There are 9 ways to get from Durham to Banff by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane RDU - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
12h 24m$519–1,363Train to Piedmont Triad International Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Greensborotrain
- Fly from Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane GSO - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
14h 3m$275–957Bus, train
- Take the bus from Durham to Washington Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Washington Union Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depotbus
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Everett Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Everett Bus Stop to Vancouverbus
- Take the bus from Vancouver, BC to Banff, ABbus
3d 16h$1,003–2,147Train, bus
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Raleigh Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Everett Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Everett Amtrak Station to Vancouvertrain
- Take the bus from Vancouver, BC to Banff, ABbus
3d 17h$1,254–2,719Drive 3,916.4 km
- Drive from Durham to Banffcar 3,916.4 km
42h 19m$765–1,104Train to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Charlotte Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane CLT - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
12h 57m$433–1,123Train, train to Fayetteville Municipal Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Selma Stationtrain
- Take the train from Selma Station to Fayetteville Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Fayetteville Municipal Airport (FAY) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane FAY - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
15h 11m$285–917Train to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Alexandriatrain
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane IAD - YYC
- Take the bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centrebus
16h 51m$451–1,514Train, bus via Toronto
- Take the train from Durham Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Jaspertrain
- Take the bus from Jasper, AB to Banff, ABbus
4d 5h$676–1,279
Durham to Banff by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Durham to Banff is to train and fly and bus which costs $280 - $950 and takes 15h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Durham to Banff is to fly and bus which takes 12h 24m and costs $500 - $1,400.
The distance between Durham and Banff is 3425 km. The road distance is 3916.4 km.
The best way to get from Durham to Banff without a car is to bus and train which takes 3 days 16h and costs $1,000 - $2,200.
It takes approximately 12h 24m to get from Durham to Banff, including transfers.
Banff is 2h behind Durham. It is currently 1:14 PM in Durham and 11:14 AM in Banff.
Yes, the driving distance between Durham to Banff is 3916 km. It takes approximately 42h 19m to drive from Durham to Banff.
There are 551+ hotels available in Banff.
What companies run services between Durham, NC, USA and Banff, AB, Canada?
There is no direct connection from Durham to Banff. However, you can take the line 700 bus to Regional Transit Center, take the line 100 bus to RDU Airport at Terminal 1, walk to Raleigh-Durham-Airport-RDU airport, fly to Calgary International Airport (YYC), walk to Calgary Airport, then take the bus to HI Banff Alpine Centre. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Durham to Banff, AB via Washington Union Station, Chicago Bus Station, Saint Paul Union Depot, St. Paul-Minneapolis, Everett Amtrak Station, Everett Bus Stop, Vancouver, and Vancouver, BC in around 3d 16h.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Washington Dulles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,300
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,500
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Calgary International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Calgary International Airport via Atlanta, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,300
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,500
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,500
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Calgary International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Calgary International Airport via Atlanta, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Calgary International Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Fayetteville Municipal Airport to Calgary International Airport via Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Everett Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Raleigh Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–20
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Raleigh Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $350–800
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Everett Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $700–1,600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Everett Amtrak Station to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Charlotte Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Greensboro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Selma Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Selma Station to Fayetteville Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Alexandria
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Durham Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–410
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from New York Penn Station to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $130–180
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $130–160
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $100–130
Train from Toronto Union Station to Jasper
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 22h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $300–550
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Economy Adult - same day booking
- $300–550
- Economy Adult - Advanced Booking
- $400–550
- Economy Escape Advanced Booking - Adult
- $380–440
- Phone
- +1 800 974 2850
- Website
- banffexplorer.com
Bus from Calgary Airport to HI Banff Alpine Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $59
- Schedules at
- banffexplorer.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Durham to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Durham to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Washington Union Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–300
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–180
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Everett Bus Stop to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- 1-833-583-3636
- contact@riderexpress.ca
- Website
- riderexpress.ca
Bus from Vancouver, BC to Banff, AB
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–210
- Website
- https://riderexpress.ca/
- Standard
- $160–210
- Phone
- 1-888-786-3641
- info@sundogtours.com
- Website
- sundogtours.com
Bus from Jasper, AB to Banff, AB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Schedules at
- sundogtours.com
- Adult
- $95–140
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