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YAL to HLN: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Helena (Helena Regional Airport)
734 mi
1,181 km · 638 nm
2h 4m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
734 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 4m gate to gate, flying east. 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
- HLN — Helena Regional Airport · Helena, 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 HLN
- BTM · Bert Mooney Airport51 mi away
- GTF · Great Falls International Airport67 mi away
- BZN · Gallatin Field70 mi away
- LVM · Mission Field97 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from HLN?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Helena (HLN) is 734 miles (1,181 km, 638 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to HLN?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 4m 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 HLN?
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