, New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Denver to Palmerston via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 53m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Denver to Palmerston via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Denver to Palmerston via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Denver to Palmerston via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 3m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Denver to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Denver to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Denver to Paraparaumu via San Francisco, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
Flights from Denver to Paraparaumu via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Denver to Paraparaumu via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Denver to Paraparaumu via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 16m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Denver to Paraparaumu via Houston, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 6m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Denver to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Eagle County Regional Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 44m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via Los Angeles, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Aspen–Pitkin County Airport to Wellington via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Denver to Palmerston via Vancouver, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Denver to Paraparaumu via Los Angeles, Auckland, Blenheim
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,100
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Waikanae Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- +1 800-900-3011
- Website
- ridebustang.com
Bus from Union Station Gate B19 to Vail Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–35
- Website
- https://ridebustang.com
Bus from Union Station Gate B19 to West Glenwood Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://ridebustang.com
- Phone
- +1 970-328-3520
- info@coretransit.org
- Website
- evta.colorado.gov
Bus from Vail Transportation Center to Eagle County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7
- Website
- https://evta.colorado.gov
- Schedules at
- https://evta.colorado.gov/schedule
- Phone
- +1 970-754-7433
- Website
- epicmountainexpress.com
Bus from Vail Transportation Center to Eagle County Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.epicmountainexpress.com/
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Palmerston North to Waikanae
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–50
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- Phone
- +1 970-925-8484
- Website
- rfta.com
Bus from West Glenwood Park & Ride to AABC Airport UV
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Schedules at
- rfta.com
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