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TVF to IOW: distance & flight time
Thief River Falls (Thief River Falls Regional Airport) → Iowa City (Iowa City Municipal Airport)
499 mi
802 km · 433 nm
1h 33m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
499 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 33m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- TVF — Thief River Falls Regional Airport · Thief River Falls, United States
- IOW — Iowa City Municipal Airport · Iowa City, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near TVF
- GFK · Grand Forks International Airport47 mi away
- RDR · Grand Forks Air Force Base57 mi away
- BJI · Bemidji Regional Airport70 mi away
- PMB · Pembina Municipal Airport77 mi away
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
Frequently asked questions
How far is TVF from IOW?
The flight distance from Thief River Falls (TVF) to Iowa City (IOW) is 499 miles (802 km, 433 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from TVF to IOW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 33m 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 TVF to IOW?
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