There are 8 ways to get from Cedar Rapids to Austin by plane, car, bus, or train
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Fly The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
best- Fly from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)plane CID - AUS
6h 59m$102–554Fly The Eastern Iowa Airport to Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport, drive
cheapest- Fly from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) to Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK)plane CID - GRK
- Drive from Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport (GRK) to Austincar
7h 21m$88–420Drive, bus via Irving
- Drive from Cedar Rapids to Waterloocar
- Take the bus from Waterloo to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Kansas Citybus
- Take the bus from Kansas City Bus Station to Dallas Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dallas Bus Station to Austin Eastside Bus Plazabus
25h 54m$144–391Drive, bus, train
- Drive from Cedar Rapids to Waterloocar
- Take the bus from Waterloo to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Austintrain
38h 7m$195–859Drive 992.7 mi
- Drive from Cedar Rapids to Austincar 992.7 mi
16h 48m$182–262Drive to Quad City International Airport, fly to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
- Drive from Cedar Rapids to Moline-Airport-MLIcar
- Fly from Quad City International Airport (MLI) to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)plane MLI - AUS
7h 35m$118–576Drive, bus
- Drive from Cedar Rapids to Waterloocar
- Take the bus from Waterloo to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Omaha, NEbus
- Take the bus from Omaha to Austinbus
27h 3m$259–364Drive, bus #2
- Drive from Cedar Rapids to Waterloocar
- Take the bus from Waterloo to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago to Tornado Bus Co - Austinbus
32h 25m$230–446
The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cedar Rapids to Austin is to drive which costs $180 - $270 and takes 16h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Cedar Rapids to Austin is to fly which takes 6h 59m and costs $100 - $600.
The distance between Cedar Rapids and Austin is 897 miles. The road distance is 998.5 miles.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Cedar Rapids to Austin, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cedar Rapids to Austin is 999 miles. It takes approximately 16h 48m to drive from Cedar Rapids to Austin.
There are 1575+ hotels available in Austin.
What companies run services between Cedar Rapids, IA, USA and Austin, TX, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and United Airlines fly from The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) every 3 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–400
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Killeen-Fort Hood Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
- Website
- united.com
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from The Eastern Iowa Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Quad City International Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport via Orlando Sanford
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Chicago Union Station to Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Waterloo to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Kansas City Bus Station to Dallas Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Austin Eastside Bus Plaza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Waterloo to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Des Moines to Omaha, NE
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–75
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Des Moines to Kansas City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–90
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Dallas Bus Station to Austin Eastside Bus Plaza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $25–90
- Phone
- +52 449 913 0502
- tours.lopez@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Omaha to Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $190–205
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 888 358 6762
- info@tornadobus.com
- Website
- tornadobus.com
Bus from Chicago to Tornado Bus Co - Austin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–330
- Schedules at
- tornadobus.com
- Adults 11-59
- $170–330
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