There are 10 ways to get from Middletown to Iowa City by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Middletown Nj to Newark Airport Railroad Stationtrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane EWR - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
10h 20mDrive 995.4 mi
cheapest- Drive from Middletown to Iowa Citycar 995.4 mi
17h$182–263Train, bus
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to Newark Penn Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
27h$183–298Train, bus via Ossining
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Stationtrain
- Take the train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
28h 13m$560–908Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane LGA - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
11h 33mTrain to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport, bus
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)plane JFK - CID
- Take the bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Centerbus
11h 31mTrain to Laguardia Airport, fly to Des Moines, bus
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Des Moines (DSM)plane LGA - DSM
- Take the bus from Des Moines to Iowa Citybus
10h 36m$212–913Train to Laguardia Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from Laguardia Airport (LGA) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane LGA - MDW
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
11h 43m$248–738Train, train to Philadelphia International Airport, fly to Chicago Midway International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to Newark Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Stationtrain
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)plane PHL - MDW
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
12h 20m$215–1,057Train, bus via Chicago
- Take the train from Middletown Nj to Newark Penn Stationtrain
- Take the train from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa Citybus
35h 52m$643–1,078
Middletown to Iowa City by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Middletown to Iowa City is to drive which costs $180 - $270 and takes 17h.
The fastest way to get from Middletown to Iowa City is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 36m and costs $210 - $950.
The distance between Middletown and Iowa City is 987 miles. The road distance is 1001.2 miles.
The best way to get from Middletown to Iowa City without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h and costs $180 - $300.
It takes approximately 10h 20m to get from Middletown to Iowa City, including transfers.
Iowa City is 1h behind Middletown. It is currently 1:46 AM in Middletown and 12:46 AM in Iowa City.
Yes, the driving distance between Middletown to Iowa City is 1001 miles. It takes approximately 17h to drive from Middletown to Iowa City.
There are 44+ hotels available in Iowa City.
What companies run services between Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ, USA and Iowa City, IA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Middletown to Iowa City. However, you can take the train to Newark Airport Railroad Station, walk to Newark Airport Railroad Station, take the vehicle to Terminal B, walk to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) airport, fly to The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID), walk to Airport Terminal, take the line 11 bus to GTC Bay 11, walk to GTC Bay 9, then take the bus to Court St Transportation Center. Alternatively, you can take a train from Middletown Nj to Iowa City via Newark, Penn Station, Newark Penn Station, and Chicago Bus Station in around 27h.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Baltimore
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Charlotte
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–420
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–490
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Minneapolis
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Chicago Midway International Airport via Detroit
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–480
Flights from Laguardia Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
Flights from Laguardia Airport to Des Moines via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
- Phone
- +1 973-275-5555
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
Train from Middletown Nj to Newark Airport Railroad Station
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult Airport
- $19–25
Train from Middletown Nj to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–18
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–18
Train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–21
Train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–21
Train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–21
Train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–21
Train from Middletown Nj to New York Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–21
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–21
Train from Middletown Nj to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–18
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–18
Train from Middletown Nj to Newark Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–18
- Website
- New Jersey Transit
- Website
- NJ Transit: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $3–18
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Croton-Harmon Amtrak Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $500–800
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Newark Penn Station to 30th Street Station
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $18–450
- First Class
- $120–600
- Phone
- +1-319-362-0375
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
- Schedules at
- 380 Express Schedule
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
- Schedules at
- 380 Express Schedule
Bus from GTC Bay 9 to Court St Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- 380 Express Corridor Rides
- Schedules at
- 380 Express Schedule
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Newark Penn Station to Chicago Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Des Moines to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Chicago Bus Station to Iowa City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
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