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YAL to GRF: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Fort Lewis (Gray Army Air Field)
312 mi
502 km · 271 nm
1h 17m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
312 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 17m 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
- GRF — Gray Army Air Field · Fort Lewis, 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 GRF
- SEA · Seattle Tacoma International Airport29 mi away
- TCM · McChord Air Force Base6 mi away
- TIW · Tacoma Narrows Airport13 mi away
- OLM · Olympia Regional Airport17 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from GRF?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Fort Lewis (GRF) is 312 miles (502 km, 271 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to GRF?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 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 GRF?
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