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YCG to SLE: distance & flight time
Castlegar (Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport) → Salem (Salem Municipal Airport/McNary Field)
394 mi
635 km · 343 nm
1h 30m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
394 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 30m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- YCG — Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport · Castlegar, 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 YCG
- YZZ · Trail Airport17 mi away
- ZGF · Grand Forks Airport41 mi away
- YXC · Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport86 mi away
- YYF · Penticton Airport89 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 YCG from SLE?
The flight distance from Castlegar (YCG) to Salem (SLE) is 394 miles (635 km, 343 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YCG to SLE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 30m 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 YCG to SLE?
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