AirportsAlert Bay Airport is a small airport serving Alert Bay, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YAL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YAL
- ICAO code
- CYAL
- City
- Alert Bay
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 50.5822° N, 126.9160° W
- Elevation
- 73 m (240 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 884 m (2,900 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YAL means Alert Bay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYAL. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.5822° N, 126.9160° W. It stands 73 metres (240 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Campbell River, about 134 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Alert Bay Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 884 metres (2,900 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 231.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 884 m 2,900 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Port McNeill AirportPort McNeill | YMP | 8 km |
| Greenway Sound Seaplane BaseBroughton Island | YGN | 30 km |
| Port Hardy AirportPort Hardy | YZT | 34 km |
| Sullivan Bay Seaplane BaseSullivan Bay | YTG | 34 km |
| Big Bay Seaplane BaseStuart Island | YIG | 128 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,904 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,029 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,580 km | 14 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,598 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,182 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,975 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,505 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,250 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,335 km | 15 h 20 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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