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YAL to CLS: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Chehalis (Chehalis Centralia Airport)
324 mi
521 km · 282 nm
1h 19m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
324 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 19m 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
- CLS — Chehalis Centralia Airport · Chehalis, 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 CLS
- OLM · Olympia Regional Airport21 mi away
- SEA · Seattle Tacoma International Airport62 mi away
- GRF · Gray Army Air Field34 mi away
- KLS · Southwest Washington Regional Airport39 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from CLS?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Chehalis (CLS) is 324 miles (521 km, 282 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to CLS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 19m 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 CLS?
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