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YAL to CTS: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Sapporo (New Chitose Airport)
4,084 mi
6,573 km · 3,549 nm
8h 29m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
4,084 miles nonstop takes roughly 8h 29m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- CTS — New Chitose Airport · Sapporo, Japan
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 CTS
- OKD · Okadama Airport28 mi away
- AKJ · Asahikawa Airport73 mi away
- OBO · Tokachi-Obihiro Airport77 mi away
- HKD · Hakodate Airport82 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from CTS?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Sapporo (CTS) is 4,084 miles (6,573 km, 3,549 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to CTS?
A nonstop flight takes about 8h 29m 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 CTS?
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