There are 9 ways to get from Springfield to Missoula by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), train, bus, car, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport
best- Fly from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)SPI - MSO
8h 10m$124–567Train to Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Springfield to Bloomington-Normal
- Fly from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal (BMI) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)BMI - MSO
12h 14m$119–573Bus
- Take the bus from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center to St Louis Bus Station
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Take the bus from Denver Union Station to Cheyenne
- Take the bus from Cheyenne, WY to Billings, MT
- Take the bus from Billings to Missoula
40h 40m$279–680Train, bus
- Take the train from Springfield to Chicago Union Station
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Spokane
- Take the bus from Spokane to Missoula
46h 53m$214–547Drive 1,571.7 mi
- Drive from Springfield to Missoula1,571.7 mi
25h 44m$287–415Taxi to Decatur Airport, fly
- Take the taxi from Springfield to Decatur Airport (DEC)
- Fly from Decatur Airport (DEC) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)DEC - MSO
15h 17m$227–688Train to Lambert–St. Louis International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Springfield to St. Louis
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)STL - MSO
10h 31m$181–801Bus to Peoria International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Springfield to Peoria Amtrak Station
- Fly from Peoria International Airport (PIA) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)PIA - MSO
10h 26mTrain to Chicago O'Hare International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Springfield to Chicago Union Station
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Missoula International Airport (MSO)ORD - MSO
10h 18m$123–542
Springfield to Missoula by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Springfield to Missoula is to train and fly which costs $110 - $600 and takes 12h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Springfield to Missoula is to fly which takes 8h 10m and costs $120 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Springfield to Missoula. However, there are services departing from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center and arriving at Missoula via St Louis Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Cheyenne, WY and Billings. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 40m.
The distance between Springfield and Missoula is 1332 miles. The road distance is 1580.8 miles.
The best way to get from Springfield to Missoula without a car is to bus which takes 40h 40m and costs $270 - $700.
It takes approximately 8h 10m to get from Springfield to Missoula, including transfers.
Springfield to Missoula bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, depart from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center station.
The best way to get from Springfield to Missoula is to fly which takes 8h 10m and costs $120 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $270 - $700 and takes 40h 40m.
Springfield to Missoula bus services, operated by Flixbus USA, arrive at St Louis Bus Station.
Missoula is 1h behind Springfield. It is currently 4:11 PM in Springfield and 3:11 PM in Missoula.
What companies run services between Springfield, IL, USA and Missoula, MT, USA?
American Airlines and United Airlines fly from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (SPI) to Missoula International Airport (MSO) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center to Missoula via St Louis Bus Station, Denver Union Station, Cheyenne, WY, Billings, MT, and Billings in around 40h 40m.
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- Website
- united.com
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Decatur Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Decatur Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Decatur Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Decatur Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Peoria International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Decatur Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Decatur Airport to Missoula International Airport via Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Central Illinois Regional Airport At Bloomington-Normal to Missoula International Airport via Atlanta, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Missoula International Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Springfield to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–80
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Spokane
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–380
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Springfield to St. Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Springfield to Bloomington-Normal
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–23
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from Springfield SMTD Transfer Center to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- 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 St Louis Bus Station to Denver Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Denver Union Station to Cheyenne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1-877-779-2999
- tony@expressarrow.com
- Website
- expressarrow.com
Bus from Denver Union Station to Cheyenne
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://expressarrow.com
Bus from Cheyenne, WY to Billings, MT
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–150
- Website
- https://expressarrow.com
- Phone
- +1-858-800-8898
- Website
- jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Billings to Missoula
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Bus from Spokane to Missoula
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–90
- Book at
- https://www.jeffersonlines.com
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from Springfield to Peoria Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Estimated price
- $110–140
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