There are 4 ways to get from Madison to Palermo by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MSN - PMO
18h 47m€436–1,509Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Palermo 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 Palermo Airport (PMO)plane ORD - PMO
17h 32m€371–641Bus to General Mitchell International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airportbus
- Fly from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane MKE - PMO
19h 6m€484–1,624Bus to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, train
- 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 Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane ORD - CTA
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
20h 46m€398–642
Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madison to Palermo is to bus and fly which costs €370 - €650 and takes 17h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Madison to Palermo is to bus and fly which takes 17h 32m and costs €370 - €650.
The distance between Madison and Palermo is 8115 km.
It takes approximately 18h 47m to get from Madison to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 7h ahead of Madison. It is currently 11:48 AM in Madison and 6:48 PM in Palermo.
There are 5976+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Madison, WI, USA and Palermo, Italy?
Delta, ITA Airways, and four other airlines fly from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) to Palermo Airport (PMO) 4 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €460–2,000
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,700
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €430–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €390–700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €470–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Boston, Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,800
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €420–1,700
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €450–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €410–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Detroit, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Boston, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from General Mitchell International Airport to Palermo Airport via Boston, Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 41m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €440–1,800
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- +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
- €20–27
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Madison, WI-Lake St. to Mitchell Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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