There are 6 ways to get from India to Ames by plane, shuttle, bus, or taxi
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Fly Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle
best- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Des Moines (DSM)plane DEL - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
26h 8m$680–1,790Fly Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP)plane BOM - MSP
- Take the bus from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Amesbus
28h 19m$546–1,386Fly Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle
- Fly from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) to Des Moines (DSM)plane AMD - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
27h 3m$730–2,091Fly Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle
- Fly from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM) to Des Moines (DSM)plane BOM - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
26h 35m$681–1,891Fly Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines, shuttle
- Fly from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) to Des Moines (DSM)plane CCU - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
26h 15m$882–2,400Fly Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport, taxi
- Fly from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD)plane CCU - FOD
- Take the taxi from Fort Dodge Municipal Airport (FOD) to Amestaxi
28h 13m$642–1,690
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from India to Ames is to fly and bus which costs $500 - $1,400 and takes 28h 19m.
The fastest way to get from India to Ames is to fly and shuttle which takes 26h 8m and costs $650 - $1,800.
The distance between India and Ames is 7656 miles.
It takes approximately 26h 8m to get from India to Ames, including transfers.
Ames is 10h 30m behind India. It is currently 1:18 AM in India and 2:48 PM in Ames.
There are 51+ hotels available in Ames.
What companies run services between India and Ames, IA, USA?
There is no direct connection from India to Ames. However, you can take the subway to IGI Airport, walk to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) airport, fly to Des Moines (DSM), walk to Des Moines International Airport, IA, then take the shuttle to Ames, IA - Iowa State University. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Ahmedabad Airport T2, walk to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (AMD) airport, fly to Des Moines (DSM), walk to Des Moines International Airport, IA, then take the shuttle to Ames, IA - Iowa State University.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Toronto, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Copenhagen, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Toronto, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Copenhagen, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Amsterdam Schiphol, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Copenhagen, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Abu Dhabi, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via San Francisco, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Fort Dodge Municipal Airport via San Francisco, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 44m
- When
- Thursday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Copenhagen, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,400
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines via San Francisco, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Munich, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,800
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Abu Dhabi, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Abu Dhabi, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–1,900
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Doha, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,600
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 4m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Des Moines via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Des Moines via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport to Des Moines via San Francisco, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Des Moines via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
- Phone
- +1 320.253.2226
- Website
- Executive Express
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
Shuttle from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Website
- Executive Express
- Schedules at
- Executive Express Coverage Areas for Minnesota and Iowa
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Estimated price
- $140–180
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