--- title: "Columbus to Lorain – 3 ways by car, taxi, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Columbus to Lorain is 180 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/columbus-to-lorain" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/columbus-to-lorain.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Columbus to Lorain [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Columbus&to=Lorain) [Lorain to Columbus](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lorain-to-columbus) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 180 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Mon 26 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 180 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 26 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best$390 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 2h 50m$18–24 Estimated 219 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Columbus&to=Lorain) - [**Taxi** 2h 50m$350–480 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Columbus&to=Lorain) - [**Fly** 6h 59m$580–820 Estimated DAY → DTW · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Columbus&to=Lorain) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:13 → 15:12 6h 59m · direct$580–820](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Columbus&to=Lorain&date=2026-10-26&time=08%3A00&it=fly) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Columbus to Lorain? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 50m door to door. The straight-line distance is 180 km. What is the cheapest way from Columbus to Lorain? Drive is the cheapest, from $18. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Columbus to Lorain? About 1h 1m in the air (DAY → DTW), about 6h 59m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $580–820; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Lorain from Columbus by road? About 219 km, roughly 2h 50m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $18–24; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Lorain City in Ohio, United States Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. It is located in Northeast Ohio on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Black River, about 25 miles (40 km) west of Cleveland. With a population of 65,211 at the 2020 census, Lorain is the ninth-most populous city in Ohio, the most populous in Lorain County and the third-most populous in Greater Cleveland. [The Lorain guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/lorain) [Hotels in Lorain Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/columbus-to-lorain, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt