There are 9 ways to get from Long Island to Lansing by plane, bus, bus (Flixbus, Amtrak), train, car, taxi, or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Laguardia Airport to Detroit, bus
best- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Detroit (DTW)plane LGA - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to East Lansing, MIbus
5h 34m$129–410Drive 670.9 mi
cheapest- Drive from Brooklyn to Lansingcar 670.9 mi
11h 43m$123–177Bus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Toledo Bus Stopbus FlixBus N2641
- Take the bus from Toledo to East Lansing Amtrak Stationbus Amtrak Thruway Connecting Service
18h 48m$160–260Train, bus
- Take the train from New York Penn Station to Aldershottrain
- Take the train from Aldershot to Windsortrain
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to CATA Intermodal Downtownbus
22h 6m$204–560Fly John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit, bus
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Detroit (DTW)plane JFK - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to East Lansing, MIbus
5h 50m$336–951Fly Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane LGA - GRR
- Take the bus from Greyhound Grand Rapids to CATA Intermodal Downtownbus
6h 12m$161–796Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit, bus
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Detroit (DTW)plane EWR - DTW
- Take the bus from Detroit Metro Airport to East Lansing, MIbus
7h 33m$206–1,172Train, taxi, bus
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Elkhart Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the taxi from Elkhart Amtrak Station to Greyhound Benton Harbortaxi
- Take the bus from Greyhound Benton Harbor to CATA Intermodal Downtownbus
22h 51m$418–803Bus via Detroit
- Take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Detroit Bus Stationbus Greyhound US0420
- Take the bus from Detroit Bus Station to CATA Intermodal Downtownbus 1483 / ...
23h 9m$133–268
Long Island to Lansing by subway, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Long Island to Lansing is to drive which costs $120 - $180 and takes 11h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Long Island to Lansing is to fly and bus which takes 5h 34m and costs $120 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Long Island to Lansing. However, there are services departing from New York Midtown and arriving at SBD Boston Blvd past Mount Hope via Toledo and Capital Area Multimodal Gateway. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 48m.
The distance between Long Island and Lansing is 603 miles. The road distance is 674.8 miles.
The best way to get from Long Island to Lansing without a car is to bus which takes 18h 48m and costs $160 - $260.
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Long Island to Lansing, including transfers.
Long Island to Lansing bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from New York Midtown station.
Long Island to Lansing bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at Toledo Bus Stop station.
Yes, the driving distance between Long Island to Lansing is 675 miles. It takes approximately 11h 43m to drive from Long Island to Lansing.
There are 86+ hotels available in Lansing.
What companies run services between Long Island, Suffolk County, NY, USA and Lansing, MI, USA?
You can take a subway from Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr to SBD Boston Blvd past Mount Hope via 34 St-Penn Station, New York Midtown, Toledo, and Capital Area Multimodal Gateway in around 18h 48m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit via Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit via Rochester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit via Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–450
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit via Columbus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–440
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–440
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–470
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–440
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–460
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–800
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–430
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- viarail.ca
Train from New York Penn Station to Aldershot
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–310
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $130–300
- Business
- $170–300
- Business Plus
- $190–310
- Economy
- $150–310
- Economy Plus
- $170–310
Train from Aldershot to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- https://www.viarail.ca/en
- Escape
- $50–130
- Business
- $85–190
- Business Plus
- $95–200
- Economy
- $55–140
- Economy Plus
- $60–150
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Elkhart Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–600
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 517-333-0400
- [email protected]
- Website
- michiganflyer.com
Bus from Detroit Metro Airport to East Lansing, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from Detroit Metro Airport to East Lansing, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
Bus from Detroit Metro Airport to East Lansing, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Website
- https://www.michiganflyer.com/
- Child 2-16
- $9–11
- Adult
- $22–35
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Toledo Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Toledo to East Lansing Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- indiantrails.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to CATA Intermodal Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from Greyhound Grand Rapids to CATA Intermodal Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from Greyhound Benton Harbor to CATA Intermodal Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Bus from Detroit Bus Station to CATA Intermodal Downtown
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Estimated price
- $110–150
Elkhart Taxi
- Phone
- +1-574-206-4245
- Website
- elkharttaxiservice.com
A Yellow Cab
- Phone
- +1 574-233-9333
South Bend Taxi
- Phone
- +1-574-383-6767
- Website
- southbendtaxi.com
United Cab
- Phone
- +1 574-233-9599
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