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YQT to CLE: distance & flight time
Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay Airport) → Cleveland (Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
604 mi
971 km · 525 nm
1h 47m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southeast
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Flight time details
604 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 47m 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
- YQT — Thunder Bay Airport · Thunder Bay, Canada
- CLE — Cleveland Hopkins International Airport · Cleveland, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near YQT
- GRM · Grand Marais Cook County Airport61 mi away
- CMX · Houghton County Memorial Airport92 mi away
- YIB · Atikokan Municipal Airport109 mi away
- LYU · Ely Municipal Airport122 mi away
Near CLE
- BKL · Burke Lakefront Airport11 mi away
- CGF · Cuyahoga County Airport22 mi away
- LNN · Willoughby Lost Nation Municipal Airport30 mi away
- AKC · Akron Fulton International Airport33 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YQT from CLE?
The flight distance from Thunder Bay (YQT) to Cleveland (CLE) is 604 miles (971 km, 525 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YQT to CLE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 47m 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 YQT to CLE?
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