There are 7 ways to get from Madeira to Melbourne by plane, bus, train, or car ferry
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Fly Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport
best- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Essendon Fields Airport (MEB)plane FNC - MEB
47h 55m$1,017–3,117Car ferry to Porto Santo Airport, fly to Melbourne Airport
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Funchal to Porto Santocarferry
- Fly from Porto Santo Airport (PXO) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane PXO - MEL
47h 14m$761–3,133Fly Madeira Airport to Melbourne Airport
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Melbourne Airport (MEL)plane FNC - MEL
41h 25m$1,139–1,639Fly Madeira Airport to Avalon Airport, bus
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane FNC - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
36h 20m$1,439–4,639Fly Madeira Airport to Bendigo Airport, train
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Bendigo Airport (BXG)plane FNC - BXG
- Take the train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
2d 1h$1,038–3,446Fly Madeira Airport to Mount Gambier Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Mount Gambier Airport (MGB)plane FNC - MGB
- Take the bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard Stbus
- Take the train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Stationtrain
38h 22m$1,142–3,975Car ferry to Porto Santo Airport, fly to Avalon Airport, bus
- Take the car ferry from Funchal to Porto Santocarferry
- Fly from Porto Santo Airport (PXO) to Avalon Airport (AVV)plane PXO - AVV
- Take the bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminalbus
2d 4h$1,061–3,133
Madeira Airport (FNC) to Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madeira to Melbourne is to fly which costs $1,100 - $1,700 and takes 41h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Madeira to Melbourne is to fly and bus which takes 36h 20m and costs $1,400 - $4,700.
The distance between Madeira and Melbourne is 18276 km.
It takes approximately 47h 55m to get from Madeira to Melbourne, including transfers.
Melbourne is 9h ahead of Madeira. It is currently 7:15 AM in Madeira and 4:15 PM in Melbourne.
There are 3576+ hotels available in Melbourne.
What companies run services between Madeira, Portugal and Melbourne, VIC, Australia?
Iberia, Qatar Airways, and eight other airlines fly from Madeira Airport (FNC) to Essendon Fields Airport (MEB) 4 times a week.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Avalon Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,600
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bendigo Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bendigo Airport via Milan Malpensa, Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,200
Flights from Madeira Airport to Bendigo Airport via Milan Malpensa, Singapore Changi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Avalon Airport via Lisboa, Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 44h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Avalon Airport via Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Avalon Airport via Lisboa, Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
- Website
- rex.com.au
Flights from Madeira Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Vienna, Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 1m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,900
Flights from Madeira Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Milan Malpensa, Singapore Changi, Melbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–7,000
Flights from Madeira Airport to Mount Gambier Airport via Milan Malpensa, Singapore Changi, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–6,500
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport via Madrid, Doha, Melbourne Airport, King Island
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport via Zurich, Phuket, Melbourne Airport, King Island
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–4,800
Flights from Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport via Milan Malpensa, Singapore Changi, Melbourne Airport, King Island
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
- Website
- sharpairlines.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport via Madrid, Doha, Melbourne Airport, King Island
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport via Zurich, Phuket, Melbourne Airport, King Island
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–4,800
Flights from Madeira Airport to Essendon Fields Airport via Milan Malpensa, Singapore Changi, Melbourne Airport, King Island
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–6,000
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Avalon Airport via Lisboa, Doha, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 44h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,600
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Avalon Airport via Luxembourg, Abu Dhabi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Avalon Airport via Lisboa, Doha, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,500
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Melbourne Airport via Lisboa, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Melbourne Airport via Lisboa, Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Madeira Airport to Melbourne Airport via Budapest, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,500
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Porto Santo Airport to Melbourne Airport via Porto, Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- Website
- vline.com.au
Train from Bendigo Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $9–13
Train from Ballarat Station to Southern Cross Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Off Peak
- $8–12
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal to Skybus Coach Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
- Phone
- 1800 800 007
- customer.relations@vline.com.au
- Website
- vline.com.au
Bus from Tourist Information Centre/Jubilee Hwy East to Ballarat Station/Lydiard St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $4–29
- Website
- https://www.vline.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Timetables/Train-coach-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.vline.com.au/Plan-trip-buy-tickets
- Phone
- +351 291 210 300
- info@portosantoline.pt
- Website
- portosantoline.pt
Car ferry from Funchal to Porto Santo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–470
- Website
- https://www.portosantoline.pt/en/
- Schedules at
- https://reservasc.portosantoline.pt/en/timetable/
- Economy one way
- $55–70
- 1st Class one way
- $75–85
- 1 Passenger + Car (A class) one way
- $230–470
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