By plane
Jamshedpur airport can be used for bringing in chartered planes but night landing facility is not available. The usage of airport is limited to chartered planes of TATA group .
At present there are no commercial flights to city. A few airlines started operation from Jamshedpur in circa 2007 however were forced to withdraw due to no viability of operation due to conversion of airport from 3c to 2c which means that runway length will be shorter and that no more then 45 passengers can be accommodated on the flight. details of historical flight operations is as below :
Kingfisher Red operated two daily flights from Jamshedpur. Suspended flight in November 2009
Recently,Gurgaon based MDLR Airlines commenced its service connecting Jamshedpur with New Delhi and Chandigarh.Suspended operation in November 2009
No service as on June 2010
From recent news, one can take flight from Kharagpur instead of Kolkata, since Aviation sector is going to commence dometic flights from Kharagpur's Kalaikunda airbase, which can handle night landing also.
Non Scheduled Operators namely JACAIR www.jacair.com which operates Cessna Grand Caravan 208 B , SPIRIT Air , Northeast Shuttles have started in 2012
By Rail
The railway station is known as Tatanagar which is an important railway junction on the south eastern railway network and is connected to Ranchi and Barkakhana, Asansol on the Howrah-Delhi line via Purulia and Adra, and Gua via Noamundi and Barajamda. There are direct trains from/to all the major cities of India, viz., Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ranchi, Patna etc. Kolkata and Patna are linked with super fast trains. You may also take a train to Dhanbad or Ranchi and then a taxi to Jamshedpur. It may take around four hours from Dhanbad to Jamshedpur and two and a half to three from Ranchi.
By car
Jamshedpur is connected by road with most of the major cities in India. NH 32 connects Jamshedpur to Govindpur on NH 2 Kolkata-Delhi via Chandil, Chas and Dhanbad. NH 33 connects Chandil to Barhi on NH 2 Kolkata-Delhi via Bundu, Ranchi, Ramgarh and Hazaribagh and also in the opposite direction to Baharagora on NH 6 Kolkata-Western India via Mahulia. Kolkata is 270 km from Jamshedpur via Baharagora and Kharagpur. Ranchi is 140 km from Jamshedpur. The highyway from Ranchi is doubled laned but without a divider. Chandil is about 35 km from Jamshedpur.Online Car rental company Clear car Rental
By bus
Regular bus services are available from Jamshedpur to Ranchi 140 km, Patna, Gaya, Kolkata 270 km, Hazaribag etc.