There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Indianapolis by plane or bus
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Fly to Indianapolis
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Indianapolis (IND)plane MEL - IND
22h 38m$622–2,322Fly to Dayton, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dayton (DAY)plane MEL - DAY
- Take the bus from Dayton Trotwood Bus Station to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
28h 33m$541–1,959Fly to Fort Wayne International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA)plane MEL - FWA
- Take the bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Indianapolis, INbus
27h 24m$556–1,999Fly to Evansville, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Evansville (EVV)plane MEL - EVV
- Take the bus from Evansville, IN to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
29h 47m$745–2,720Fly to Louisville International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane MEL - SDF
- Take the bus from Louisville, KY to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
26h 44m$794–2,971Fly to Covington, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Covington (CVG)plane MEL - CVG
- Take the bus from Cincinnati to Indianapolisbus
27h$1,036–4,048
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Indianapolis (IND) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Indianapolis is to fly and bus which costs $500 - $2,000 and takes 28h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Indianapolis is to fly which takes 22h 38m and costs $600 - $2,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Indianapolis is 9797 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 38m to get from Melbourne to Indianapolis, including transfers.
Indianapolis is 15h behind Melbourne. It is currently 11:06 AM in Melbourne and 8:06 PM in Indianapolis.
There are 908+ hotels available in Indianapolis.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Indianapolis, IN, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Indianapolis (IND) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Indianapolis via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Indianapolis via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Evansville via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Evansville via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Louisville International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Covington via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Indianapolis via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dayton via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Indianapolis via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Louisville International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 53m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Louisville International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 18m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Covington via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Covington via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Indianapolis, IN
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–50
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- Phone
- +1 502-368-5644 x 135
- Website
- ridewithmiller.com
Bus from Evansville, IN to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://ridewithmiller.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Dayton Trotwood Bus Station to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Louisville, KY to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Adult
- $22–45
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Cincinnati to Indianapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
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