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IOW to GRI: distance & flight time
Iowa City (Iowa City Municipal Airport) → Grand Island (Central Nebraska Regional Airport)
354 mi
570 km · 308 nm
1h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
354 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 24m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- IOW — Iowa City Municipal Airport · Iowa City, United States
- GRI — Central Nebraska Regional Airport · Grand Island, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near IOW
- CID · The Eastern Iowa Airport19 mi away
- MLI · Quad City International Airport55 mi away
- OTM · Ottumwa Regional Airport59 mi away
- BRL · Southeast Iowa Regional Airport63 mi away
Near GRI
- HDE · Brewster Field65 mi away
- LXN · Jim Kelly Field78 mi away
- LNK · Lincoln Airport81 mi away
- OFK · Karl Stefan Memorial Airport84 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is IOW from GRI?
The flight distance from Iowa City (IOW) to Grand Island (GRI) is 354 miles (570 km, 308 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from IOW to GRI?
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 IOW to GRI?
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