There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Madison by plane or bus
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Fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane MEL - MSN
26h 25m$965–3,315Fly to Appleton International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Appleton International Airport (ATW)plane MEL - ATW
- Take the bus from Appleton Amtrak Station to Milwaukeebus
- Take the bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
31h 9m$552–1,848Fly to General Mitchell International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane MEL - MKE
- Take the bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
29h 43m$1,023–3,630Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MEL - ORD
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
26h 27m$888–1,608Fly to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane MEL - MSP
- Take the bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madisonbus
28h 8m$789–2,826
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Madison is to fly and bus which costs $850 - $1,700 and takes 26h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Madison is to fly which takes 26h 25m and costs $950 - $3,400.
The distance between Melbourne and Madison is 9686 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 25m to get from Melbourne to Madison, including transfers.
Madison is 17h behind Melbourne. It is currently 10:21 AM in Melbourne and 5:21 PM in Madison.
There are 146+ hotels available in Madison.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Madison, WI, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Los Angeles, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–4,400
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 41m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,300
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
Bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Appleton Amtrak Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Appleton Amtrak Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 920 496 3600
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Appleton Amtrak Station to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–26
- Schedules at
- golamers.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–110
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
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