Private charter to & from Ames

Ames is home to Iowa State University, one of the country’s leading land-grant universities, known for engineering, veterinary medicine, agriculture and design. The university anchors a cluster of research institutions, including the Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Disease Center, and a research park where agricultural technology, software and manufacturing companies grow alongside university spin-offs. Software company Workiva got its start here, and the city’s economy is unusually tied to science and research.

Ames sits about 30 miles north of Des Moines, close enough for a drive but often a detour from wherever visitors are actually coming from. Ames Municipal Airport is only a couple of miles from campus, so a private flight can bring researchers, recruiters, agribusiness partners and Cyclone fans right to town and home the same day. Visitors come for Reiman Gardens, the university’s public art collection, Iowa State football and basketball, the historic Campustown neighborhood and nearby Ledges State Park and the Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad.