Phoenix to Madison

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Phoenix to Madison. From €181.86, fastest 6h 30m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Phoenix to Madison costs €181.86 at the cheapest and takes 6h 30m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,307 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,307 km
Fastest
6h 30m
Average
6h 45m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€181.86
CO2 per passenger
567.5 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight6h 53m3h 43m3h 10m€216.08567.5 kg5
  • 6h 53mFastest, by Flight
  • €216.08Cheapest, by Flight
  • 567.5 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,307 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€181.86
  1. American Airlines AA623907:302h 59m10:29Phoenix PHXDes Moines DSM
  2. PARTA PA345512:096h 17m18:26DART Central StationMadison - Dutch Mill

Changes at Des Moines, with 100 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 12h 53mCO2 482.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€272.72
  1. American Airlines AA458706:253h 43m10:08Phoenix PHXMadison MSN

Door to door 6h 53mCO2 567.5 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€212.54
  1. Southwest Airlines SA674207:302h 37m10:07Phoenix PHXOmaha OMA
  2. PARTA PA320611:158h 39m19:54North Omaha Transit CenterMadison - Dutch Mill

Changes at Omaha, with 68 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 14h 21mCO2 439.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Phoenix to Madison
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Phoenix to MadisonThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€613.74€432.02€419.04€361.22€328.18€279.80€319.33€296.91€266.82€288.65€302.81€216.08€236.14€253.25

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €181.86

The trip ends at Madison station (C&NW). Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Madison for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Madison station (C&NW) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Phoenix to Madison

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €191.8990 days
  2. €191.3060 days
  3. €189.5345 days
  4. €191.3030 days
  5. €192.4821 days
  6. €253.2514 days
  7. €319.337 days
  8. €419.043 days
  9. €613.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €189.53.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €613.74, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€613.74€189.531371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €302.81Sun
  2. €216.08Mon
  3. €236.14Tue
  4. €253.25Wed
  5. €296.91Thu
  6. €266.82Fri
  7. €288.65Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €279.80Sep
  2. €225.52Oct
  3. €173.01Nov
  4. €193.66Dec
  5. €170.65Jan
  6. €155.31Feb

The route

PhoenixPhoenixMadisonMadison
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,307 km against 2,240 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 Cedar Rapids, Denver, Omaha, Des Moines. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Phoenix at 06:25 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Phoenix

Rail
  • Union Station
Bus
  • Greyhound Station - Phoenix, Arizona
  • Ed Pastor Transit Center
Air
  • PHX

Madison

Rail
  • Madison station (C&NW)
  • Madison Milwaukee Road depot
  • Middleton station
Bus
  • Madison - Dutch Mill
  • UW-Madison Intercity Bus
Air
  • MSN
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
American Airlines€190.126h 30m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • American Airlines
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€146.5081%
Taxes€26.3715%
Supplier fees€7.004%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€181.86100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Madison well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Madison?

Most of the points near Madison station (C&NW) open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Phoenix to Madison

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Phoenix to Madison?

The fastest journey from Phoenix to Madison takes 6h 30m door to door, of which 3h 43m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 45m, 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 Phoenix to Madison?

The cheapest fare from Phoenix to Madison is €181.86, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €325.23. 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 Phoenix to Madison?

The cheapest way from Phoenix to Madison is by Flight, at €216.08 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 6h 53m 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 Phoenix to Madison?

Fares from Phoenix to Madison bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €189.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 224 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Phoenix to Madison?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Phoenix to Madison, at €216.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Phoenix to Madison?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Phoenix to Madison, at €155.31 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 service from Phoenix to Madison?

1 operators sell services from Phoenix to Madison across 1 modes: American Airlines. 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 Phoenix to Madison?

20 percent of the services we sell from Phoenix to Madison are direct. The rest connect at Cedar Rapids, Denver, Omaha, Des Moines, with about 51 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 Phoenix to Madison use?

Services from Phoenix to Madison by Flight leave from Phoenix PHX and arrive at Madison MSN. 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 Phoenix to Madison?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Phoenix to Madison 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Phoenix to Madison on September 9, 2026: 2307 km of route against 2240 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €181.86, and 6h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Madison are the half people leave until last.

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