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$822–2,822Fly to Appleton International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Appleton International Airport (ATW)plane MEL - ATW
- Take the bus from Appleton to Milwaukeebus
- Take the bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
32h 59m$663–2,191Fly 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
28h 49m$1,231–4,139Fly 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 7m$944–2,125Fly 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 U of MN Campus to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
28h 2m$829–2,700
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 $900 - $2,200 and takes 26h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Madison is to fly and bus which takes 26h 7m and costs $900 - $2,200.
The distance between Melbourne and Madison is 9686 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 25m to get from Melbourne to Madison, including transfers.
Madison is 15h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:38 PM in Melbourne and 9:38 PM in Madison.
There are 139+ hotels available in Madison.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Madison, WI, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) once daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 34m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–4,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,100
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 49m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- 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 U of MN Campus to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- 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
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Appleton to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- questions@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
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- coachusa.com
- Adult
- $23–50
- Phone
- 920 496 3600
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Appleton to Milwaukee
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–27
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Adult
- $29–40
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Milwaukee, WI - Amtrak to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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