There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Seattle by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane MEL - SEA
21h 47m$775–1,525Fly Melbourne Airport to King County International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to King County International Airport (BFI)plane MEL - BFI
22h 19m$482–1,722Bus to Avalon Airport, fly to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
- Take the bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminalbus
- Fly from Avalon Airport (AVV) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)plane AVV - SEA
24h 49m$825–3,025Fly Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Paine Field County Airport (PAE)plane MEL - PAE
23h 26m$485–1,734Fly Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Portland International Airport (PDX)plane MEL - PDX
- Take the train from Portland to Seattletrain
25h 19m$767–2,732
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Seattle is to fly which costs $480 - $1,800 and takes 22h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Seattle is to fly which takes 21h 47m and costs $750 - $1,600.
The distance between Melbourne and Seattle is 8263 miles.
It takes approximately 21h 47m to get from Melbourne to Seattle, including transfers.
Seattle is 17h behind Melbourne. It is currently 10:51 PM in Melbourne and 5:51 AM in Seattle.
There are 1573+ hotels available in Seattle.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Seattle, WA, USA?
Qantas, Alaska Airlines, Inc., and four other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 54m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to King County International Airport via San Francisco, Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to King County International Airport via Los Angeles, Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to King County International Airport via Brisbane, Vancouver, Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to King County International Airport via Brisbane, San Francisco, Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to King County International Airport via San Francisco, Redmond, Portland International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,800
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 54m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–4,000
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Brisbane, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–4,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Portland International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 48m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Paine Field County Airport via Nadi, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 44m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,700
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,000
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Avalon Airport to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport via Sydney, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,000
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Portland to Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1300 759 287
- info@skybus.com.au
- Website
- skybus.com.au
Bus from Skybus Coach Terminal to Avalon Airport/Outside Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://www.skybus.com.au
- Schedules at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/timetables/
- Book at
- https://www.skybus.com.au/buy-tickets/
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