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YAL to AMS: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Amsterdam (Amsterdam Airport Schiphol)
4,789 mi
7,708 km · 4,162 nm
9h 51m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
4,789 miles nonstop takes roughly 9h 51m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- YAL — Alert Bay Airport · Alert Bay, Canada
- AMS — Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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
Near AMS
- LID · Valkenburg Naval Air Base18 mi away
- UTC · Soesterberg Air Base25 mi away
- RTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport28 mi away
- LEY · Lelystad Airport34 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from AMS?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Amsterdam (AMS) is 4,789 miles (7,708 km, 4,162 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to AMS?
A nonstop flight takes about 9h 51m 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 YAL to AMS?
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