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YAL to COS: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Colorado Springs (City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport)
1,352 mi
2,176 km · 1,175 nm
3h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
1,352 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 24m 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
- COS — City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · Colorado Springs, 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 COS
- FCS · Butts AAF (Fort Carson) Air Field9 mi away
- DEN · Denver International Airport73 mi away
- PUB · Pueblo Memorial Airport37 mi away
- APA · Centennial Airport53 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from COS?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Colorado Springs (COS) is 1,352 miles (2,176 km, 1,175 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to COS?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 24m 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 COS?
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