There are 7 ways to get from Wellington to St. Petersburg by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Wellington to Tampa
best- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Tampa (TPA)plane WLG - TPA
25h 10m$561–1,912Fly Wellington to Orlando, Amtrak Thruway
cheapest- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Orlando (MCO)plane WLG - MCO
- Take the bus from Orlando, FL to St. Petersburgbus
28h 16m$547–1,864Fly Wellington to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
- Fly from Wellington (WLG) to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)plane WLG - SRQ
28h 53m$757–2,516Bus to Palmerston, fly to Tampa
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston Northbus
- Fly from Palmerston (PMR) to Tampa (TPA)plane PMR - TPA
28h 36m$819–2,741Train to Paraparaumu, fly to Tampa
- Take the train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Stationtrain
- Fly from Paraparaumu (PPQ) to Tampa (TPA)plane PPQ - TPA
27h 57m$664–2,268Bus to Wanganui Airport, fly to Tampa
- Take the bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganuibus
- Fly from Wanganui Airport (WAG) to Tampa (TPA)plane WAG - TPA
30h 23m$630–2,155Train to Auckland, fly to Tampa
- Take the train from Wellington to Papakuratrain
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Tampa (TPA)plane AKL - TPA
33h 34m$660–1,889
Wellington (WLG) to Tampa (TPA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wellington to St. Petersburg is to fly and Amtrak Thruway which costs $500 - $1,900 and takes 28h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Wellington to St. Petersburg is to fly which takes 25h 10m and costs $550 - $2,000.
The distance between Wellington and St. Petersburg is 8165 miles.
It takes approximately 25h 10m to get from Wellington to St. Petersburg, including transfers.
St. Petersburg is 16h behind Wellington. It is currently 12:50 AM in Wellington and 8:50 AM in St. Petersburg.
There are 2350+ hotels available in St. Petersburg.
What companies run services between Wellington, New Zealand and St. Petersburg, FL, USA?
Air New Zealand, United Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Wellington (WLG) to Tampa (TPA) twice daily.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Palmerston to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 11m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
Flights from Palmerston to Tampa via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 22m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Wellington to Orlando via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Wellington to Orlando via Christchurch, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Paraparaumu to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Wellington to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Palmerston to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 8m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Wellington to Orlando via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 21m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Tampa via Auckland, Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 58m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–5,500
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 49m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 39m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Palmerston to Tampa via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,800
Flights from Paraparaumu to Tampa via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 44m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Tampa via Auckland, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 14m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Palmerston to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Wellington to Orlando via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Paraparaumu to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Wellington to Tampa via Nadi, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–5,500
Flights from Palmerston to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,900
Flights from Paraparaumu to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Wanganui Airport to Tampa via Auckland, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Auckland to Tampa via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Wellington to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport via Auckland, New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 3m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
- Website
- fijiairways.com
Flights from Wellington to Orlando via Nadi, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–4,700
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- [email protected]
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $58
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- [email protected]
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Wellington Station to Paraparaumu Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Wellington to Papakura
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–180
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Wellington - Central to Palmerston North
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Wellington - Central to Whanganui / Wanganui
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Orlando, FL to St. Petersburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
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