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YQT to GBD: distance & flight time
Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay Airport) → Great Bend (Great Bend Municipal Airport)
841 mi
1,353 km · 731 nm
2h 18m
estimated nonstop flight time
-1h
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
841 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 18m gate to gate, flying southwest. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time set-back when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- YQT — Thunder Bay Airport · Thunder Bay, Canada
- GBD — Great Bend Municipal Airport · Great Bend, 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 GBD
- RSL · Russell Municipal Airport37 mi away
- HYS · Hays Regional Airport41 mi away
- PTT · Pratt Regional Airport45 mi away
- HUT · Hutchinson Municipal Airport58 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YQT from GBD?
The flight distance from Thunder Bay (YQT) to Great Bend (GBD) is 841 miles (1,353 km, 731 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YQT to GBD?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 18m 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 YQT to GBD?
Nonstop service on YQT–GBD 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 2h 18m nonstop estimate.
What is the time difference between Thunder Bay and Great Bend?
Great Bend is 1 hour behind Thunder Bay.
What is the cheapest way to fly from YQT to GBD?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on YQT–GBD that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some YQT to GBD fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain YQT–GBD 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.