There are 8 ways to get from Melbourne to Rockford by plane, bus, or train
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Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MEL - ORD
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminalbus
24h 50m$457–1,530Fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN)plane MEL - MSN
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminalbus
27h 17m$809–2,580Fly to Quad City International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane MEL - MLI
- Take the bus from Moline Center Station to Rockford(East Side Transfer Center)bus
26h 35m$566–1,887Fly to General Mitchell International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to General Mitchell International Airport (MKE)plane MEL - MKE
- Take the bus from Mitchell Airport to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departuresbus
- Take the bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminalbus
27h 54m$842–2,769Fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane MEL - MDW
- Take the bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminalbus
25h 30m$560–1,890Fly to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL)plane MEL - STL
- Take the train from St. Louis to Bloomington-Normaltrain
- Take the bus from Bloomington-Normal to Rockford(East Side Transfer Center)bus
31h 1m$806–2,529Fly to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane MEL - MSP
- Take the bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madisonbus
- Take the bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminalbus
30h 56m$724–2,276Fly to Peoria International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Peoria International Airport (PIA)plane MEL - PIA
- Take the bus from Peoria Amtrak Station to Springfieldbus
- Take the train from Springfield to Bloomington-Normaltrain
- Take the bus from Bloomington-Normal to Rockford(East Side Transfer Center)bus
31h 32m
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Rockford is to fly and bus which costs $450 - $1,600 and takes 24h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Rockford is to fly and bus which takes 24h 50m and costs $450 - $1,600.
The distance between Melbourne and Rockford is 9809 miles.
It takes approximately 24h 50m to get from Melbourne to Rockford, including transfers.
Rockford is 16h behind Melbourne. It is currently 7:40 PM in Melbourne and 3:40 AM in Rockford.
There are 68+ hotels available in Rockford.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Rockford, IL, USA?
There is no direct connection from Melbourne to Rockford. However, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), walk to O'Hare International Terminal 2, take the shuttle to Multi-Modal Facility, walk to Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility, take the bus to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal, then take the taxi to Rockford. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field (MSN), walk to Airport at Terminal Door 6, take the bus to University at East Campus, walk to 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus, take the bus to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal, then take the taxi to Rockford.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 1m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Quad City International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Quad City International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 13m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Peoria International Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Peoria International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Quad City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Peoria International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Los Angeles, Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Tulsa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Los Angeles, Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Los Angeles, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Dane County Regional Airport-Truax Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 13m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to General Mitchell International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–3,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from St. Louis to Bloomington-Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Springfield to Bloomington-Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 (866) 912 - 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- Rockland Coaches
Bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $12–25
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–28
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $13–28
Bus from Multi-Modal/Rental Car Facility to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $12–25
Bus from W Jackson Blvd, after S Clinton St to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $14–35
Bus from 250 N. Lake St - Madison UW Campus to 7559 Walton St - Van Galder Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–28
- Schedules at
- Rockland Coaches
- Adult
- $13–28
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Moline Center Station to Rockford(East Side Transfer Center)
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Bloomington-Normal to Rockford(East Side Transfer Center)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Bloomington-Normal to Rockford(East Side Transfer Center)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- (866) 912 6224
- [email protected]
- Website
- coachusa.com
Bus from Mitchell Airport to O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 2 Departures
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–39
- Website
- coachusa.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Saint Paul Union Depot to Madison
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $65–95
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Peoria Amtrak Station to Springfield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Amtrak
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