How many hours will it take from Illinois to Ohio?

The driving time from Illinois (IL) to Ohio (OH) is:

5 hours, 47 minutes

Average driving speed: 65.2 mph
Kilometers per hour: 105 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

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How long is the drive from Illinois to Ohio? The total driving time is 5 hours, 47 minutes.

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

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Illinois to Ohio.

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

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Illinois and Ohio.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Illinois to Ohio.

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The driving time from Chicago, Illinois to Ohio (OH) is:

5 hours, 29 minutes

Average driving speed: 58.7 mph
Kilometers per hour: 94.4 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

Map of driving directions from Chicago, IL to Ohio

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More trip calculations

How long is the drive from Chicago, IL to Ohio? The total driving time is 5 hours, 29 minutes.

Your trip begins in Chicago, Illinois. It ends in the state of Ohio.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Chicago, IL to Ohio.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Chicago, IL to Ohio based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Chicago, IL and Ohio.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Chicago, IL to Ohio.

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Driving non-stop from Illinois to Ohio

How far is Ohio from Illinois? Here's the quick answer if you are able to make this entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 378 miles or 608 km

Driving time: 5 hours, 47 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 Illinois to Ohio

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Illinois (IL) and Ohio (OH). 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: 329 miles or 529 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 9 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 49 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x 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.

Illinois to Ohio road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Ohio, 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: 11.5 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start at Illinois.

Drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Urbana (Illinois) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Crawfordsville and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 53 minutes then stop in Indianapolis and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Richmond (Indiana). Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 47 minutes, then stop in Dayton and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 4 hours then stop in Yellow Springs and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 1.5 hours and arrive at Ohio.

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:

Illinois to Ohio 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: Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (BMI)

Arrival airport: Port Columbus International Airport (CMH)

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: 32 minutes

Getting to your destination: 80 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from BMI to CMH 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, 9 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Illinois to Ohio 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: 5 hours

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

Plan a trip to Ohio

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

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

How long is a car ride from Illinois to Ohio?

5 hours, 47 minutes.

How far is Illinois from Ohio by plane?

Distance from Illinois to Ohio is 550 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 342 miles. The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Illinois and Ohio is 550 km= 342 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Illinois to Ohio, It takes 0.61 hours to arrive.