How far is it to the Ohio state line from Kentucky?

266 miles / 428 km

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Driving distance from Ohio to Kentucky

The total driving distance from Ohio to Kentucky is 266 miles or 428 kilometers.

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

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

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Ohio to Kentucky 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 Ohio and Kentucky.

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

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266 miles / 428 km

Map of driving directions from Kentucky to Ohio

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Driving distance from Kentucky to Ohio

The total driving distance from Kentucky to Ohio is 266 miles or 428 kilometers.

Your trip begins in the state of Kentucky. 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 Kentucky to Ohio so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Kentucky to Ohio 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 Kentucky and Ohio.

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

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Distance from Ohio to Kentucky is 310 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 193 miles.

The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Ohio and Kentucky is 310 km= 193 miles.

If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Ohio to Kentucky, It takes 0.34 hours to arrive.

Driving non-stop from Ohio to Kentucky

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

Nonstop drive: 266 miles or 428 km

Driving time: 4 hours, 17 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 Ohio to Kentucky

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Ohio (OH) and Kentucky (KY). 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: 212 miles or 341 km

Flight time: 55 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 54 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.3x 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.

Ohio to Kentucky road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Kentucky, 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: 7 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start at Ohio.

Drive for about 43 minutes, then stop in Columbus and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 3 hours then stop in Yellow Springs. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 59 minutes, then stop in Mason and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in Williamstown (Kentucky) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 54 minutes then stop in Lexington and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 30 minutes and arrive at Kentucky.

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 Kentucky 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: Blue Grass Airport (LEX)

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: 76 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from CLE connecting through DTW and arriving at LEX flying on Delta Air Lines. 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: 59 minutes

Connecting airport: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)

Connection flight time: 1 hour, 11 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Ohio to Kentucky 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: 9 hours

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

Plan a trip to Kentucky

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Kentucky (KY). Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Kentucky. Click the button below to explore Kentucky 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 Kentucky 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!