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DRA to SLE: distance & flight time
Mercury (Desert Rock Airport) → Salem (Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field)
678 mi
1,092 km · 590 nm
1h 56m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
678 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 56m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- DRA — Desert Rock Airport · Mercury, United States
- SLE — Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field · Salem, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near DRA
- INS · Creech Air Force Base20 mi away
- LAS · McCarran International Airport62 mi away
- VGT · North Las Vegas Airport55 mi away
- LSV · Nellis Air Force Base62 mi away
Near SLE
- CVO · Corvallis Municipal Airport32 mi away
- HIO · Portland Hillsboro Airport44 mi away
- PDX · Portland International Airport51 mi away
- TTD · Portland Troutdale Airport53 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is DRA from SLE?
The flight distance from Mercury (DRA) to Salem (SLE) is 678 miles (1,092 km, 590 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from DRA to SLE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 56m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from DRA to SLE?
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