There are 9 ways to get from Providence to Iowa by train, plane, bus, bus (Greyhound, Flixbus), 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.
Train to Boston Logan Airport, fly to Des Moines
best- Take the train from Providence to South Stationtrain
- Fly from Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Des Moines (DSM)plane BOS - DSM
6h 4m$113–1,065Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Quad City International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane PVD - MLI
8h 30m$70–339Bus, train
- Take the bus from Providence to Worcester Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Worcester Union Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Des Moinesbus
30h 49mBus
- Take the bus from Providence to Newark Penn Stationbus
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Des Moinesbus
32h 19m$175–326Drive 1,274.6 mi
- Drive from Providence to Des Moinescar 1,274.6 mi
21h 36m$233–336Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Des Moines (DSM)plane PVD - DSM
7h$90–388Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Omaha (OMA)plane PVD - OMA
7h 2m$198–887Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Waterloo Municipal Airport (ALO)plane PVD - ALO
7h 6m$85–378Fly Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane PVD - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
9h 53m
Boston Logan Airport (BOS) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Providence to Iowa is to fly which costs $65 - $340 and takes 8h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Providence to Iowa is to train and fly which takes 6h 4m and costs $110 - $1,100.
The distance between Providence and Iowa is 1225 miles. The road distance is 1282.1 miles.
The best way to get from Providence to Iowa without a car is to bus and train which takes 30h 49m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 4m to get from Providence to Iowa, including transfers.
The best way to get from Providence to Iowa is to bus which takes 32h 19m and costs $170 - $330. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $85 - $390 and takes 7h.
Iowa is 1h behind Providence. It is currently 3:34 PM in Providence and 2:34 PM in Iowa.
Yes, the driving distance between Providence to Iowa is 1282 miles. It takes approximately 21h 36m to drive from Providence to Iowa.
There are 244+ hotels available in Iowa.
What companies run services between Providence, RI, USA and Iowa, USA?
You can take a bus from Providence to Des Moines via Newark Penn Station, Chicago Bus Station, and Des Moines in around 32h 19m. Alternatively, United Airlines, American Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD) to Des Moines (DSM) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Des Moines via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–950
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Waterloo Municipal Airport via Philadelphia, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Quad City International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–460
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Quad City International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–420
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Des Moines via St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–850
Flights from Theodore Francis Green State Airport to Omaha via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Boston Logan Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Phone
- +1-617-222-3200
- Website
- mbta.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.mbta.com
- Adult
- $5–14
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $6–210
- Business Class
- $45–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Providence to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $10–450
- First Class
- $110–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Worcester Union Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–1,200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Providence to Worcester Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- 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 Chicago Bus Station to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Providence to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1-319-362-0375
- Website
- 380express.com
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.380express.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.380express.com/schedule/
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