There are 6 ways to get from Rockford to Cardiff by bus, plane, or train
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Bus, fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Take the bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane ORD - CWL
14h 12m£311–753Bus, fly to Exeter, train
cheapest- Take the bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Exeter (EXT)plane ORD - EXT
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 54m£274–1,070Bus, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ORD - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
15h 25m£342–500Bus, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ORD - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
13h 39m£312–851Bus, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane ORD - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
16h 12m£348–693Bus, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departuresbus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Liverpool (LPL)plane ORD - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
17h 17m£340–1,049
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rockford to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which costs £340 - £500 and takes 15h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Rockford to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 13h 39m and costs £310 - £850.
The distance between Rockford and Cardiff is 3944 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 12m to get from Rockford to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 6h ahead of Rockford. It is currently 7:43 AM in Rockford and 1:43 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1571+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Rockford, IL, USA and Cardiff, Wales?
There is no direct connection from Rockford to Cardiff. However, you can take the taxi to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal, take the bus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Cardiff Airport (CWL), walk to Cardiff Airport, take the line 304 bus to Barry Hotel, walk to Barry, then take the train to Cardiff Central. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal, take the bus to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Bristol Airport (BRS), walk to Public Transport Interchange, take the bus to Temple Meads Stn, walk to Bristol Temple Meads, then take the train to Cardiff Central.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Toronto, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £240–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £230–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–900
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £140–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liverpool via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liverpool via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–900
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–850
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–750
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £160–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £150–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,100
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Exeter via Toronto, Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–1,100
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £130–430
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–42
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–40
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–21
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–30
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 1 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
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