There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Detroit by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Detroit
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW)plane MEL - DTW
23h 45m$615–1,615Fly to Fort Wayne International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA)plane MEL - FWA
- Take the bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MIbus
29h 16m$552–1,897Fly to Windsor Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Windsor Airport (YQG)plane MEL - YQG
28h 36m$616–2,216Fly to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane MEL - GRR
- Take the bus from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MIbus
32h 11m$1,347–4,472Fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane MEL - CMH
- Take the bus from Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbus to Detroit Bus Stationbus
29h 37m$649–2,423Fly to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane MEL - CLE
- Take the train from Cleveland Amtrak to Toledotrain
- Take the bus from Toledo Bus Stop to Detroit Bus Stationbus
31h 14m$738–2,606Fly to Dayton, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dayton (DAY)plane MEL - DAY
- Take the bus from Dayton Trotwood Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
32h 20m$1,347–4,782
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Detroit is to fly and bus which costs $550 - $1,900 and takes 29h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Detroit is to fly which takes 23h 45m and costs $600 - $1,700.
The distance between Melbourne and Detroit is 9991 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 45m to get from Melbourne to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 4:05 AM in Melbourne and 12:05 PM in Detroit.
There are 493+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Detroit, MI, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 14m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–6,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via San Francisco, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Los Angeles, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 59m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via San Francisco, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Cleveland Amtrak to Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
Bus from Toledo Bus Stop to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–40
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbus to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Toledo Bus Stop to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dayton Trotwood Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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