Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
YKN to CID: distance & flight time
Yankton (Chan Gurney Municipal Airport) → Cedar Rapids (The Eastern Iowa Airport)
298 mi
480 km · 259 nm
1h 15m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
See live YKN→CID fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
298 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 15m gate to gate, flying east. 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
- YKN — Chan Gurney Municipal Airport · Yankton, United States
- CID — The Eastern Iowa Airport · Cedar Rapids, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near YKN
- FSD · Joe Foss Field Airport56 mi away
- SUX · Sioux Gateway Col. Bud Day Field62 mi away
- OFK · Karl Stefan Memorial Airport64 mi away
- MHE · Mitchell Municipal Airport68 mi away
Near CID
- IOW · Iowa City Municipal Airport19 mi away
- ALO · Waterloo Regional Airport58 mi away
- DBQ · Dubuque Regional Airport63 mi away
- OTM · Ottumwa Regional Airport66 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YKN from CID?
The flight distance from Yankton (YKN) to Cedar Rapids (CID) is 298 miles (480 km, 259 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YKN to CID?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 15m 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 YKN to CID?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on YKN–CID that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.