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YAL to SLE: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Salem (Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field)
432 mi
695 km · 375 nm
1h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
432 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 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
- SLE — Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field · Salem, 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 SLE
- CVO · Corvallis Municipal Airport32 mi away
- HIO · Portland Hillsboro Airport44 mi away
- PDX · Portland International Airport51 mi away
- TTD · Portland Troutdale Airport53 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from SLE?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Salem (SLE) is 432 miles (695 km, 375 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to SLE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 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 SLE?
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