How far is Cape Coral from Homestead?

There are 118.61 miles from Homestead to Cape Coral in northwest direction and 149 miles (239.79 kilometers) by car, following the US-41 route.

Homestead and Cape Coral are 2 hours 45 mins far apart, if you drive non-stop .

This is the fastest route from Homestead, FL to Cape Coral, FL. The halfway point is Ochopee, FL.

Homestead, FL and Cape Coral, FL are in the same time zone (EDT). Current time in both locations is 3:50 pm.

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Gas Consumption and Emissions

A car with a fuel efficiency of MPG will need 6 gallons of gas to cover the route between Homestead, FL and Cape Coral, FL.

The estimated cost of gas to go from Homestead to Cape Coral is $20.23.

During the route, an average car will release 117.47 pounds of CO2 to the atmosphere. The carbon footprint would be 0.79 pounds of CO2 per mile.

• Average USA gas price used for calculation is $3.37 per gallon of regular gas. Price last updated on October 22, 2022.
• Read more about our CO2 calculation.

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Halfway Point Between Homestead, FL and Cape Coral, FL

If you want to meet halfway between Homestead, FL and Cape Coral, FL or just make a stop in the middle of your trip, the exact coordinates of the halfway point of this route are 25.901064 and -81.295654, or 25º 54' 3.8304" N, 81º 17' 44.3544" W. This location is 74.65 miles away from Homestead, FL and Cape Coral, FL and it would take approximately 1 hour 22 mins to reach the halfway point from both locations.

Closest City or Town to Halfway Point

The closest town to the halfway point is Ochopee, FL, situated 74 miles from Homestead, FL and 75 miles from Cape Coral, FL. It would take 1 hour 24 mins to go from Homestead to Ochopee and 1 hour 21 mins to go from Cape Coral to Ochopee.

Weather in Homestead and Cape Coral

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Distance conversions

Checkout the distance in miles, kilometers and nautical miles between Homestead, FL and Cape Coral, FL in this table:

Road Trip Tips

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Driving non-stop from Homestead (Florida) to Cape Coral

How far is Cape Coral from Homestead (Florida)? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 176 miles or 283 km

Driving time: 2 hours, 37 minutes

Even though you can drive this distance straight through, it might be more interesting to stop along the way. You can scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.

Flying non-stop from Homestead (Florida) to Cape Coral

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Homestead, Florida and Cape Coral, Florida. 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: 119 miles or 191 km

Flight time: 33 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 57 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.5x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/3th 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.

Homestead (Florida) to Cape Coral road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Cape Coral, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Road trip: 1 day of driving

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

Travel time: 5.5 hours on the road

Itinerary

Start in Homestead (Florida).

Drive for about 45 minutes, then stop in Miami and stay for about 2 hours. Next, drive for another 29 minutes then stop in Fort Lauderdale and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop at Alligator Alley and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1 hour then stop in Naples (Florida) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Sanibel and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 40 minutes and arrive in Cape Coral.

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:

Homestead (Florida) to Cape Coral 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: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)

Arrival airport: Charlotte County Airport (PGD)

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: 139 minutes

Getting to your destination: 74 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from FLL to PGD 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: 53 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Homestead (Florida) to Cape Coral 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: 6 hours

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

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 Cape Coral to Homestead (Florida), or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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