There are 11 ways to get from Madison to Lexington by plane, car, bus, train, or taxi
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 Louisville International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane MSN - SDF
- Drive from Louisville-Airport-SDF to Lexingtoncar
6h 44m$111–673Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Blue Grass Airport
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 Blue Grass Airport (LEX)plane ORD - LEX
7h 49m$62–312Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Madison to Indianapolisbus
- Take the bus from Indianapolis to El Mercadito Grocery - Clarksville, INbus
- Drive from Middletown Station @ Target to Lexingtoncar
15h 40m$100–255Drive 508.3 mi
- Drive from Madison to Lexingtoncar 508.3 mi
9h 1m$93–134Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport
- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Blue Grass Airport (LEX)plane MSN - LEX
7h 33m$69–434Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Covington, drive
- 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 Covington (CVG)plane ORD - CVG
- Drive from Covington (CVG) to Lexingtoncar
6h 52m$105–552Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Louisville International Airport, drive
- 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 Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane ORD - SDF
- Drive from Louisville-Airport-SDF to Lexingtoncar
6h 59m$224–611Bus to Chicago Midway International Airport, fly to Louisville International Airport, drive
- 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 Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane MDW - SDF
- Drive from Louisville-Airport-SDF to Lexingtoncar
8h 14m$113–621Bus, train, drive
- 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 Lafayette Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Lafayette Amtrak Station to Louisville, KYbus
- Drive from Middletown Station @ Target to Lexingtoncar
18h 23m$103–213Bus, taxi, 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 Bloomingtonbus
- Take the bus from Bloomington, IN to Paoli Walmartbus
- Take the taxi from Paoli Walmart to Indiana University Southeasttaxi
- Drive from Middletown Station @ Target to Lexingtoncar
18h 37m$199–313Bus, drive via Chicago
- 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 Bloomingtonbus
- Take the bus from Bloomington, IN to Dale, IN - Denny'sbus
- Take the bus from Dale, IN to Corydon, INbus
- Drive from Middletown Station @ Target to Lexingtoncar
19h 26m$179–297
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Louisville International Airport (SDF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Lexington is to drive which costs $90 - $140 and takes 9h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Lexington is to fly and drive which takes 6h 44m and costs $110 - $700.
The distance between Madison and Lexington is 480 miles. The road distance is 511.3 miles.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Madison to Lexington, including transfers.
Lexington is 1h ahead of Madison. It is currently 2:34 PM in Madison and 3:34 PM in Lexington.
Yes, the driving distance between Madison to Lexington is 511 miles. It takes approximately 9h 1m to drive from Madison to Lexington.
There are 151+ hotels available in Lexington.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Lexington, KY, USA?
United Airlines, American Airlines, and Delta fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Blue Grass Airport (LEX) every 2 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Louisville International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–650
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–430
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–490
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–380
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Blue Grass Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–270
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Louisville International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–650
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Louisville International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–430
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–490
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–380
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Blue Grass Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–270
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Louisville International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Louisville International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Louisville International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Blue Grass Airport via New York La Guardia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Chicago Midway International Airport to Louisville International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–550
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 Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $35–95
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–27
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Bloomington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Indianapolis to El Mercadito Grocery - Clarksville, IN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $45–140
- 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
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
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
- 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
- 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/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Lafayette Amtrak Station to Louisville, KY
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $30–50
- Phone
- +1 502-368-5644 x 135
- Website
- ridewithmiller.com
Bus from Bloomington, IN to Paoli Walmart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- https://ridewithmiller.com
Bus from Bloomington, IN to Dale, IN - Denny's
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://ridewithmiller.com
Bus from Dale, IN to Corydon, IN
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Website
- https://ridewithmiller.com
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Estimated price
- $110–140
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