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YPL to IOW: distance & flight time
Pickle Lake (Pickle Lake Airport) → Iowa City (Iowa City Municipal Airport)
681 mi
1,095 km · 591 nm
1h 57m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
681 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 57m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- YPL — Pickle Lake Airport · Pickle Lake, Canada
- 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 YPL
- YAC · Cat Lake Airport72 mi away
- YBS · Opapimiskan Lake Airport80 mi away
- YYW · Armstrong Airport98 mi away
- YFH · Fort Hope Airport100 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 YPL from IOW?
The flight distance from Pickle Lake (YPL) to Iowa City (IOW) is 681 miles (1,095 km, 591 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YPL to IOW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 57m 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 YPL to IOW?
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