How far is Iowa from PA by plane?

2 hours, 10 minutes

Flight map from Pennsylvania to Iowa

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Flying time from Pennsylvania to Iowa

The total flight duration from Pennsylvania to Iowa is 2 hours, 10 minutes.

This assumes an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. It also adds an extra 30 minutes for take-off and landing. Your exact time may vary depending on wind speeds.

If you're planning a trip, remember to add more time for the plane to taxi between the gate and the airport runway. This measurement is only for the actual flying time. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between Pennsylvania and Iowa.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from Pennsylvania to Iowa ("as the crow flies"), which is about 835 miles or 1 343 kilometers.

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

Your flight direction from Pennsylvania to Iowa is West (-78 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

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2 hours, 10 minutes

Flight map from Iowa to Pennsylvania

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Flying time from Iowa to Pennsylvania

The total flight duration from Iowa to Pennsylvania is 2 hours, 10 minutes.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from Iowa to Pennsylvania ("as the crow flies"), which is about 835 miles or 1 343 kilometers.

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

Your flight direction from Iowa to Pennsylvania is East (91 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

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Driving non-stop from Pennsylvania to Iowa

How far is Iowa from Pennsylvania? Here's the quick answer if you have friends taking shifts as driver so that you can make the entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 928 miles or 1493 km

Driving time: 14 hours, 9 minutes

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

Flying non-stop from Pennsylvania to Iowa

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Pennsylvania (PA) 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: 835 miles or 1343 km

Flight time: 2 hours, 10 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 93 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 1/7th 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.

Pennsylvania to Iowa road trip

Realistically, you're not going to want to drive without stopping all the way from Pennsylvania to Iowa, especially if you're the main driver. So let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Iowa, and you need to stop along the way to rest. Plus if it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and 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 a number of days.

Road trip: 3 days of driving

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

Travel time: 17 hours on the road with 2 overnights

Itinerary

Start at Pennsylvania.

Drive for about 4 hours, then stop in Youngstown (Ohio) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Cleveland. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 2 hours, then stop in Toledo (Ohio) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2.5 hours then stop in South Bend and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop at Museum of Science and Industry. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Davenport (Iowa) and stay for about 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 2.5 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:

Pennsylvania 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: University Park Airport (SCE)

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: 108 minutes

Getting to your destination: 120 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from SCE 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: 2 hours, 10 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Pennsylvania 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: 8 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 Pennsylvania, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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