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YAL to YQF: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Red Deer Industrial (Red Deer Regional Airport)
571 mi
920 km · 497 nm
1h 43m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
571 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 43m 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
- YQF — Red Deer Regional Airport · Red Deer Industrial, Canada
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 YQF
- YRM · Rocky Mountain House Airport46 mi away
- YYC · Calgary International Airport74 mi away
- YEG · Edmonton International Airport79 mi away
- YXD · Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport97 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from YQF?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Red Deer Industrial (YQF) is 571 miles (920 km, 497 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to YQF?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 43m 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 YQF?
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