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YPL to LAN: distance & flight time
Pickle Lake (Pickle Lake Airport) → Lansing (Capital City Airport)
654 mi
1,053 km · 569 nm
1h 53m
estimated nonstop flight time
+1h
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
654 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 53m gate to gate, flying southeast. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- YPL — Pickle Lake Airport · Pickle Lake, Canada
- LAN — Capital City Airport · Lansing, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near YPL
- YAC · Cat Lake Airport72 mi away
- YBS · Opapimiskan Lake Airport80 mi away
- YYW · Armstrong Airport98 mi away
- YFH · Fort Hope Airport100 mi away
Near LAN
- DTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport74 mi away
- JXN · Jackson County Reynolds Field36 mi away
- AMN · Gratiot Community Airport38 mi away
- FNT · Bishop International Airport45 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YPL from LAN?
The flight distance from Pickle Lake (YPL) to Lansing (LAN) is 654 miles (1,053 km, 569 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YPL to LAN?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 53m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from YPL to LAN?
Nonstop service on YPL–LAN depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 53m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Pickle Lake and Lansing?
Lansing is 1 hour ahead of Pickle Lake.
What is the cheapest way to fly from YPL to LAN?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on YPL–LAN that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some YPL to LAN fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain YPL–LAN tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.