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
25h$822–2,922Fly 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
30h 9m$559–1,955Fly 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
27h 29m$1,030–3,838Fly 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 9m$795–2,015Fly 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$796–2,933
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 $750 - $2,100 and takes 26h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Madison is to fly which takes 25h and costs $800 - $3,000.
The distance between Melbourne and Madison is 9686 miles.
It takes approximately 25h to get from Melbourne to Madison, including transfers.
Madison is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 7:47 PM in Melbourne and 3:47 AM 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 three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) twice daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–5,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Appleton International Airport via Los Angeles, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- 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
- 21h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,700
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
- Website
- suncountry.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- 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
- $10–18
- 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
- $30–55
- 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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