There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Washington, DC by plane, subway, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane MEL - DCA
22h 31m$1,216–2,119Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane MEL - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
24h 24m$564–2,564Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane MEL - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
23h 55m$616–2,224Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane MEL - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
26h 4m$1,030–2,962Fly to Richmond International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Richmond International Airport (RIC)plane MEL - RIC
- Take the bus from Richmond to Washington Union Stationbus
29h 19m$684–2,357Fly to Norfolk International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Norfolk International Airport (ORF)plane MEL - ORF
- Take the train from Norfolk to Washington Union Stationtrain
31h 23m$715–2,640
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Washington, DC is to fly and train which costs $550 - $2,600 and takes 24h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Washington, DC is to fly which takes 22h 31m and costs $1,200 - $2,200.
The distance between Melbourne and Washington, DC is 10261 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 31m to get from Melbourne to Washington, DC, including transfers.
Washington, DC is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 11:57 AM in Melbourne and 7:57 PM in Washington, DC.
There are 1469+ hotels available in Washington, DC.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Washington, DC, USA?
Qantas, American Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) every 4 hours.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 23m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 48m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via San Francisco, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 51m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 59m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Train from Norfolk to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $90–350
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–70
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Richmond to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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