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SPF to YXH: distance & flight time
Spearfish-South Dakota (Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field) → Medicine Hat (Medicine Hat Airport)
502 mi
808 km · 436 nm
1h 33m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
502 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 33m 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
- SPF — Black Hills Airport-Clyde Ice Field · Spearfish-South Dakota, United States
- YXH — Medicine Hat Airport · Medicine Hat, Canada
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near SPF
- RCA · Ellsworth Air Force Base41 mi away
- RAP · Rapid City Regional Airport47 mi away
- GCC · Gillette Campbell County Airport87 mi away
- CDR · Chadron Municipal Airport119 mi away
Near YXH
- YSD · Suffield Heliport27 mi away
- YQL · Lethbridge County Airport96 mi away
- HVR · Havre City County Airport111 mi away
- YKY · Kindersley Airport123 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SPF from YXH?
The flight distance from Spearfish-South Dakota (SPF) to Medicine Hat (YXH) is 502 miles (808 km, 436 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SPF to YXH?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 33m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from SPF to YXH?
Nonstop service on SPF–YXH depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 33m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SPF to YXH?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SPF–YXH that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some SPF to YXH fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain SPF–YXH tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.