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SUR to YAL: distance & flight time
Summer Beaver (Summer Beaver Airport) → Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport)
1,632 mi
2,627 km · 1,418 nm
3h 40m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
1,632 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 40m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- YAL — Alert Bay Airport · Alert Bay, Canada
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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 YAL
- YZT · Port Hardy Airport21 mi away
- YBL · Campbell River Airport85 mi away
- YQQ · Comox Airport108 mi away
- YAZ · Tofino / Long Beach Airport116 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SUR from YAL?
The flight distance from Summer Beaver (SUR) to Alert Bay (YAL) is 1,632 miles (2,627 km, 1,418 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SUR to YAL?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 40m 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 SUR to YAL?
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