A light year is a distance; so the wording of the question is it's own answer:
1 light year (about 5 878 499 810 000 miles or 9 460 528 400 000 kilometers)
That distance would take about 58 784 998 100 hours at 100 mph which is about 6 706 166 years and a few months (which isn't all that long when you think that there have been human-like beings who could make tools and probably talk to each other for more than a tenth of that time).
Yes, a redshift of 5 does equal to a light travel distance of 12.5 billion years.
Yes, a redshift of 3.25 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 12 billion years (i.e. 11.7 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 7 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 13 billion years (i.e. 12.9 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 1 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 8 billion years (i.e. 7.7 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 0.8 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 7 billion years (i.e. 6.9 billion years).
They travel to the speed of light? to it? and where exactly is the speed of light?
Because they are light.
Yes, a redshift of 5 does equal to a light travel distance of 12.5 billion years.
Yes, a redshift of 8 does equal to a light travel distance of 13 billion years.
Yes, a redshift of 6.5 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 13 billion years (i.e. 12.8 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 6 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 13 billion years (i.e. 12.7 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 2.18 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 11 billion years (i.e. 10.7 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 3.25 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 12 billion years (i.e. 11.7 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 7 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 13 billion years (i.e. 12.9 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 1 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 8 billion years (i.e. 7.7 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 0.8 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 7 billion years (i.e. 6.9 billion years).
Yes, a redshift of 0.6 does equal to a light travel distance of nearly 6 billion years (i.e. 5.7 billion years).