There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Detroit by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Detroit
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW)plane MEL - DTW
24h 56m$772–2,622Fly to Fort Wayne International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA)plane MEL - FWA
- Take the bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MIbus
28h 49m$668–2,094Fly to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (CLE)plane MEL - CLE
- Take the bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Detroit Bus Stationbus
27h 43m$948–3,073Fly to Windsor Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Windsor Airport (YQG)plane MEL - YQG
37h 19m$823–2,823Fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane MEL - CMH
- Take the bus from Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbus to Detroit Bus Stationbus
29h 57m$950–3,110Fly to Gerald R. Ford International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)plane MEL - GRR
- Take the bus from Greyhound Grand Rapids to Detroit Bus Stationbus
33h 8m$1,054–3,479Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MEL - ORD
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Dearborntrain
30h$1,209–1,707
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Detroit is to fly and bus which costs $650 - $2,100 and takes 28h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Detroit is to fly which takes 24h 56m and costs $750 - $2,700.
The distance between Melbourne and Detroit is 9991 miles.
It takes approximately 24h 56m to get from Melbourne to Detroit, including transfers.
Detroit is 14h behind Melbourne. It is currently 9:11 PM in Melbourne and 7:11 AM in Detroit.
There are 491+ hotels available in Detroit.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Detroit, MI, USA?
Delta, United Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Detroit (DTW) twice daily.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 34m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Detroit via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 54m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Los Angeles, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 29m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 54m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–3,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via San Francisco, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Los Angeles, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Nadi, Los Angeles, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Nadi, San Francisco, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–7,500
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via Los Angeles, Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Windsor Airport via San Francisco, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport via San Francisco, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,500
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Dearborn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Cleveland Bus Station to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Wilson & Ferrell Shell Station - Columbus to Detroit Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 888-378-3823
- [email protected]
- Website
- baronsbus.com
Bus from Fort Wayne, IN to Detroit, MI
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://baronsbus.com
- 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
- $30–55
- Website
- https://indiantrails.com
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