How long does it take to get from Chicago to Colorado on a plane?

Answer 1

From furthest point to furthest point, from nearest point to nearest point, or from capital to capital? Google maps shows this distance between Columbus and Raleigh to be 485 miles or about 1 hour flight time in commercial aircraft. Smaller planes might take 2-3 times as long. While the SSR-71, an old intelligence gathering plane from the 1970-1980's flies at mach 4 to mach 5. At these speeds, the time would only be 10-15 minutes.

At the nearest points (like Mt. Airy, NC to just across the river at Huntington, WV) the distance is less than 250 miles. So if the SSR-71 was already flying at full speed when it left NC, it would enter Ohio air space in under 5 minutes.

Answer 2

That depends on your North Carolina starting point. Let's say you are starting out from Charlotte. The approximate driving time and mileage information -

Between: Chicago, IL

and: Charlotte, NC

Driving miles: 755

Driving time: 12 hrs 15 mins

- is based on traveling non-stop in good driving conditions. Driving time does not take into consideration conditions which may extend travel time such as weather, road work, border crossings, and rush hour traffic in urban areas. Mileage denotes actual road miles covered as opposed to Point A to Point B linear distances on a map.

Answer 3

The answer is a variable depending upon the distance between the two places divided by the speed at which the vehicle (land or air) travels. Thus if the distance is 1000 miles and the speed travelled is 100 miles per hour (mph) the time taken to traverse the distance is 10 hours. Strictly speaking this is not quite correct due to other variables and that it is impossible to maintain, exactly, a constant speed over the entire distance - think stoplights, intersections, takeoff and landing periods. What is more usual is that the speed is the calculation made as an average over the entire distance, being calculated after the distance has been travelled using the time started and time or arrival. So using a similar formula, speed that can be calculated as 1000 miles divided by 10 hours equalling 100 mph.

So from the above you will be able to calculate for yourself the time and/or speed once you know the distance. (Just to cover myself here. Using an aircraft you could use specific points in each city to start over and end at and ignore the takeoff/landing periods. In this instance the speed would be exact - the time taken would be exact - but you are 'x' feet above your destination.)

Answer 4

1 hour and 47 minutes

Answer 5

roughly 1 hour in the air.

Answer 6

1 hour 47 minutes

Answer 7

approx. 3 hours

Answer 8

about 2 hours and 45 minutes