How far is Marfa from Austin

Austin to Marfa by bus

For bus lovers there are convenient routes from Austin to Marfa, which is 492 miles away. The bus trip from will take approximately 11 hours. You will have 15 stopovers during your bus trip. Buses are a great option for traveling across countries, with lots of companies, such as Greyhound USA.

Trains from Austin to Marfa

How long is a train journey to Marfa from Austin? The distance between Marfa and Austin is 795 km. The train from Austin Amtrak Station station to Alpine Amtrak Station station takes 17 hours.

Flight from Austin to Marfa

The plane is the fastest and most convenient way to visit Marfa from Austin. 294-mile distance separates two destinations. One of best way to get from one city to another is to take a flight that lasts 3 hours. The average price for the selected destination is 210 USD. Don't hesitate to book in advance and pay about 190 USD for your flight. It is convenient to travel from Austin to Marfa by plane with flight departing at 06:00 and arriving at 09:10.

Driving directions from Austin to Marfa

Are you planning a trip from Austin to Marfa? The distance between these two cities is 429 miles. The travel time is 8 hours. It will cost you 52 USD to fill up your car.

Driving non-stop from Austin to Marfa (Texas)

How far is Marfa (Texas) from Austin? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 431 miles or 694 km

Driving time: 6 hours, 32 minutes

Realistically, you'll probably want to add a buffer for rest stops, gas, or food along the way. To get a better idea of how long this trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Austin to Marfa (Texas)

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Austin, Texas and Marfa, Texas. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 375 miles or 604 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 15 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 56 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/5th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.

Austin to Marfa (Texas) road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Marfa (Texas), and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 8 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start in Austin.

Drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Fredericksburg (Texas) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 60 minutes then stop in Junction and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop at Caverns of Sonora. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Sheffield (Texas) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Fort Stockton and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1 hour then stop in Alpine (Texas) and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 27 minutes and arrive in Marfa (Texas).

To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:

Austin to Marfa (Texas) airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)

Arrival airport: Cavern City Air Terminal (CNM)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 20 minutes

Getting to your destination: 422 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from AUS to CNM and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour, 15 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Austin to Marfa (Texas) including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 11 hours

To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:

Plan a trip to Marfa (Texas)

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Marfa, Texas. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Marfa (Texas). Trippy has an entire Q&A community where you can post questions and get answers from expert travelers or locals who know the area. For instance, you might be interested in the answers to this question: what is halfway from Austin to Marfa. Click the button below to explore Marfa (Texas) in detail.

How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Marfa (Texas) to Austin, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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