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 41m$1,624–2,127Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
cheapest- 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 53m$624–2,232Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- 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
23h 44m$772–2,472Fly 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
25h 53m$1,253–2,793Fly 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
27h 48m$732–2,555Fly 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
29h 54m$673–2,648
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 subway which costs $600 - $2,300 and takes 23h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Washington, DC is to fly which takes 22h 41m and costs $1,600 - $2,200.
The distance between Melbourne and Washington, DC is 10261 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 41m to get from Melbourne to Washington, DC, including transfers.
Washington, DC is 15h behind Melbourne. It is currently 3:31 PM in Melbourne and 12:31 AM in Washington, DC.
There are 1777+ 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) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Philadelphia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Richmond International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Norfolk International Airport via San Francisco, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,600–6,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,300–4,700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- $6–15
- 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
- $30–70
- 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
- 42 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
- $12–22
- 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
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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