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
24h 56m$772–2,622Fly 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
26h 2m$668–2,094Fly to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane MEL - CLE
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
27h 45m$948–3,073Fly to Windsor Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Windsor Airport (YQG)plane MEL - YQG
37h 19m$823–2,823Fly 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
30h 5m$950–3,110Fly 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 Greyhound Grand Rapids to Detroit Bus Stationbus
31h 21m$1,054–3,479Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MEL - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Dearborntrain
29h 48m$1,209–1,707
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 $650 - $2,100 and takes 26h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Detroit is to fly which takes 24h 56m and costs $750 - $2,700.
The distance between Melbourne and Detroit is 9991 miles.
It takes approximately 24h 56m to get from Melbourne to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 14h behind Melbourne. It is currently 2:03 AM in Melbourne and 12:03 PM in Detroit.
There are 488+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Detroit, MI, USA?
Delta, Qantas, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW) 3 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 34m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 58m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 54m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via San Francisco, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Los Angeles, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Nadi, San Francisco, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via San Francisco, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbus to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- 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
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Greyhound Grand Rapids to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
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