There are 5 ways to get from Manchester to Mackinac Island by plane, ferry, car, bus, or train
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Fly Manchester Airport to Pellston, ferry
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Pellston (PLN)plane MAN - PLN
- Take the ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Islandferry
16h 48m$314–1,018Fly Manchester Airport to Chippewa County International Airport, bus, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Chippewa County International Airport (CIU)plane MAN - CIU
- Take the bus from Kinross to St. Ignacebus
- Take the ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Islandferry
18h 11m$276–982Fly Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport, drive, ferry
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sault Ste. Marie Airport (YAM)plane MAN - YAM
- Drive from Sault Ste Marie, MI, USA - Lake Superior State University to St Ignacecar
- Take the ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Islandferry
17h 40m$299–1,165Train to Liverpool, fly to Pellston, ferry
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Pellston (PLN)plane LPL - PLN
- Take the ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Islandferry
18h 13m$343–1,138Train to Liverpool, fly to Sault Ste. Marie Airport, drive, ferry
- Take the train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sault Ste. Marie Airport (YAM)plane LPL - YAM
- Drive from Sault Ste Marie, MI, USA - Lake Superior State University to St Ignacecar
- Take the ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Islandferry
18h 20m$338–1,285
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Pellston (PLN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Mackinac Island is to fly and bus and ferry which costs $270 - $1,000 and takes 18h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Mackinac Island is to fly and ferry which takes 16h 48m and costs $310 - $1,100.
The distance between Manchester and Mackinac Island is 3588 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 48m to get from Manchester to Mackinac Island, including transfers.
Mackinac Island is 5h behind Manchester. It is currently 2:47 PM in Manchester and 9:47 AM in Mackinac Island.
There are 75+ hotels available in Mackinac Island.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Mackinac Island, MI, USA?
There is no direct connection from Manchester to Mackinac Island. However, you can take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Pellston (PLN), take the taxi to Mackinaw, then take the ferry to Mackinac Island. Alternatively, you can take the train to Manchester Airport, walk to Manchester Airport (MAN) airport, fly to Sault Ste. Marie Airport (YAM), drive to Sault Ste Marie, MI, USA - Lake Superior State University, take the bus to Sault Ste Marie, MI, USA, take the bus to Sault Ste Marie, MI, USA - Lake Superior State University, drive to St Ignace, then take the ferry to Mackinac Island.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pellston via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pellston via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pellston via New York JFK, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pellston via London Heathrow, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pellston via Dublin, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Manchester Airport to Pellston via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 11m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chippewa County International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chippewa County International Airport via Dublin, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chippewa County International Airport via Toronto, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chippewa County International Airport via London Heathrow, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Manchester Airport to Chippewa County International Airport via Dublin, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Liverpool to Pellston via Dublin, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 4m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Liverpool to Pellston via Amsterdam Schiphol, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 51m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,300
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Brussels, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via London Heathrow, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Dublin, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 48m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Shannon, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Liverpool to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Liverpool to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Dublin, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,700
Flights from Liverpool to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Liverpool to Sault Ste. Marie Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 3m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Manchester Oxford Road to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +1 989-725-5105
- Website
- Indian Trails
Bus from Kinross to St. Ignace
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Website
- Indian Trails
- Phone
- +1 800.638.9892
- Website
- Arnold Transit Company Homepage
Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–37
- Schedules at
- Arnold Transit Company Schedules
- Website
- Arnold Transit Company Homepage
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
- Adult One-way
- $25
Ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–37
- Schedules at
- Arnold Transit Company Schedules
- Website
- Arnold Transit Company Homepage
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
- Adult One-way
- $25
Ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–37
- Schedules at
- Arnold Transit Company Schedules
- Website
- Arnold Transit Company Homepage
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
- Adult One-way
- $25
Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–37
- Schedules at
- Arnold Transit Company Schedules
- Website
- Arnold Transit Company Homepage
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
- Adult One-way
- $25
Ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–37
- Schedules at
- Arnold Transit Company Schedules
- Website
- Arnold Transit Company Homepage
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
- Adult One-way
- $25
- Phone
- +1 231-436-5023
- Website
- Shepler's Ferry
Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $38
- Website
- Shepler's Ferry
- Adult Round Trip
- $38
Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $38
- Website
- Shepler's Ferry
- Adult Round Trip
- $38
- Phone
- +1 (800) 638-9892
- Website
- Arnold Transit Co.
Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- Arnold Transit Co.
- Adult Roundtrip
- $37
Ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- Arnold Transit Co.
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
Ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- Arnold Transit Co.
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
Ferry from Mackinaw City to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- Arnold Transit Co.
- Adult Roundtrip
- $37
Ferry from St Ignace to Mackinac Island
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $37
- Website
- Arnold Transit Co.
- Adult Round Trip
- $37
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