--- title: "Omaha to Ames – 2 ways by car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Omaha to Ames is 211 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/omaha-to-ames" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/omaha-to-ames.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Omaha to Ames [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omaha&to=Ames) [Ames to Omaha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/ames-to-omaha) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 211 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 0\ 2 ways, Fri 30 Oct\ ## 2 ways to travel 211 km apart. Times are the timetables for Fri 30 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$490 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 3h 20m$22–30 Estimated 274 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omaha&to=Ames) - [**Taxi** 3h 20m$440–600 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Omaha&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 Omaha to Ames? The fastest way is by car: about 3h 20m door to door. The straight-line distance is 211 km. What is the cheapest way from Omaha to Ames? Drive is the cheapest, from $22. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How far is Ames from Omaha by road? About 274 km, roughly 3h 20m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $22–30; 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/omaha-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