--- title: "Kansas City to Ames – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Kansas City to Ames is 336 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kansas-city-to-ames" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kansas-city-to-ames.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Kansas City to Ames [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kansas+City&to=Ames) [Ames to Kansas City](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ames-to-kansas-city) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 336 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Sat 31 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 336 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sat 31 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best$670 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 4h 25m$29–40 Estimated 366 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kansas+City&to=Ames) - [**Taxi** 4h 25m$590–810 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kansas+City&to=Ames) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Kansas City to Ames? The fastest way is by car: about 4h 25m door to door. The straight-line distance is 336 km. What is the cheapest way from Kansas City to Ames? Drive is the cheapest, from $29. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Ames from Kansas City by road? About 366 km, roughly 4h 25m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $29–40; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Ames City in Iowa, US Ames is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately 30 miles (48 km) north of Des Moines in central Iowa. It is the home of Iowa State University (ISU). According to the 2020 census, Ames had a population of 66,427, making it the state's ninth-most populous city. Iowa State University was home to 30,177 students as of fall 2023, which make up approximately one half of the city's population. [The Ames guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/ames) [Hotels in Ames Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kansas-city-to-ames, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt