How far is kentucky from cleveland ohio

The distance from Cleveland, Ohio to Kentucky (KY) is:

364 miles / 586 km driving308 miles / 495 km flying

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Distance from Cleveland, OH to Kentucky

The total driving distance from Cleveland, OH to Kentucky is 364 miles or 586 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Cleveland, OH to Kentucky is 308 miles.

This is equivalent to 495 kilometers or 267 nautical miles.

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

Your flight direction from Cleveland, OH to Kentucky is Southwest (-148 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Cleveland, OH to Kentucky. 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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Travelmath helps you find distances based on actual road trip directions, or the straight line flight distance. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. The database uses the latitude and longitude of each location to calculate distance using the great circle distance formula. The calculation is done using the Vincenty algorithm and the WGS84 ellipsoid model of the Earth, which is the same one used by most GPS receivers. This gives you the flying distance "as the crow flies." Find your flight distances quickly to estimate the number of frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate. Or ask how far is it between cities to solve your homework problems. You can lookup U.S. cities, or expand your search to get the world distance for international trips. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

364 miles / 586 km

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Driving distance from Kentucky to Cleveland, OH

The total driving distance from Kentucky to Cleveland, OH is 364 miles or 586 kilometers.

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

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

You can also calculate the cost of driving from Kentucky to Cleveland, OH 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 Cleveland, OH.

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

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 Cleveland to Kentucky

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

Nonstop drive: 364 miles or 586 km

Driving time: 5 hours, 38 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 Cleveland to Kentucky

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Cleveland, Ohio 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: 308 miles or 495 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 7 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 56 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x 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.

Cleveland 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: 8 hours on the road with 1 overnight

Itinerary

Start in Cleveland.

Drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Wooster and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 55 minutes then stop in Shelby (Ohio) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Dublin. Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 1.5 hours, then stop in Centerville (Ohio) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 48 minutes then stop in Cincinnati and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 48 minutes 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:

Cleveland 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: Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE)

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: 31 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 Cleveland 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: 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 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 Cleveland, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

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

How far is Cleveland Ohio from Kentucky border?

Yes, the driving distance between Kentucky to Cleveland is 350 miles. It takes approximately 5h 50m to drive from Kentucky to Cleveland.

How close are Ohio and Kentucky?

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.