There are 7 ways to get from Chennai to Purdue University by plane, shuttle, bus, or train
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 Chicago O'Hare International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)plane MAA - ORD
- Take a shuttle bus from O'Hare International Terminal 2 to West Lafayette, IN
29h 44m$410–1,460Fly to Indianapolis, bus
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Indianapolis (IND)plane MAA - IND
- Take the bus from Indianapolis Airport to Co-Rec Circle Drivebus
30h 4m$629–1,640Fly to Purdue University Airport
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Purdue University Airport (LAF)plane MAA - LAF
29h 59m$421–1,201Fly to John Glenn Columbus International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)plane MAA - CMH
- Take the bus from Columbus to Lafayette Bus Stopbus
33h 10m$738–2,664Fly to South Bend, train, bus
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to South Bend (SBN)plane MAA - SBN
- Take the train from South Bend Airport to Gary Metro Centertrain
- Take the bus from Gary Bus Station to Lafayette Bus Stopbus
34h 8m$578–2,042Fly to Fort Wayne International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA)plane MAA - FWA
- Take the bus from Ft Wayne Citilink Central Station to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Stationtrain
32h 38m$507–1,330Fly to University Of Illinois Willard Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to University Of Illinois Willard Airport (CMI)plane MAA - CMI
- Take the bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Indianapolis Union Stationbus
- Take the train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Stationtrain
34h 9m$500–1,324
Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chennai to Purdue University is to fly which costs $420 - $1,200 and takes 29h 59m.
The fastest way to get from Chennai to Purdue University is to fly and shuttle which takes 29h 44m and costs $410 - $1,500.
The distance between Chennai and Purdue University is 8765 miles.
It takes approximately 29h 44m to get from Chennai to Purdue University, including transfers.
Purdue University is 10h 30m behind Chennai. It is currently 2:22 AM in Chennai and 3:52 PM in Purdue University.
There are 51+ hotels available in Purdue University.
What companies run services between Chennai, India and Purdue University, IN, USA?
Etihad, United Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Chennai International Airport (MAA) to Purdue University Airport (LAF) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Indianapolis via Delhi, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Purdue University Airport via Abu Dhabi, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 38m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Purdue University Airport via London Heathrow, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Purdue University Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Purdue University Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Purdue University Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to South Bend via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Chennai International Airport to South Bend via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Abu Dhabi, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Indianapolis via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Indianapolis via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Indianapolis via Dubai, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 54m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Indianapolis via Delhi, Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 39m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 13m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to John Glenn Columbus International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,600
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 59m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Doha, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to University Of Illinois Willard Airport via Frankfurt, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Chennai International Airport to South Bend via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Chennai International Airport to Fort Wayne International Airport via Dubai, Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to South Bend via Frankfurt, Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Chennai International Airport to South Bend via Dubai, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Phone
- +1 219-926-5744
- Website
- mysouthshoreline.com
Train from South Bend Airport to Gary Metro Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Schedules at
- mysouthshoreline.com
- Adults 14-64
- $11–13
Train from South Bend Airport to Gary Metro Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–14
- Schedules at
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Indianapolis to Lafayette Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1(765)4973828
- Website
- lafayettelimo.com
Shuttle from O'Hare International Terminal 2 to West Lafayette, IN
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $30–56
- Schedules at
- lafayettelimo.com
- Child
- $30–50
- Adult
- $51–56
- Phone
- +1 765-637-5124
- [email protected]
- Website
- Reindeer Shuttle
Bus from Indianapolis Airport to Co-Rec Circle Drive
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–37
- Website
- Reindeer Shuttle
- Online Advance
- $29–32
- Walk up Cash
- $33–37
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Columbus to Lafayette Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Gary Bus Station to Lafayette Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Gary Bus Station to Lafayette Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Ft Wayne Citilink Central Station to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Champaign Intermodal Trans Ctr to Indianapolis Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Greyhound
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