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YTD to PMD: distance & flight time
Thicket Portage (Thicket Portage Airport) → Palmdale (Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 Airport)
1,728 mi
2,781 km · 1,502 nm
3h 51m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
1,728 miles nonstop takes roughly 3h 51m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- PMD — Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 Airport · Palmdale, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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 PMD
- LAX · Los Angeles International Airport51 mi away
- WJF · General WM J Fox Airfield11 mi away
- EDW · Edwards Air Force Base22 mi away
- MHV · Mojave Airport30 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is YTD from PMD?
The flight distance from Thicket Portage (YTD) to Palmdale (PMD) is 1,728 miles (2,781 km, 1,502 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from YTD to PMD?
A nonstop flight takes about 3h 51m 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 PMD?
Nonstop service on YTD–PMD 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 3h 51m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from YTD to PMD?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on YTD–PMD that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some YTD to PMD fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain YTD–PMD 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.