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ECA to ALB: distance & flight time
East Tawas (Iosco County Airport) → Albany (Albany International Airport)
494 mi
794 km · 429 nm
1h 32m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
494 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 32m gate to gate, flying east. 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
- ECA — Iosco County Airport · East Tawas, United States
- ALB — Albany International Airport · Albany, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near ECA
- OSC · Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport10 mi away
- APN · Alpena County Regional Airport53 mi away
- GDW · Gladwin Zettel Memorial Airport57 mi away
- HTL · Roscommon County - Blodgett Memorial Airport62 mi away
Near ALB
- SCH · Schenectady County Airport10 mi away
- GFL · Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport42 mi away
- RUT · Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport69 mi away
- BAF · Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport69 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ECA from ALB?
The flight distance from East Tawas (ECA) to Albany (ALB) is 494 miles (794 km, 429 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ECA to ALB?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 32m 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 ECA to ALB?
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