Minneapolis to Traverse City runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €55.01, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 22m over 621 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €55.01, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€55.01
- 292%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Minneapolis
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.
- 06:33First 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 €192.48Fri18
- about €164.16Sat19
- about €151.77Sun20
- about €86.87Mon21
- about €83.33Tue22
- about €96.90Wed23
- about €131.71Thu24
- about €103.98Fri25
- about €114.60Sat26
- about €87.46Sun27
- about €75.07Mon28
- about €66.22Tue29
- about €78.02Wed30
- about €82.15Thu1
- about €71.53Fri2
- about €71.53Sat3
- about €78.02Sun4
- about €55.01Mon5
- about €63.27Tue6
- about €57.96Wed7
- about €81.56Thu8
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 Traverse City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Traverse City for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Minneapolis to Traverse City
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €73.8990 days
- €49.1160 days
- €65.6345 days
- €60.3230 days
- €81.5621 days
- €82.1514 days
- €131.717 days
- €151.773 days
- €192.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €49.11.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 292 percent. The dearest point is €192.48, 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
621 km
603 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
410,939 → 15,218
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/1
1 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 621 km against 603 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 Chicago. The gap between arriving and leaving is 99 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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
Traverse City is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near LaFranier Transfer Station
Most of the points near LaFranier Transfer Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Minneapolis to Traverse City
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 Minneapolis to Traverse City?
The fastest journey from Minneapolis to Traverse City takes 4h 22m door to door, of which 1h 15m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 25m, 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City?
The cheapest fare from Minneapolis to Traverse City is €55.01, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.15. 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City?
The cheapest way from Minneapolis to Traverse City is by flight, at €55.01 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 25m 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City?
Fares from Minneapolis to Traverse City bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €49.11. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 292 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Minneapolis to Traverse City?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Minneapolis to Traverse City, at €66.22. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Minneapolis to Traverse City?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Minneapolis to Traverse City, at €47.34 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City?
No operator record names Minneapolis to Traverse City directly. Endeavor Air publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Minneapolis to Traverse City?
50 percent of the services we sell from Minneapolis to Traverse City are direct. The rest connect at Chicago, with about 99 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City use?
Services from Minneapolis to Traverse City by flight leave from Minneapolis MSP and arrive at Traverse City TVC. 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 Minneapolis to Traverse City?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Minneapolis to Traverse City 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Minneapolis to Traverse City on 17 September 2026: 621 km of route against 603 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €55.01, and 4h 22m 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 Traverse City is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Traverse City and across United States
Day trips that leave Traverse City in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Minneapolis reaches 124 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 140 to 9,585 km. Traverse City reaches 11 places in 1 countries, from 341 to 2,573 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Minneapolis
- 124Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 30Operators
Arriving in Traverse City
Leaving Traverse City
- 11Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 9Operators