There are 5 ways to get from Madison to Calgary by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane MSN - YYC
9h 21m$207–1,007Bus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Madison to Saint Paul Union Depotbus
- Take the train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Shelby Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Shelby Transit Center to Port of Sweet Grassbus
- Drive from Port of Sweet Grass to Southgate Stationcar
- Take the bus from Lethbridge - Ticket Office to Calgary - Downtown Ticket Officebus
33h 4mDrive 2,332.1 km
- Drive from Madison to Calgarycar 2,332.1 km
25h 32m$454–656Bus to General Mitchell International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airportbus
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane MKE - YYC
10h 21m$240–1,131Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Calgary International Airport (YYC)plane ORD - YYC
9h 44m$232–859
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Calgary International Airport (YYC) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Calgary is to drive which costs $450 - $700 and takes 25h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Calgary is to fly which takes 9h 21m and costs $200 - $1,100.
The distance between Madison and Calgary is 2085 km. The road distance is 2332.1 km.
It takes approximately 9h 21m to get from Madison to Calgary, including transfers.
Calgary is 1h behind Madison. It is currently 10:11 PM in Madison and 9:11 PM in Calgary.
Yes, the driving distance between Madison to Calgary is 2332 km. It takes approximately 25h 32m to drive from Madison to Calgary.
There are 953+ hotels available in Calgary.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Calgary, AB, Canada?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Calgary International Airport (YYC) every 4 hours.
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–2,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–2,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 36m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Calgary International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Calgary International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Calgary International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from St. Paul-Minneapolis to Shelby Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $400–900
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Madison to Saint Paul Union Depot
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 406-470-0727
- tctransit@gmail.com
- Website
- northern.rural-transit.com
Bus from Shelby Transit Center to Port of Sweet Grass
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- northern.rural-transit.com
- Phone
- +1 877 769 3287
- customerservice@myebus.ca
- Website
- myebus.ca
Bus from Lethbridge - Ticket Office to Calgary - Downtown Ticket Office
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.myebus.ca/
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
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