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CAE to MGY: distance & flight time
Columbia (Columbia Metropolitan Airport) → Dayton (Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport)
426 mi
686 km · 371 nm
1h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
426 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 24m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- CAE — Columbia Metropolitan Airport · Columbia, United States
- MGY — Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport · Dayton, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near CAE
- CUB · Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport7 mi away
- MMT · Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base18 mi away
- SSC · Shaw Air Force Base37 mi away
- OGB · Orangeburg Municipal Airport37 mi away
Near MGY
- FFO · Wright-Patterson Air Force Base19 mi away
- DAY · James M Cox Dayton International Airport22 mi away
- HAO · Butler Co Regional Airport - Hogan Field22 mi away
- ILN · Wilmington Airpark26 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is CAE from MGY?
The flight distance from Columbia (CAE) to Dayton (MGY) is 426 miles (686 km, 371 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from CAE to MGY?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 24m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from CAE to MGY?
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