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IOW to LBF: distance & flight time
Iowa City (Iowa City Municipal Airport) → North Platte (North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field)
475 mi
764 km · 413 nm
1h 30m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
475 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 30m 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
- LBF — North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field · North Platte, 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 LBF
- LXN · Jim Kelly Field53 mi away
- MCK · Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport64 mi away
- HDE · Brewster Field84 mi away
- SNY · Sidney Municipal-Lloyd W Carr Field120 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is IOW from LBF?
The flight distance from Iowa City (IOW) to North Platte (LBF) is 475 miles (764 km, 413 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from IOW to LBF?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 30m 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 LBF?
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