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YAC to BIS: distance & flight time
Cat Lake (Cat Lake Airport) → Bismarck (Bismarck Municipal Airport)
528 mi
849 km · 459 nm
1h 37m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
528 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 37m 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
- YAC — Cat Lake Airport · Cat Lake, Canada
- BIS — Bismarck Municipal Airport · Bismarck, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near YAC
- YPL · Pickle Lake Airport72 mi away
- YNO · North Spirit Lake Airport72 mi away
- YBS · Opapimiskan Lake Airport86 mi away
- ZRJ · Round Lake (Weagamow Lake) Airport87 mi away
Near BIS
- MBG · Mobridge Municipal Airport86 mi away
- DIK · Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport97 mi away
- JMS · Jamestown Regional Airport98 mi away
- MOT · Minot International Airport106 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAC from BIS?
The flight distance from Cat Lake (YAC) to Bismarck (BIS) is 528 miles (849 km, 459 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAC to BIS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 37m 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 YAC to BIS?
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