How far is columbus ohio from pittsburgh

The distance from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Columbus, Ohio is:

185 miles / 298 km driving162 miles / 261 km flying

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Distance from Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH

The total driving distance from Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH is 185 miles or 298 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH is 162 miles.

This is equivalent to 261 kilometers or 141 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends in Columbus, Ohio.

Your flight direction from Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH is West (-101 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Pittsburgh, PA to Columbus, OH. 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.

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The driving distance from Columbus, Ohio to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is:

185 miles / 298 km

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Map of driving directions from Columbus, OH to Pittsburgh, PA

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The total driving distance from Columbus, OH to Pittsburgh, PA is 185 miles or 298 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Columbus, Ohio. It ends in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Columbus, OH to Pittsburgh, PA based on current local fuel 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 Columbus, OH and Pittsburgh, PA.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Columbus, OH to Pittsburgh, PA.

Driving distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find driving distances based on actual directions for your road trip. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Combine this information with the fuel cost tool to find out how much it will cost you to drive the distance, or compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. You can print out pages with a travel map.

Driving non-stop from Columbus to Pittsburgh

How far is Pittsburgh from Columbus? Here's the quick answer if you drive this relatively short distance without making any stops.

Nonstop drive: 185 miles or 298 km

Driving time: 2 hours, 56 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 Columbus to Pittsburgh

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Columbus, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 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: 162 miles or 261 km

Flight time: 49 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 23 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 1/4th 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.

Columbus to Pittsburgh road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Pittsburgh, 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: 3.5 hours on the road

Itinerary

Start in Columbus.

Drive for about 52 minutes, then stop in Zanesville (Ohio) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 38 minutes then stop at The Rock Café and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 55 minutes then stop in Saint Clairsville and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1 hour then stop at Strip District and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 5 minutes and arrive in Pittsburgh.

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:

Columbus to Pittsburgh 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: Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)

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: 19 minutes

Getting to your destination: 39 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from CMH connecting through MDW and arriving at PIT flying on Southwest Airlines. We can figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, time to taxi on the runways, and an average layover time of about 2 hours.

Initial flight time: 1 hour, 6 minutes

Connecting airport: Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)

Connection flight time: 1 hour, 13 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Columbus to Pittsburgh including time spent getting to and from the airports, roughly 2 hours at the departure airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, plus the connecting flight with a 2-hour layover.

Total travel time: 7 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 Pittsburgh to Columbus, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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

How far is drive from Pittsburgh to Columbus?

The direct drive from Pittsburgh to Columbus is 186 mi (300 km), and should have a drive time of 2 hrs 57 mins in normal traffic.

Is Columbus Ohio bigger than Pittsburgh?

Columbus, Ohio is 4.5 times larger than Pittsburgh.

What is the halfway point between Columbus Ohio and Pittsburgh PA?

The halfway point between Columbus, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is: Salesville, OH. Find a place to meet halfway. These two locations are 185 miles apart and the exact midpoint is 21236 Bridgewater Rd, Salesville, OH 43778, USA.

What cities are 3 hours from Columbus?

One of the best things about Columbus is its central location. Within a three-hour drive, you can explore Dayton, Cleveland, Indianapolis, and Pittsburgh — not to mention lots of exciting, small, and unique towns in Ohio.