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YEL to YIP: distance & flight time
ELLIOT LAKE (Elliot Lake Municipal Airport) → Detroit (Willow Run Airport)
288 mi
464 km · 250 nm
1h 14m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
288 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 14m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- YEL — Elliot Lake Municipal Airport · ELLIOT LAKE, Canada
- YIP — Willow Run Airport · Detroit, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near YEL
- YZE · Gore Bay Manitoulin Airport32 mi away
- YEM · Manitoulin East Municipal Airport49 mi away
- DRE · Drummond Island Airport61 mi away
- YSB · Sudbury Airport86 mi away
Near YIP
- DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport9 mi away
- ARB · Ann Arbor Municipal Airport11 mi away
- DET · Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport29 mi away
- YQG · Windsor Airport30 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YEL from YIP?
The flight distance from ELLIOT LAKE (YEL) to Detroit (YIP) is 288 miles (464 km, 250 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YEL to YIP?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 14m 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 YEL to YIP?
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