There are 7 ways to get from Madison to Crete by plane, bus, or car ferry
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Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane MSN - HER
18h 42m€473–1,403Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
cheapest- 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 Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane ORD - HER
18h 56m€338–835Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Chania International Airport
- 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 Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane ORD - CHQ
19h 10m€389–824Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Sitia Airport (JSH)plane MSN - JSH
21h 39m€552–2,102Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Chania International Airport
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Chania International Airport (CHQ)plane MSN - CHQ
22h 26m€464–1,692Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Sitia Airport
- 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 Sitia Airport (JSH)plane ORD - JSH
20h 35m€377–1,334Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Santorini, car ferry
- 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 Santorini (JTR)plane ORD - JTR
- Take the car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Portcarferry
21h 45m€439–750
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Crete is to bus and fly which costs €330 - €850 and takes 18h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Crete is to fly which takes 18h 42m and costs €470 - €1400.
The distance between Madison and Crete is 9072 km.
It takes approximately 18h 42m to get from Madison to Crete, including transfers.
Crete is 8h ahead of Madison. It is currently 1:02 AM in Madison and 9:02 AM in Crete.
There are 2691+ hotels available in Crete.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Crete, Greece?
Delta, Air France, and seven other airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chania International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Newark, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,200
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Detroit, Munich, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Detroit, Rome, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sitia Airport via Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santorini via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–1,100
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,100
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Sitia Airport via Newark, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €600–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sitia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €360–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sitia Airport via Frankfurt, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €390–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chania International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €290–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santorini via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Chania International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Chania International Airport via Detroit, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 44m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santorini via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 9m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Chania International Airport via Detroit, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 34m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,600
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 32m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,600
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Chania International Airport via Boston, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santorini via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 24m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 24m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €430–1,600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,500
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Chania International Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 24m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €490–1,900
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Santorini via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- 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
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- reservations.dpt@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Thira Santorini Port to Heraklion Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Deck Fare Economy
- €60–85
- Deck Fare Economy & Car less than 4.25m
- €110–160
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