There are 6 ways to get from Whitefish to Madison by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field
best- Fly from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane FCA - MSN
6h 39m$217–944Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Whitefish Amtrak Station to St. Paul-Minneapolistrain Empire Builder
- Take the bus from Mall of America - IKEA - Bloomington to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus Minneapolis
31h 46m$185–371Train, bus via Dickinson
- Take the train from Whitefish Amtrak Station to Spokanetrain
- Take the bus from Spokane to Billingsbus
- Take the bus from Billings to Dickinsonbus
- Take the bus from Dickinson to Minneapolisbus
- Take the bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to Madisonbus
38h 48m$185–690Drive 1,452.4 mi
- Drive from Whitefish to Madisoncar 1,452.4 mi
23h 21m$266–383Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
- Fly from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane FCA - ORD
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campusbus
7h 54m$190–517Fly to General Mitchell International Airport, bus
- Fly from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane FCA - MKE
- Take the bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.bus
8h 53m$265–1,197
Whitefish to Madison by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Whitefish to Madison is to train and bus which costs $180 - $380 and takes 31h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Whitefish to Madison is to fly which takes 6h 39m and costs $210 - $950.
The distance between Whitefish and Madison is 1272 miles. The road distance is 1460.9 miles.
The best way to get from Whitefish to Madison without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 46m and costs $180 - $380.
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Whitefish to Madison, including transfers.
Madison is 1h ahead of Whitefish. It is currently 10:14 PM in Whitefish and 11:14 PM in Madison.
Yes, the driving distance between Whitefish to Madison is 1461 miles. It takes approximately 23h 21m to drive from Whitefish to Madison.
There are 144+ hotels available in Madison.
What companies run services between Whitefish, MT, USA and Madison, WI, USA?
United Airlines, Delta, and American Airlines fly from Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 4m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–420
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Salt Lake City, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
Flights from Glacier Park International Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Whitefish Amtrak Station to St. Paul-Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Whitefish Amtrak Station to Spokane
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 414-266-4409
- ticketinfo@badgerbus.com
- Website
- badgerbus.com
Bus from Mall of America - IKEA - Bloomington to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://badgerbus.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Spokane to Billings
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–190
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Billings to Dickinson
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–130
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Dickinson to Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–110
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Minneapolis Bus Station to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 608-752-5407
- vangalder@coachusa.com
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.coachusa.com/van-galder-bus-company
- Phone
- +1 800-236-1240
- Website
- golamers.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to Madison, WI-Lake St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.golamers.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.golamers.com/
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