Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
SUR to GAJ: distance & flight time
Summer Beaver (Summer Beaver Airport) → Yamagata (Yamagata Airport)
5,493 mi
8,840 km · 4,773 nm
11h 14m
estimated nonstop flight time
+13h
time difference · heading northwest
See live SUR→GAJ fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
5,493 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 14m gate to gate, flying northwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 13-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- SUR — Summer Beaver Airport · Summer Beaver, Canada
- GAJ — Yamagata Airport · Yamagata, Japan
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
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 GAJ
- SDJ · Sendai Airport35 mi away
- SYO · Shonai Airport42 mi away
- KIJ · Niigata Airport75 mi away
- HNA · Hanamaki Airport81 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SUR from GAJ?
The flight distance from Summer Beaver (SUR) to Yamagata (GAJ) is 5,493 miles (8,840 km, 4,773 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SUR to GAJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 14m 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 time difference between Summer Beaver and Yamagata?
Yamagata is 13 hours ahead of Summer Beaver.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SUR to GAJ?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SUR–GAJ that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.