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SUR to BIH: distance & flight time
Summer Beaver (Summer Beaver Airport) → Bishop (Eastern Sierra Regional Airport)
1,780 mi
2,864 km · 1,547 nm
3h 57m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
1,780 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 57m 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
- SUR — Summer Beaver Airport · Summer Beaver, Canada
- BIH — Eastern Sierra Regional Airport · Bishop, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near SUR
- WNN · Wunnumin Lake Airport34 mi away
- YLH · Lansdowne House Airport44 mi away
- YWP · Webequie Airport52 mi away
- XKS · Kasabonika Airport57 mi away
Near BIH
- MMH · Mammoth Yosemite Airport31 mi away
- TPH · Tonopah Airport84 mi away
- FAT · Fresno Yosemite International Airport85 mi away
- XSD · Tonopah Test Range Airport92 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SUR from BIH?
The flight distance from Summer Beaver (SUR) to Bishop (BIH) is 1,780 miles (2,864 km, 1,547 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SUR to BIH?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 57m 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 SUR to BIH?
Nonstop service on SUR–BIH 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 3h 57m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SUR to BIH?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SUR–BIH that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some SUR to BIH fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain SUR–BIH 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.