There are 7 ways to get from Madison to Clearwater by plane, bus, car, or train
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Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Tampa (TPA)plane MSN - TPA
7h 4m$118–608Bus, drive
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton Stbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Jacksonvillebus
- Take the bus from Jacksonville to Lakelandbus
- Drive from Lakeland to Clearwatercar
35h 54mBus, train
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrakbus
- Take the train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Tampatrain
46h 24m$279–579Drive 1,271.5 mi
- Drive from Madison to Clearwatercar 1,271.5 mi
22h 37m$233–336Bus 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 Tampa (TPA)plane MKE - TPA
8h 34m$197–609Bus 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 Tampa (TPA)plane ORD - TPA
9h 23m$121–356Bus to Chicago Midway 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 Midway International Airport (MDW) to Tampa (TPA)plane MDW - TPA
10h 49m$130–606
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Tampa (TPA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Clearwater is to bus and fly which costs $120 - $360 and takes 9h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Clearwater is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs $110 - $650.
The distance between Madison and Clearwater is 1155 miles. The road distance is 1279 miles.
The best way to get from Madison to Clearwater without a car is to bus and train which takes 46h 24m and costs $270 - $600.
It takes approximately 7h 4m to get from Madison to Clearwater, including transfers.
Clearwater is 1h ahead of Madison. It is currently 10:46 PM in Madison and 11:46 PM in Clearwater.
Yes, the driving distance between Madison to Clearwater is 1279 miles. It takes approximately 22h 37m to drive from Madison to Clearwater.
There are 1660+ hotels available in Clearwater.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Clearwater, FL, USA?
Breeze Airways, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Tampa (TPA) every 3 hours.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tampa via Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tampa via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Tampa via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–310
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Milwaukee to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–410
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- 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 Chicago Bus Station to Atlanta Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Jacksonville
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Jacksonville to Lakeland
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 800-236-1240
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.golamers.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.golamers.com/
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.golamers.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.golamers.com/
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