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LCQ to CAE: distance & flight time
Lake City (Lake City Gateway Airport) → Columbia (Columbia Metropolitan Airport)
273 mi
440 km · 237 nm
1h 11m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
273 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 11m gate to gate, flying north. 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
- LCQ — Lake City Gateway Airport · Lake City, United States
- CAE — Columbia Metropolitan Airport · Columbia, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LCQ
- GNV · Gainesville Regional Airport39 mi away
- VQQ · Cecil Airport42 mi away
- CTY · Cross City Airport49 mi away
- NIP · Jacksonville Naval Air Station (Towers Field)54 mi away
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
Frequently asked questions
How far is LCQ from CAE?
The flight distance from Lake City (LCQ) to Columbia (CAE) is 273 miles (440 km, 237 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LCQ to CAE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 11m 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 LCQ to CAE?
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