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YAL to MGY: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Dayton (Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport)
2,181 mi
3,511 km · 1,896 nm
4h 45m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
2,181 miles nonstop takes roughly 4h 45m 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
- MGY — Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport · Dayton, 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 MGY
- FFO · Wright-Patterson Air Force Base19 mi away
- DAY · James M Cox Dayton International Airport22 mi away
- HAO · Butler Co Regional Airport - Hogan Field22 mi away
- ILN · Wilmington Airpark26 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from MGY?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Dayton (MGY) is 2,181 miles (3,511 km, 1,896 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to MGY?
A nonstop flight takes about 4h 45m 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 MGY?
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