There are 7 ways to get from Germany to Iowa by plane or bus
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Fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane FRA - CID
14h 8m$302–1,052Fly to Quad City International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane FRA - MLI
15h 37m$264–1,004Fly to Des Moines
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane FRA - DSM
14h 43m$290–1,025Fly to Omaha
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Omaha (OMA)plane FRA - OMA
17h 8m$505–856Fly to Waterloo Municipal Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO)plane FRA - ALO
15h 18m$290–1,025Fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane FRA - ORD
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Davenportbus
18h 14m$337–490Fly to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane FRA - MSP
- Take the bus from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Amesbus
17h 46m$498–838
Frankfurt (FRA) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Germany to Iowa is to fly and bus which costs $330 - $490 and takes 18h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Germany to Iowa is to fly which takes 14h 8m and costs $300 - $1,100.
The distance between Germany and Iowa is 4520 miles.
It takes approximately 14h 8m to get from Germany to Iowa, including transfers.
There are 242+ hotels available in Iowa.
What companies run services between Germany and Iowa, USA?
United Airlines, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Des Moines via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Quad City International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 56m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Des Moines via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Quad City International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Quad City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Brussels, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Munich, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 23m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 23m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Frankfurt to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Quad City International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Omaha via Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 59m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–850
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–370
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–750
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Davenport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Ames
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Book at
- Jefferson Lines
- Adult
- $55–85
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