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YAL to BLI: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Bellingham (Bellingham International Airport)
231 mi
372 km · 201 nm
1h 5m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
231 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 5m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- BLI — Bellingham International Airport · Bellingham, United States
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 BLI
- YVR · Vancouver International Airport40 mi away
- YXX · Abbotsford Airport18 mi away
- ESD · Orcas Island Airport18 mi away
- YLY · Langley Airport22 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from BLI?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Bellingham (BLI) is 231 miles (372 km, 201 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to BLI?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 5m 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 BLI?
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