There are 8 ways to get from Santander to Leon by plane, shuttle, bus, car, or train
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Fly Santander Airport to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
best- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Des Moines (DSM)SDR - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Lamoni
23h 26m$924–3,639Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Kirksville Regional Airport, drive
cheapest- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK)BIO - IRK
- Drive from Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK) to Leon
23h 1m$249–958Fly Santander Airport to Kirksville Regional Airport, drive
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK)SDR - IRK
- Drive from Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK) to Leon
20h 59m$453–2,133Fly Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Fly from Santander Airport (SDR) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)SDR - CID
- Take the bus from Cedar Rapids Airport to Waterloo
- Take the bus from Waterloo Union Bus Depot to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Lamoni
26h 2m$475–1,779Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Kansas City, bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Kansas City (MCI)BIO - MCI
- Take the bus from Kansas City to Lamoni
24h 54m$370–1,439Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Des Moines (DSM)MAD - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Lamoni
25h 18m$627–2,331Bus to Bilbao Airport, fly to Des Moines, shuttle, bus
- Take the bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Des Moines (DSM)BIO - DSM
- Take a shuttle bus from Des Moines International Airport, IA to Ames, IA - Iowa State University
- Take the bus from Ames to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Lamoni
24h 18m$610–2,264Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)MAD - CID
- Take the bus from Cedar Rapids Airport to Waterloo
- Take the bus from Waterloo Union Bus Depot to Des Moines
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Lamoni
27h 31m$358–1,221
Santander Airport (SDR) to Des Moines (DSM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santander to Leon is to bus and fly and drive which costs $240 - $1,000 and takes 23h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Santander to Leon is to fly and drive which takes 20h 59m and costs $450 - $2,200.
The distance between Santander and Leon is 4536 miles.
It takes approximately 23h 26m to get from Santander to Leon, including transfers.
Leon is 7h behind Santander. It is currently 2:38 PM in Santander and 7:38 AM in Leon.
There are six+ hotels available in Leon.
What companies run services between Santander, Spain and Leon, IA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Santander to Leon. However, you can take the bus to Aeropuerto Santander-S.Ballest, walk to Santander Airport (SDR) airport, fly to Des Moines (DSM), walk to Des Moines International Airport, IA, take the shuttle to Ames, IA - Iowa State University, walk to Ames, take the bus to Des Moines, take the bus to Lamoni, then take the taxi to Leon. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Aeropuerto Santander-S.Ballest, walk to Santander Airport (SDR) airport, fly to Kirksville Regional Airport (IRK), then drive to Leon.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Des Moines via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,200
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–2,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Des Moines via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–3,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Des Moines via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,700
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 24m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- contouraviation.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Kirksville Regional Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–2,100
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kirksville Regional Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kirksville Regional Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kirksville Regional Airport via Barcelona, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kirksville Regional Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Des Moines via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,700
Flights from Santander Airport to Des Moines via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,200
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–2,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Des Moines via Barcelona, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,300
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Barcelona, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 13m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Kansas City via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Toronto, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Santander Airport to Des Moines via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–4,200
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dublin, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–2,200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,800
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 41m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Des Moines via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Toronto, Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Santander Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Barcelona, Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 53m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Des Moines via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Des Moines via London Heathrow, St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,500
- Website
- allegiantair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Des Moines via Santiago de Compostela, Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santander to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- 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
Bus from Des Moines to Lamoni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–55
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Kansas City to Lamoni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–65
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Santander E.A. to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +1 (319) 753-2864
- info@burlingtontrailways.com
- Website
- burlingtontrailways.com
Bus from Cedar Rapids Airport to Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- https://burlingtontrailways.com
- Saver Fares
- $27–40
- Flexible Fares
- $35–55
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- ifsr@greyhound.com
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Waterloo Union Bus Depot to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–20
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
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