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YAL to CBU: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Cottbus (Cottbus-Drewitz Airport)
5,007 mi
8,057 km · 4,351 nm
10h 17m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
5,007 miles nonstop takes roughly 10h 17m 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
- CBU — Cottbus-Drewitz Airport · Cottbus, Germany
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 CBU
- SXF · Berlin-Schönefeld Airport55 mi away
- IEG · Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport57 mi away
- QXH · Schönhagen Airport62 mi away
- DRS · Dresden Airport62 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from CBU?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Cottbus (CBU) is 5,007 miles (8,057 km, 4,351 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to CBU?
A nonstop flight takes about 10h 17m 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 CBU?
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