There are 7 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 27m$475–1,714Bus 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 47m$507–1,936Fly 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 Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MIbus
31h 11m$937–3,371Train to Paraparaumu, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Stationtrain
- Fly from Paraparaumu (PPQ) to Detroit (DTW)plane PPQ - DTW
25h 32m$510–1,962Fly 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 2m$628–2,410Bus 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 9m$515–1,952Train to Auckland, fly to Detroit
- Take the train from Wellington to Papakuratrain
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Detroit (DTW)plane AKL - DTW
31h 20m$754–1,684
Wellington (WLG) to Detroit (DTW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wellington to Detroit is to train and fly which costs $750 - $1,700 and takes 31h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Wellington to Detroit is to fly which takes 23h 27m and costs $470 - $1,800.
The distance between Wellington and Detroit is 8637 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 27m to get from Wellington to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 18h behind Wellington. It is currently 5:41 AM in Wellington and 11:41 AM in Detroit.
There are 477+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Wellington, New Zealand and Detroit, MI, USA?
Air New Zealand, Delta, and five other airlines fly from Wellington (WLG) to Detroit (DTW) every 4 hours.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,400
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 11m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Detroit via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Auckland to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 24m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 39m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 54m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Blenheim, Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 59m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Detroit via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–9,000
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,500
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 33m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,000
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 49m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Wellington to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Detroit via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 19m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
- Website
- spirit.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 52m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,400
Flights from Palmerston to Detroit via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Wellington to Detroit via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 31m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–4,400
Flights from Paraparaumu to Detroit via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- 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
- $58
- 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
- $19–23
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington to Papakura
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- 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
- $17–55
- 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
- $2–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- 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
- $14–21
- 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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