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MSL to SAT: distance & flight time
Muscle Shoals (Northwest Alabama Regional Airport) → San Antonio (San Antonio International Airport)
730 mi
1,174 km · 634 nm
2h 3m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
730 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 3m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- MSL — Northwest Alabama Regional Airport · Muscle Shoals, United States
- SAT — San Antonio International Airport · San Antonio, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near MSL
- DCU · Pryor Field Regional Airport38 mi away
- HSV · Huntsville International Carl T Jones Field48 mi away
- HUA · Redstone Army Air Field53 mi away
- TUP · Tupelo Regional Airport74 mi away
Near SAT
- RND · Randolph Air Force Base11 mi away
- SKF · Lackland Air Force Base12 mi away
- SSF · Stinson Municipal Airport14 mi away
- AUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport66 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is MSL from SAT?
The flight distance from Muscle Shoals (MSL) to San Antonio (SAT) is 730 miles (1,174 km, 634 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from MSL to SAT?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 3m 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 MSL to SAT?
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