There are 8 ways to get from Manhattan to Iowa by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
best- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane LGA - DSM
5h$200–978Fly Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane LGA - MLI
7h 56m$85–449Bus
- Take the bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Stationbus FlixBus N2640
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Des Moinesbus Greyhound US0123 / ...
28h 4m$140–336Train, bus
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain Lake Shore Limited / ...
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Des Moinesbus Greyhound US0123 / ...
28h 52m$171–608Drive 1,107.8 mi
- Drive from Manhattan to Des Moinescar 1,107.8 mi
18h 28m$203–292Fly Laguardia Airport to Omaha
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Omaha (OMA)plane LGA - OMA
5h 17m$198–887Train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Des Moines
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Des Moines (DSM)plane PHL - DSM
6h 8m$220–1,617Fly Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane EWR - MLI
8h 1m$92–399
Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manhattan to Iowa is to bus which costs $140 - $340 and takes 28h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Manhattan to Iowa is to fly which takes 5h and costs $200 - $1,000.
The distance between Manhattan and Iowa is 1048 miles. The road distance is 1114.3 miles.
The best way to get from Manhattan to Iowa without a car is to bus which takes 28h 4m and costs $140 - $340.
It takes approximately 5h to get from Manhattan to Iowa, including transfers.
The best way to get from Manhattan to Iowa is to fly which takes 5h and costs $200 - $1,000. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $340 and takes 28h 4m.
Iowa is 1h behind Manhattan. It is currently 11:26 AM in Manhattan and 10:26 AM in Iowa.
Yes, the driving distance between Manhattan to Iowa is 1114 miles. It takes approximately 18h 28m to drive from Manhattan to Iowa.
There are 248+ hotels available in Iowa.
What companies run services between Manhattan, NY, USA and Iowa, USA?
American Airlines, Delta, and two other airlines fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM) every 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from New York Midtown to Des Moines via Chicago Bus Station and Des Moines in around 28h 4m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport via Grand Rapids, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–440
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Cleveland, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Pittsburgh, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–440
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Quad City International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–950
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Omaha via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–900
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–310
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from New York Midtown to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–220
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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