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YEL to YOW: distance & flight time
ELLIOT LAKE (Elliot Lake Municipal Airport) → Ottawa (Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport)
339 mi
546 km · 295 nm
1h 22m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
339 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 22m 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
- YEL — Elliot Lake Municipal Airport · ELLIOT LAKE, Canada
- YOW — Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · Ottawa, Canada
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 YOW
- YRO · Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport10 mi away
- YND · Ottawa / Gatineau Airport15 mi away
- YSH · Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport29 mi away
- OGS · Ogdensburg International Airport45 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YEL from YOW?
The flight distance from ELLIOT LAKE (YEL) to Ottawa (YOW) is 339 miles (546 km, 295 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YEL to YOW?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 22m 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 YOW?
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