Salt Lake City at dusk

Minneapolis to Salt Lake City

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City. From €126.40, fastest 5h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Minneapolis to Salt Lake City runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:07 and the last around 17:29. One passenger pays between €126.40 and €135.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 38m over 1,632 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 19, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€126.40 to €135.84

  • 183%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Minneapolis

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:07First departure
  • 17:29Last departure
  • 10Services per day
  • 60%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €291.01Sun20
  2. about €250.89Mon21
  3. about €215.49Tue22
  4. about €225.52Wed23
  5. about €262.10Thu24
  6. about €286.29Fri25
  7. about €207.82Sat26
  8. about €203.69Sun27
  9. about €160.62Mon28
  10. about €188.35Tue29
  11. about €176.55Wed30
  12. about €207.82Thu1
  13. about €187.17Fri2
  14. about €157.67Sat3
  15. about €147.05Sun4
  16. about €126.40Mon5
  17. about €133.48Tue6
  18. about €129.94Wed7
  19. about €162.98Thu8
  20. about €151.18Fri9
  21. about €157.08Sat10

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Salt Lake City. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Salt Lake City for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Rio Grande Depot and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Minneapolis to Salt Lake City

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €166.5290 days
  2. €106.9360 days
  3. €102.8045 days
  4. €119.3230 days
  5. €157.0821 days
  6. €157.6714 days
  7. €207.827 days
  8. €215.493 days
  9. €291.011 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €102.80.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 183 percent. The most expensive point is €291.01, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€291.01€102.80137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Minneapolis to Salt Lake City and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

1,632 km

1,585 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

410,939215,548

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

MinneapolisMinneapolisSalt Lake CitySalt Lake City
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,632 km against 1,585 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Omaha, Bozeman, Denver, Billings. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Rio Grande Depot

Most of the points near Rio Grande Depot open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Minneapolis to Salt Lake City

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

The fastest journey from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City takes 5h 38m door to door, of which 2h 28m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 48m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

The cheapest fare from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City is €126.40, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €213.43. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

The cheapest way from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City is by flight, at €126.40 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 38m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

Fares from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €102.80. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 183 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

Saturday is the cheapest day to depart from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City, at €157.67. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City, at €113.42 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

No operator record names Minneapolis to Salt Lake City directly. Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

60 percent of the services we sell from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City are direct. The rest connect at Omaha, Bozeman, Denver, Billings, with about 61 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City use?

Services from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City by flight leave from Minneapolis MSP and arrive at Salt Lake City SLC. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Minneapolis to Salt Lake City allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Minneapolis to Salt Lake City on September 19, 2026: 1632 km of route against 1585 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €126.40, and 5h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Salt Lake City is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Salt Lake City and across United States

Day trips that leave Salt Lake City in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Minneapolis reaches 124 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 140 to 9,585 km. Salt Lake City reaches 90 places in 4 countries, from 41 to 8,153 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Minneapolis

  • 124Places you can leave for
  • 15Countries
  • 30Operators

Arriving in Salt Lake City

Leaving Salt Lake City

  • 90Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 21Operators

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