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YAL to YXH: distance & flight time
Alert Bay (Alert Bay Airport) → Medicine Hat (Medicine Hat Airport)
714 mi
1,150 km · 621 nm
2h 1m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
714 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 1m 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
- YXH — Medicine Hat Airport · Medicine Hat, 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 YXH
- YSD · Suffield Heliport27 mi away
- YQL · Lethbridge County Airport96 mi away
- HVR · Havre City County Airport111 mi away
- YKY · Kindersley Airport123 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YAL from YXH?
The flight distance from Alert Bay (YAL) to Medicine Hat (YXH) is 714 miles (1,150 km, 621 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YAL to YXH?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 1m 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 YXH?
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