There are 8 ways to get from Nanaimo to Windsor by plane, bus, ferry, or train
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Fly Nanaimo to Detroit
best- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Detroit (DTW)plane ZNA - DTW
7h 32m$276–1,158Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 11:05am HSB ferry to Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St.bus
- Take the ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminalferry
- Take the train from Seattle to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Union Station to Detroitbus
2d 12hBus to Victoria International Airport, fly to Windsor Airport
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorgebus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Windsor Airport (YQG)plane YYJ - YQG
11h 41m$392–1,552Fly Nanaimo Airport to Detroit
- Fly from Nanaimo Airport (YCD) to Detroit (DTW)plane YCD - DTW
11h 40m$477–2,308Fly Nanaimo to Windsor Airport
- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Windsor Airport (YQG)plane ZNA - YQG
9h 27m$356–1,453Bus to Victoria International Airport, fly to Detroit
- Take the bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorgebus
- Fly from Victoria International Airport (YYJ) to Detroit (DTW)plane YYJ - DTW
14h 50m$322–1,253Fly Nanaimo to London International Airport, train
- Fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to London International Airport (YXU)plane ZNA - YXU
- Take the train from London to Windsortrain
11h 26m$469–2,028Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal to Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminalferry
- Take the train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Toronto Union Station to Windsortrain
4d 5h
Nanaimo (ZNA) to Detroit (DTW) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nanaimo to Windsor is to fly which costs $270 - $1,200 and takes 7h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Nanaimo to Windsor is to fly which takes 7h 32m and costs $270 - $1,200.
The distance between Nanaimo and Windsor is 3247 km.
The best way to get from Nanaimo to Windsor without a car is to ferry and train which takes 4 days 5h and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Nanaimo to Windsor, including transfers.
Windsor is 2h ahead of Nanaimo. It is currently 9:45 AM in Nanaimo and 11:45 AM in Windsor.
There are 453+ hotels available in Windsor.
What companies run services between Nanaimo, BC, Canada and Windsor, ON, Canada?
Harbour Air Seaplanes, WestJet, and three other airlines fly from Nanaimo (ZNA) to Detroit (DTW) twice daily.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Detroit via Vancouver, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Windsor Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,600
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Windsor Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Nanaimo to Windsor Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,500
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Nanaimo to London International Airport via Vancouver, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
- Website
- westjet.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
Flights from Nanaimo to Detroit via Vancouver, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Windsor Airport via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,900
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Detroit via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,300
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,000
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Nanaimo to London International Airport via Vancouver, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–2,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
Flights from Nanaimo to Detroit via Vancouver, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Detroit via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
Flights from Nanaimo Airport to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 12m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,300
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–2,000
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–2,000
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Nanaimo to London International Airport via Vancouver, Calgary
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–2,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Detroit via Vancouver, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
- Website
- flyporter.com
Flights from Nanaimo to Windsor Airport via Vancouver, Ottawa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Nanaimo to London International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Victoria International Airport to Detroit via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1,700–2,700
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 888 842-7245
- Website
- VIA Rail
Train from London to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $40–120
- Business
- $85–230
- Business Plus
- $100–240
- Economy
- $45–130
- Economy Plus
- $50–140
Train from Vancouver to Toronto Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3d 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,100
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $1,000–2,100
- Business
- $1,100–1,800
- Business Plus
- $1,100–1,800
- Economy
- $1,100–2,100
- Economy Plus
- $1,200–2,100
Train from Toronto Union Station to Windsor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- VIA Rail
- Escape
- $80–210
- Business
- $130–280
- Business Plus
- $140–300
- Economy
- $90–220
- Economy Plus
- $100–230
- [email protected]
- Website
- Island Link Bus
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 11:05am HSB ferry to Victoria - Capital City Station, 721 Douglas St.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $45
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $45
Bus from Nanaimo, Departure Bay Ferry Terminal - Passenger exit; connects from 8:35am HSB ferry to Victoria - Front door, Sandman Inn, Douglas & Gorge
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45
- Website
- Island Link Bus
- Road Adult
- $45
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Chicago Union Station to Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-888-2535
- Website
- clippervacations.com
Ferry from Victoria to Seattle Clipper Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Schedules at
- clippervacations.com
- Adult
- $170–300
- Child
- $110–150
- Phone
- +1 236 362 1045
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hullo Ferries
Ferry from Hullo - Nanaimo Ferry Terminal to Hullo - Vancouver Ferry Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- Hullo Ferries
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