Great Falls to Billings runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €34.95 and €36.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 57m over 295 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€34.95 to €36.72
- 62%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Great Falls
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:27First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €55.60Wed16
- about €91.59Thu17
- about €52.06Fri18
- about €66.22Sat19
- about €52.65Sun20
- about €48.52Mon21
- about €45.57Tue22
- about €47.93Wed23
- about €55.01Thu24
- about €53.83Fri25
- about €52.65Sat26
- about €48.52Sun27
- about €49.11Mon28
- about €36.72Tue29
- about €34.95Wed30
- about €40.85Thu1
- about €46.16Fri2
- about €36.72Sat3
- about €40.26Sun4
- about €40.26Mon5
- about €39.08Tue6
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Billings. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Billings for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Billings Depot and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Great Falls to Billings
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €39.6790 days
- €34.3660 days
- €40.2645 days
- €37.3130 days
- €39.0821 days
- €36.7214 days
- €45.577 days
- €52.063 days
- €55.601 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €34.36.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 62 percent. The dearest point is €55.60, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Great Falls to Billings and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
295 km
287 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
59,638 → 117,116
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 295 km against 287 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Missoula. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Who runs this route
Billings is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Billings Depot
Most of the points near Billings Depot open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Great Falls to Billings
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Great Falls to Billings?
The fastest journey from Great Falls to Billings takes 3h 57m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 59m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Great Falls to Billings?
The cheapest fare from Great Falls to Billings is €34.95, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €48.52. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Great Falls to Billings?
The cheapest way from Great Falls to Billings is by flight, at €36.72 for one passenger on 30 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 59m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Great Falls to Billings?
Fares from Great Falls to Billings bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €34.36. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 62 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Great Falls to Billings?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Great Falls to Billings, at €39.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Great Falls to Billings?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Great Falls to Billings, at €32.00 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Great Falls to Billings?
1 operators sell services from Great Falls to Billings across 1 mode: Alpine Air Express. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Great Falls to Billings?
50 percent of the services we sell from Great Falls to Billings are direct. The rest connect at Missoula, with about 69 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Great Falls to Billings use?
Services from Great Falls to Billings by flight leave from Great Falls GTF and arrive at Billings BIL. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Great Falls to Billings?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Great Falls to Billings allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Great Falls to Billings on 15 September 2026: 295 km of route against 287 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €34.95, and 3h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Billings is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Billings and across United States
Day trips that leave Billings in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Great Falls reaches 7 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 215 to 1,566 km. Billings reaches 16 places in 1 countries, from 197 to 1,724 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Great Falls
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Billings
Leaving Billings
- 16Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 7Operators