There are 9 ways to get from Madison to Colorado by plane, bus, train, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), 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 Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Denver (DEN)MSN - DEN
5h 30m$148–758Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Colorado Springs Airport
cheapest- 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 Colorado Springs Airport (COS)ORD - COS
8h 33m$99–414Bus, train
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton StVan Galder
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to DenverCalifornia Zephyr
24h 17m$135–414Bus
- Take the bus from Madison to Chicago Bus StationFlixBus 2548 / ...
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Denver Union StationGreyhound US0123
26h 44m$112–325Drive 945.1 mi
- Drive from Madison to Denver945.1 mi
15h 21m$173–250Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Colorado Springs Airport (COS)MSN - COS
7h 30m$116–556Bus to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Denver
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Denver (DEN)MKE - DEN
6h 59m$207–1,009Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Denver
- 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 Denver (DEN)ORD - DEN
8h 8m$296–746Bus via Peoria
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departures
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal Facility to Peoria
- Take the bus from Peoria to Denver
31h 8m$208–398
Madison to Colorado by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Colorado is to bus which costs $110 - $330 and takes 26h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Colorado is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs $140 - $800.
No, there is no direct bus from Madison to Colorado. However, there are services departing from Madison and arriving at Colfax Ave & Sherman St via Chicago Bus Station and Union Station Gate B8. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 44m.
The distance between Madison and Colorado is 865 miles. The road distance is 950.6 miles.
The best way to get from Madison to Colorado without a car is to bus and train which takes 24h 17m and costs $130 - $420.
It takes approximately 5h 30m to get from Madison to Colorado, including transfers.
Madison to Colorado bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Madison station.
The best way to get from Madison to Colorado is to fly which takes 5h 30m and costs $140 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $330 and takes 26h 44m.
Madison to Colorado bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Chicago Bus Station.
Colorado is 1h behind Madison. It is currently 12:47 PM in Madison and 11:47 AM in Colorado.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Colorado, USA?
Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Denver (DEN) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Madison to Colfax Ave & Sherman St via Chicago Bus Station, Denver Union Station, and Union Station Gate B8 in around 26h 44m.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver via Cedar Rapids
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver via General Mitchell International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver via Kearney
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Colorado Springs Airport via Dallas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Colorado Springs Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–370
- 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
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- 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 Madison to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- 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 Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–270
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- 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
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 800-236-1240
- Website
- 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/
- Phone
- +1 800-448-0572
- ticketsales@peoriacharter.com
- Website
- peoriacharter.com
Bus from Multi-Modal Facility to Peoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $46–60
- Schedules at
- peoriacharter.com
- cash
- $60
- online
- $46
- Phone
- +1 (319) 753-2864
- info@burlingtontrailways.com
- Website
- burlingtontrailways.com
Bus from Peoria to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–290
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $140–210
- Flexible Fares
- $200–290
- Saver Fare
- $203
- Flex Fare
- $279
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