How far is iowa from ohio by car

The driving distance from Iowa (IA) to Ohio (OH) is:

631 miles / 1 015 km

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The total driving distance from Iowa to Ohio is 631 miles or 1 015 kilometers.

Your trip begins in the state of Iowa. It ends in the state of Ohio.

If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Iowa to Ohio so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Iowa to Ohio based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

Since this is a long drive, you might want to stop halfway and stay overnight in a hotel. You can find the city that is halfway between Iowa and Ohio.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Iowa to Ohio.




Driving distance calculator

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The distance from Ohio (OH) to Iowa (IA) is:

631 miles / 1 015 km driving555 miles / 894 km flying


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Distance from Ohio to Iowa

The total driving distance from Ohio to Iowa is 631 miles or 1 015 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Ohio to Iowa is 555 miles.

This is equivalent to 894 kilometers or 483 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in the state of Ohio. It ends in the state of Iowa.

Your flight direction from Ohio to Iowa is West (-75 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Ohio to Iowa. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.




Distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find distances based on actual road trip directions, or the straight line flight distance. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. The database uses the latitude and longitude of each location to calculate distance using the great circle distance formula. The calculation is done using the Vincenty algorithm and the WGS84 ellipsoid model of the Earth, which is the same one used by most GPS receivers. This gives you the flying distance "as the crow flies." Find your flight distances quickly to estimate the number of frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate. Or ask how far is it between cities to solve your homework problems. You can lookup U.S. cities, or expand your search to get the world distance for international trips. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Ohio to Iowa

How far is Iowa from Ohio? Here's the quick answer if you don't sleep at all, or you have a friend with you so each person can drive some of the way, letting you make the entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 631 miles or 1015 km

Driving time: 9 hours, 57 minutes

This is a pretty long drive, so it's not very realistic to drive nonstop. To get a better idea of how long this road trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.



Flying non-stop from Ohio to Iowa

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Ohio (OH) and Iowa (IA). 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. For a long distance, this appears as a curve on the map, and this is often the route that commercial airlines will take so it's a good estimate of the frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate as well.

Flight distance: 555 miles or 894 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 37 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 76 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 1/6th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a medium length flight, so unless you have a nice private jet, you might be booking 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.




Ohio to Iowa road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Iowa, 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: 12.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight


Itinerary

Start at Ohio.

Drive for about 2 hours, then stop in Lima (Ohio) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Markle (Indiana) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 3 hours then stop in Chicago. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Sycamore and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2 hours then stop in Moline and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1 hour then stop at University of Iowa and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 2 hours and arrive at Iowa.


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:


Ohio to Iowa 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: Port Columbus International Airport (CMH)

Arrival airport: Des Moines International Airport (DSM)

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: 80 minutes

Getting to your destination: 120 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from CMH to DSM 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, 37 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Ohio to Iowa 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: 7 hours


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


Plan a trip to Iowa

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Iowa (IA). Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Iowa. Click the button below to explore Iowa 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 Iowa to Ohio, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Ohio, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Ohio!

How far is Iowa from Ohio by plane?

The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Iowa and Ohio is 870 km= 541 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Iowa to Ohio, It takes 0.97 hours to arrive.

How long of a drive is it to Ohio to Iowa?

How long is the drive from Ohio to Iowa? The total driving time is 9 hours, 57 minutes. Your trip begins in the state of Ohio.

How many hours is it from Iowa to Ohio?

How long is the drive from Iowa to Ohio? The total driving time is 9 hours, 57 minutes.

Is Iowa close to Denver?

The distance from Iowa City to Denver is 716 miles. The road distance is 784 miles.