Flying non-stop from St. Louis to Frankfort (Kentucky)
Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in thefastest possible straight line between Saint Louis, Missouri andFrankfort, Kentucky. Because of the curvature of the Earth, theshortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or"as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterativeVincenty formula.
Flight distance: 290 miles or 467 km
Flight time: 47 minutes
The straight line flight distance is 23 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.1x of the flight distance.
Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/5th 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 toinclude how many minutes to get to your local airport, waitfor security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the otherairport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takesinto account all these factors to get a more accurate estimateof your actual flight time.
St. Louis to Frankfort (Kentucky) road trip
Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Frankfort (Kentucky), and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for,helping you figure out travel plans in detail.
Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.
Road trip: 2 days of driving
With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimateyour total travel time for this trip.
Travel time: 7 hours on the road with 1 overnight
Itinerary
Start in St. Louis.
Drive for about 59 minutes, then stop in Nashville (Illinois) and stay for about 1 hour.Next, drive for another 1 hour then stop in McLeansboro (Illinois) and stay for 1 hour.Drive for 1.5 hours then stop in Evansville. Stay overnight.
The next day, drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Jasper (Indiana) and stay for about 1 hour.Next, drive for another 1.5 hours then stop in Louisville and stay for 1.5 hours.
Finally, drive for about 58 minutes and arrive in Frankfort (Kentucky).
To see all the details on this itinerary, includingrecommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do alongthe way, check out the full road trip planner:
St. Louis to Frankfort (Kentucky) airports and flights
In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a privateplane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city.But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline(whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really needto account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport,waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.
To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we'veput together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventuallyyou'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airportsand flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected togive you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.
Departure airport: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL)
Arrival airport: Blue Grass Airport (LEX)
With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to andfrom the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.
Getting to the airport: 36 minutes
Getting to your destination: 55 minutes
Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from STL connecting through TPA and arriving at SDF flying on Southwest Airlines. We can figureout how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, time totaxi on the runways, and an average layover time of about 2 hours.
Initial flight time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
Connecting airport: Tampa International Airport (TPA)
Connection flight time: 1 hour, 58 minutes
So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time fromSt. Louis to Frankfort (Kentucky) including time spent getting to and from theairports, roughly 2 hours at the departure airport for TSA security linesand waiting at the gate, plus the connecting flight with a 2-hour layover.
Total travel time: 10 hours
To see the details on this flight plan, includingrecommended airports, airline, and route, check outthe flight planner:
Plan a trip to Frankfort (Kentucky)
Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Frankfort, Kentucky. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Frankfort (Kentucky). Trippy members can suggest things to do in Frankfort (Kentucky) like Woodford Reserve Distillery. Click the button below to explore Frankfort (Kentucky) in detail.
How far is it the other way?
The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differencesso go ahead and check the reverse directions to get thedistance from Frankfort (Kentucky) to St. Louis, or go to the main pageto calculate the distance between cities.
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