Norman Wells Airport
Norman Wells, Canada — flight times and distances to airports around the world, computed from published coordinates.
SOURCE·OurAirports + great-circle computation·REVIEWED JUL 2026
How this is worked out
- Both airports' coordinates come from OurAirports, a public-domain dataset — nothing is scraped from another flight site.
- Distance is a great-circle (haversine) figure on a mean earth radius of 6,371.0088 km, so it is the shortest path over the surface, not a road distance.
- Airborne time is that distance divided by 805 km/h, a representative jet cruise speed.
- A flat 25 minutes is added for pushback, taxi, climb, descent and taxi-in, which is why no hop is ever half an hour gate to gate.
- Winds, aircraft type and airline schedule padding are not modelled, and every route page shows the same distance at four cruise speeds so you can see what that assumption is worth.
gate-to-gate hours = 0.42 + distance km / 805
SOURCE·OurAirports + great-circle computation·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Flight times from YVQ to the nearest major hubs
Great-circle distance and estimated flight time to the closest large international airports — the realistic connecting points from Norman Wells.
| Hub | Code | Distance | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver, Canada | YVR | 1,801 km | 2h 39m |
| Seattle, United States | SEA | 2,001 km | 2h 54m |
| Salt Lake City, United States | SLC | 2,881 km | 4h 00m |
| Minneapolis, United States | MSP | 3,046 km | 4h 12m |
| San Francisco, United States | SFO | 3,089 km | 4h 15m |
| Denver, United States | DEN | 3,159 km | 4h 21m |
| Las Vegas, United States | LAS | 3,336 km | 4h 34m |
| Los Angeles, United States | LAX | 3,530 km | 4h 48m |
| Chicago, United States | ORD | 3,541 km | 4h 49m |
| Chicago, United States | MDW | 3,565 km | 4h 51m |
SOURCE·OurAirports + great-circle computation·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Questions about YVQ
What is the airport code for Norman Wells?
Norman Wells Airport uses the IATA code YVQ and the ICAO code CYVQ. IATA codes are the three-letter ones on your boarding pass; ICAO codes are four letters and used by air traffic control.
Where is Norman Wells Airport?
It sits at 65.2816° N, 126.7980° W, serving Norman Wells in Canada, at an elevation of 238 feet.
Data from OurAirports (public domain) · Wikipedia. Flight times are great-circle estimates for planning only — always check the airline's published schedule.
