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YKJ to CAE: distance & flight time
Key Lake (Key Lake Airport) → Columbia (Columbia Metropolitan Airport)
1,977 mi
3,181 km · 1,718 nm
4h 21m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
1,977 miles nonstop takes roughly 4h 21m gate to gate, flying southeast. 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
- YKJ — Key Lake Airport · Key Lake, Canada
- CAE — Columbia Metropolitan Airport · Columbia, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near YKJ
- YNL · Points North Landing Airport90 mi away
- ZWL · Wollaston Lake Airport108 mi away
- YSF · Stony Rapids Airport138 mi away
- YVT · Buffalo Narrows Airport145 mi away
Near CAE
- CUB · Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport7 mi away
- MMT · Mc Entire Joint National Guard Base18 mi away
- SSC · Shaw Air Force Base37 mi away
- OGB · Orangeburg Municipal Airport37 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YKJ from CAE?
The flight distance from Key Lake (YKJ) to Columbia (CAE) is 1,977 miles (3,181 km, 1,718 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YKJ to CAE?
A nonstop flight takes about 4h 21m 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 YKJ to CAE?
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