There are 8 ways to get from Schenectady to Lexington by plane, car, 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 Albany County Airport to Covington, drive
best- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Covington (CVG)plane ALB - CVG
- Drive from Covington (CVG) to Lexingtoncar
7h 24m$218–1,124Fly Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport
cheapest- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Blue Grass Airport (LEX)plane ALB - LEX
8h 30m$126–656Train, bus, drive (Amtrak)
- Take the train from Schenectady to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Union Station to Louisville, KYbus
- Drive from Middletown Station @ Target to Lexingtoncar
27h 53m$501–755Drive 785.9 mi
- Drive from Schenectady to Lexingtoncar 785.9 mi
13h 30m$135–194Fly Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport, drive
- Fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Louisville International Airport (SDF)plane ALB - SDF
- Drive from Louisville-Airport-SDF to Lexingtoncar
7h 39m$256–1,324Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Covington, drive
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Covington (CVG)plane EWR - CVG
- Drive from Covington (CVG) to Lexingtoncar
9h$266–1,257Train, train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Covington, drive
- Take the train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlemtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Covington (CVG)plane LGA - CVG
- Drive from Covington (CVG) to Lexingtoncar
9h 20m$211–663Train, train to Bradley International Airport, fly to Covington, drive
- Take the train from Schenectady to Springfieldtrain
- Take the train from Springfield to Hartford Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Covington (CVG)plane BDL - CVG
- Drive from Covington (CVG) to Lexingtoncar
10h 39m$234–895
Albany County Airport (ALB) to Covington (CVG) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Schenectady to Lexington is to drive which costs $130 - $200 and takes 13h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Schenectady to Lexington is to fly and drive which takes 7h 24m and costs $210 - $1,200.
The distance between Schenectady and Lexington is 717 miles. The road distance is 790.5 miles.
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Schenectady to Lexington, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Schenectady to Lexington is 791 miles. It takes approximately 13h 30m to drive from Schenectady to Lexington.
There are 183+ hotels available in Lexington.
What companies run services between Schenectady, NY, USA and Lexington, KY, USA?
Delta, American Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Albany County Airport (ALB) to Blue Grass Airport (LEX) every 2 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,200
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Laguardia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Covington via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Covington via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–900
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Covington via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–900
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Covington via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,200
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Albany County Airport to Blue Grass Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Covington via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Covington via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–900
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Covington via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Covington via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,200
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Covington via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $240–1,300
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,400
Flights from Albany County Airport to Louisville International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,400
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Covington via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–800
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Bradley International Airport to Covington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,700
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Schenectady to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $430–700
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Schenectady to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Springfield to Hartford Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–170
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $29–85
- Business
- $60–160
- Business Plus
- $70–170
- Economy
- $30–95
- Economy Plus
- $35–100
- Phone
- +1 877.690.5114
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
Train from Croton-Harmon to 125th Street - Harlem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–17
- Website
- Metro North Railroad
- Schedules at
- Metro North Railroad Schedules
- Off-Peak
- $10–12
- Peak
- $14–17
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Chicago Union Station to Louisville, KY
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- Amtrak
- Adult
- $50–60
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