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YTD to HZP: distance & flight time
Thicket Portage (Thicket Portage Airport) → Wood Buffalo (Fort Mackay / Horizon Airport)
553 mi
890 km · 481 nm
1h 40m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
553 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 40m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- YTD — Thicket Portage Airport · Thicket Portage, Canada
- HZP — Fort Mackay / Horizon Airport · Wood Buffalo, Canada
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near YTD
- PIW · Pikwitonei Airport28 mi away
- YTH · Thompson Airport34 mi away
- YCR · Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport49 mi away
- ZJG · Jenpeg Airport57 mi away
Near HZP
- YMM · Fort McMurray Airport53 mi away
- YPY · Fort Chipewyan Airport98 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YTD from HZP?
The flight distance from Thicket Portage (YTD) to Wood Buffalo (HZP) is 553 miles (890 km, 481 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YTD to HZP?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 40m 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 YTD to HZP?
Nonstop service on YTD–HZP 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 40m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from YTD to HZP?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on YTD–HZP that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some YTD to HZP fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain YTD–HZP 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.