There are 7 ways to get from Madison to Cardiff by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Bristol Airport (BRS)MSN - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
16h 7m£219–831Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)ORD - CWL
17h 3m£359–507Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)ORD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
16h 29m£333–490Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)MSN - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
15h 24m£406–1,558Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)ORD - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
15h 34m£320–787Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)MSN - CWL
15h 51m£345–1,308Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)ORD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
17h 45m£333–732
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Cardiff is to bus and fly which costs £350 - £550 and takes 17h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 15h 24m and costs £400 - £1,600.
The distance between Madison and Cardiff is 3937 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 7m to get from Madison to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 6h ahead of Madison. It is currently 7:21 PM in Madison and 1:21 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1560+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Cardiff, Wales?
Delta, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–1,200
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Detroit, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Detroit, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–1,200
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,400
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Detroit, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 44m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £430–1,800
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Minneapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £440–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £140–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Newark, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 24m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £210–800
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Bristol Airport via Minneapolis, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £220–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,800
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Philadelphia, Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Cardiff Airport via Newark, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to London Heathrow Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–850
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–26
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–95
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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
- £15–30
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
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