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YAL to SQJ: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
5,817 mi
9,361 km · 5,055 nm
11h 52m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
5,817 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 52m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
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 SQJ
- LCX · Longyan Guanzhishan Airport85 mi away
- WUS · Nanping Wuyishan Airport89 mi away
- FOC · Fuzhou Changle International Airport118 mi away
- JJN · Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport122 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from SQJ?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Sanming (SQJ) is 5,817 miles (9,361 km, 5,055 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 52m 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 SQJ?
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