How far is buffalo, new york to niagara falls

The distance from Buffalo, New York to Niagara Falls, New York is:

21 miles / 34 km driving17 miles / 27 km flying




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Distance from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, NY

The total driving distance from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, NY is 21 miles or 34 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, NY is 17 miles.

This is equivalent to 27 kilometers or 14 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in Buffalo, New York. It ends in Niagara Falls, New York.

Your flight direction from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, NY is Northwest (-29 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, NY. 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 Buffalo, New York to Niagara Falls, Ontario is:

29 miles / 47 km

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Map of driving directions from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, Canada

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The total driving distance from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, Canada is 29 miles or 47 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Buffalo, New York. It ends in Niagara Falls, Canada.

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

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, Canada 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 Buffalo, NY and Niagara Falls, Canada.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Buffalo, NY to Niagara Falls, Canada.




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 Buffalo to Niagara Falls

How far is Niagara Falls from Buffalo? Here's the quick answer if you make this quick drive without any stops. Of course, traffic is going to make a big difference so make sure you check that before leaving.

Nonstop drive: 29 miles or 47 km

Driving time: 35 minutes

Even on a short drive, it might be more interesting to stop along the way and explore the local area. You can scroll down to see the calculation if you drive with stops.



Flying non-stop from Buffalo to Niagara Falls

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, Ontario. 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: 19 miles or 30 km

Flight time: 32 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 10 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.6x of the flight distance.

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




Buffalo to Niagara Falls road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Niagara Falls, 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: 50 minutes on the road


Itinerary

Start in Buffalo.


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:


Buffalo to Niagara Falls 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: Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF)

Arrival airport: Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)

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: 25 minutes

Getting to your destination: 144 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an example flight from BUF to YYZ 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: 32 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Buffalo to Niagara Falls 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 Niagara Falls

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Niagara Falls, Ontario. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Niagara Falls. Trippy members can suggest things to do in Niagara Falls like Niagara Falls. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Niagara Falls like best place . Click the button below to explore Niagara Falls 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 Niagara Falls to Buffalo, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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

How far is Buffalo from Canadian border?

There are three United States to Canada border crossings in the Niagara Falls area, all within 28 miles (45 kilometers) of Buffalo, New York. The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge crossings are among the busiest of all Canadian border crossings.

How do I get from Buffalo to Niagara Falls without a car?

The best way to get from Buffalo to Niagara Falls without a car is to train which takes 42 min and costs $25 - $40. How long does it take to get from Buffalo to Niagara Falls? The train from Buffalo to Niagara Falls Amtrak Station takes 42 min including transfers and departs four times a day.

How far apart are Buffalo and Niagara Falls?

What is the distance from Buffalo to Niagara Falls? The distance from Buffalo to Niagara Falls is approximately 43.5 mi.

Can you see Niagara Falls in Buffalo?

You can also get an amazing distant view of Niagara Falls on a clear day from the observation deck atop Buffalo City Hall.