There are 9 ways to get from St. Louis to Chattanooga by plane, bus (Flixbus, Greyhound), car, bus, bus (Amtrak, Flixbus), or bus (Greyhound)
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
best- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA)plane STL - CHA
5h 12m$112–578Drive 437.3 mi
cheapest- Drive from St. Louis to Chattanoogacar 437.3 mi
7h 10m$80–116Bus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Nashville Bus Stationbus FlixBus N2521
- Take the bus from Nashville Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanoogabus Groome Transportation
10h 5m$103–190Fly to Mcghee Tyson Airport, drive
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Mcghee Tyson Airport (TYS)plane STL - TYS
- Drive from Mcghee Tyson Airport (TYS) to Chattanoogacar
7h 6m$162–932Fly to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)plane STL - ATL
- Take the bus from Atlanta Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanoogabus
6h 13m$264–568Fly to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field, drive
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (HSV)plane STL - HSV
- Drive from Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field (HSV) to Chattanoogacar
7h 47m$152–832Fly to Nashville, bus
- Fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Nashville (BNA)plane STL - BNA
- Take the bus from Nashville Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanoogabus
6h 8m$150–548Bus via Carbondale
- Take the bus from St. Louis to Carbondalebus
- Take the bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to Nashville Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Nashville Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanoogabus
10h 55m$110–201Bus via Clarksville Exit 11 Park And Ride
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Clarksville Park & Ridebus
- Take the bus from Clarksville Exit 11 Park And Ride to Central 4Th Ave - Bay 20bus 94
- Take the bus from Nashville Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanoogabus
12h 24m$111–166
Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from St. Louis to Chattanooga is to drive which costs $80 - $120 and takes 7h 10m.
The fastest way to get from St. Louis to Chattanooga is to fly which takes 5h 12m and costs $110 - $600.
The distance between St. Louis and Chattanooga is 408 miles. The road distance is 439.9 miles.
The best way to get from St. Louis to Chattanooga without a car is to bus which takes 10h 5m and costs $100 - $190.
It takes approximately 5h 12m to get from St. Louis to Chattanooga, including transfers.
The best way to get from St. Louis to Chattanooga is to fly which takes 5h 12m and costs $110 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $190 and takes 10h 5m.
Chattanooga is 1h ahead of St. Louis. It is currently 8:42 AM in St. Louis and 9:42 AM in Chattanooga.
Yes, the driving distance between St. Louis to Chattanooga is 440 miles. It takes approximately 7h 10m to drive from St. Louis to Chattanooga.
There are 325+ hotels available in Chattanooga.
What companies run services between St. Louis, MO, USA and Chattanooga, TN, USA?
Delta, American Airlines, and United Airlines fly from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport (STL) to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) every 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from St Louis Bus Station to Chattanooga via Nashville Bus Station, Greyhound Station - Lafayette St & 5Th Ave S, Nashville International Airport, Nashville Airport, and Groome Transportation Chattanooga in around 10h 5m.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Mcghee Tyson Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–1,000
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Mcghee Tyson Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–470
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–800
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–950
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–750
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Mcghee Tyson Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Mcghee Tyson Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–1,000
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Mcghee Tyson Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–900
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–470
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport via Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–470
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport via Chicago Midway
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Nashville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–470
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Mcghee Tyson Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–1,100
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–1,100
- Website
- flyfrontier.com
Flights from Lambert–St. Louis International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–470
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- flixbus.com
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from St. Louis to Carbondale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Carbondale Intermodal Station to Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–90
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Adult
- $25–90
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 Nashville Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Clarksville Park & Ride
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (423) 954-1400
- chattoffice@groometrans.com
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Nashville Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanooga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga/
- Schedules at
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga-bna/
Bus from Atlanta Airport to Groome Transportation Chattanooga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga/
- Schedules at
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga-bna/
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Bus from St. Louis to Carbondale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 615-862-5950
- Website
- wegotransit.com
Bus from Clarksville Exit 11 Park And Ride to Central 4Th Ave - Bay 20
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.wegotransit.com/
- Adult
- $2
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