There are 10 ways to get from Provo to Iowa City by train, plane, bus, bus (Greyhound), car, or shuttle
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Train to Salt Lake City International Airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Provo Central Station to North Temple Stationtrain
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane SLC - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
10h 31mFly Provo to Quad City International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Provo (PVU) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane PVU - MLI
- Take the bus from Moline Center Station to Iowa Citybus
11h 1m$148–608Bus
- Take the bus from Provo Central Station to Green Riverbus
- Take the bus from Green River to Denver Union Stationbus
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Iowa Citybus
27h 50m$150–334Drive 1,193.4 mi
- Drive from Provo to Iowa Citycar 1,193.4 mi
18h 31m$218–315Train to Salt Lake City International Airport, fly to Quad City International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Provo Central Station to North Temple Stationtrain
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Quad City International Airport (MLI)plane SLC - MLI
- Take the bus from Moline Center Station to Iowa Citybus
11h 3m$180–815Fly Provo to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Fly from Provo (PVU) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane PVU - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
10h 15mTrain to Salt Lake City International Airport, fly to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Provo Central Station to North Temple Stationtrain
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane SLC - ORD
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
12h 5m$162–674Train to Salt Lake City International Airport, fly to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Provo Central Station to North Temple Stationtrain
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Des Moines (DSM)plane SLC - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moinesbus
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Iowa Citybus
12h 40m$240–974Train to Salt Lake City International Airport, fly to Omaha, bus
- Take the train from Provo Central Station to North Temple Stationtrain
- Fly from Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) to Omaha (OMA)plane SLC - OMA
- Take the bus from Omaha, NE to Iowa Citybus
12h 13m$336–1,696Train, bus
- Take the train from Provo Amtrak to Denvertrain California Zephyr
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Iowa Citybus Greyhound US0123
30h 39m$149–278
Provo to Iowa City by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Provo to Iowa City is to train and bus which costs $140 - $280 and takes 30h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Provo to Iowa City is to fly and bus which takes 11h 1m and costs $140 - $650.
No, there is no direct bus from Provo station to Iowa City. However, there are services departing from Provo Central Station and arriving at Iowa City via Green River and Denver Union Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 50m.
The distance between Provo and Iowa City is 1149 miles. The road distance is 1200.4 miles.
The best way to get from Provo to Iowa City without a car is to bus which takes 27h 50m and costs $150 - $340.
It takes approximately 10h 31m to get from Provo to Iowa City, including transfers.
Provo to Iowa City bus services, operated by Salt Lake Express, depart from Provo Central Station.
Provo to Iowa City bus services, operated by Salt Lake Express, arrive at Green River station.
Iowa City is 1h ahead of Provo. It is currently 10:22 PM in Provo and 11:22 PM in Iowa City.
Yes, the driving distance between Provo to Iowa City is 1200 miles. It takes approximately 18h 31m to drive from Provo to Iowa City.
What companies run services between Provo, UT, USA and Iowa City, IA, USA?
You can take a bus from Provo Central Station to Iowa City via Green River and Denver Union Station in around 27h 50m.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Provo to Quad City International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–950
Flights from Provo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Provo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 38m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–750
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Omaha via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Quad City International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–800
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Omaha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $200–900
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Omaha via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,600
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Omaha via Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,000
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Omaha via Phoenix
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $450–2,000
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Salt Lake City International Airport to Des Moines via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–700
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Provo to Quad City International Airport via Phoenix esa Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Provo to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Phoenix esa Gateway
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Phone
- +1 801-743-3882
- rideuta@rideuta.com
- Website
- rideuta.com
Train from Provo Central Station to North Temple Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–7
- Schedules at
- rideuta.com
- Adult - full fare
- $2–7
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Provo Amtrak to Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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/
- Phone
- +1 208-656-8824
- info@saltlakeexpress.com
- Website
- saltlakeexpress.com
Bus from Provo Central Station to Green River
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Schedules at
- saltlakeexpress.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Green River to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Moline Center Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Des Moines to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Omaha, NE to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 320.253.2226
- Website
- executiveexpress.biz
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
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz
- Schedules at
- https://www.executiveexpress.biz/coverage-areas/
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Ames to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–45
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
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