32 minutes
Average driving speed: 51.8 mph
Kilometers per hour: 83.3 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.
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Map of driving directions from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA
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Driving time from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA
How long is the drive from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA? The total driving time is 32 minutes.
Your trip begins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It ends in Iowa City, Iowa.
If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA.
You can also calculate the cost to drive from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.
If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Cedar Rapids, IA and Iowa City, IA.
Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA.
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28 miles / 45 km
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Map of driving directions from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA
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Driving distance from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA
The total driving distance from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA is 28 miles or 45 kilometers.
Your trip begins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It ends in Iowa City, Iowa.
If you are planning a road trip, you might also want to calculate the total driving time from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA so you can see when you'll arrive at your destination.
You can also calculate the cost of driving from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA based on current local fuel prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.
If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Cedar Rapids, IA and Iowa City, IA.
Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the straight line distance to fly from Cedar Rapids, IA to Iowa City, IA.
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Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Iowa City, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.
Flight distance: 23 miles or 37 km
Flight time: 33 minutes
The straight line flight distance is 5 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x of the flight distance.
Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/1th of the time it would take to drive.
This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination.
Iowa City to Cedar Rapids road trip
Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Cedar Rapids, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.
Road trip: 1 day of driving
With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.
Travel time: 1 hour on the road
Itinerary
Start in Iowa City.
Drive for about 9 minutes, then stop in Coralville and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 9 minutes then stop in Tiffin (Iowa) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 19 minutes then stop in Shueyville (Iowa) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 16 minutes then stop at Frey Pet Hospital and stay for 1 hour.
Finally, drive for about 7 minutes and arrive in Cedar Rapids.
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