There are 6 ways to get from Wellington to Detroit by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Wellington to Detroit
best- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Detroit (DTW)plane WLG - DTW
23h 24m$507–2,008Bus to Palmerston, fly to Detroit
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston Northbus
- Fly from Palmerston (PMR) to Detroit (DTW)plane PMR - DTW
25h 59m$565–2,136Train to Paraparaumu, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Stationtrain
- Fly from Paraparaumu (PPQ) to Detroit (DTW)plane PPQ - DTW
27h 51m$560–2,162Fly Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane WLG - GRR
- Take the bus from Greyhound Grand Rapids to Detroit Bus Stationbus
30h 14m$1,139–4,470Fly Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane WLG - CLE
- Take the train from Cleveland Amtrak to Toledotrain
- Take the bus from Toledo Bus Stop to Detroit Bus Stationbus
28h 5m$741–2,914Bus to Wanganui Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
- Fly from Wanganui Airport (WAG) to Detroit (DTW)plane WAG - DTW
27h 21m$525–2,150
Wellington (WLG) to Detroit (DTW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wellington to Detroit is to fly which costs $500 - $2,100 and takes 23h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Wellington to Detroit is to fly which takes 23h 24m and costs $500 - $2,100.
The distance between Wellington and Detroit is 8637 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 24m to get from Wellington to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 17h behind Wellington. It is currently 11:58 AM in Wellington and 6:58 PM in Detroit.
There are 482+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Wellington, New Zealand and Detroit, MI, USA?
Air New Zealand, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Wellington (WLG) to Detroit (DTW) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Blenheim, Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Blenheim, Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 54m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 42m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 4m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 9m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–4,400
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–7,000
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,800
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–4,500
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 39m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $57
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–23
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Cleveland Amtrak to Toledo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston North
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Greyhound Grand Rapids to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Toledo Bus Stop to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- info@baronsbus.com
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Toledo Bus Stop to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–40
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
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