--- title: "Lorain to Columbus – 3 ways by car, taxi, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Lorain to Columbus 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/lorain-to-columbus" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lorain-to-columbus.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Lorain to Columbus [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lorain&to=Columbus) [Columbus to Lorain](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/columbus-to-lorain) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 180 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 180 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 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 47m$17–24 Estimated 217 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lorain&to=Columbus) - [**Taxi** 2h 47m$345–475 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lorain&to=Columbus) - [**Fly** 5h 46m$390–550 Estimated DTW → CMH · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lorain&to=Columbus) 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. [08:14 → 14:00 5h 46m · direct$390–550](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Lorain&to=Columbus&date=2026-10-27&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 Lorain to Columbus? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 47m door to door. The straight-line distance is 180 km. What is the cheapest way from Lorain to Columbus? Drive is the cheapest, from $17. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Lorain to Columbus? About 59 min in the air (DTW → CMH), about 5h 46m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run $390–550; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Columbus from Lorain by road? About 217 km, roughly 2h 47m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around $17–24; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Columbus Capital and most populous city of Ohio, United States Columbus is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 905,748 at the 2020 census, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., second-most populous city in the Midwest, and third-most populous U.S. state capital. The Columbus metropolitan area, with an estimated 2.23 million residents, is the largest metropolitan area entirely in Ohio and 32nd-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County; it also extends into Delaware and Fairfield counties. [The Columbus guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/columbus) [Hotels in Columbus 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/lorain-to-columbus, 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