# Distance from Salvador (SSA) to Yengema (WYE)

> 3,847 km · estimated flight time 6h · Medium-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 3,847 km / 2,390 mi / 2,077 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 6h
- **Heading**: 53° (northeast)
- **Return heading**: 232° (southwest)
- **Classification**: Medium-haul
- **Type**: International (Brazil) → Sierra Leone
- **Intercontinental**: South America → Africa
- **Time difference**: +3h (When it's 22:22 in Salvador, it's 01:22 in Yengema)
- **Elevation difference**: 1,236 ft (WYE is higher than SSA)

## Airports

### [Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport (SSA)](https://flightduration.online/airport/ssa-salvador-deputado-luiz-eduardo-magalhaes-international-airport/1ef266df-95b3-6de8-b44e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Salvador, Brazil
- ICAO: SBSV
- Timezone: America/Bahia
- Coordinates: -12.910000, -38.320000
- Elevation: 64 ft

### [Yengema Airport (WYE)](https://flightduration.online/airport/wye-yengema-yengema-airport/1ef266de-e7fe-6e82-81b0-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Yengema, Sierra Leone
- ICAO: GFYE
- Timezone: Africa/Freetown
- Coordinates: 8.610000, -11.050000
- Elevation: 1,300 ft

## Route notes

This is a medium-haul route that may be operated by either narrow-body or wide-body aircraft depending on demand. Passengers can expect a meal service on most carriers.

Time-zone information: When it's 22:22 in Salvador, it's 01:22 in Yengema.
The 3-hour time difference may cause some jet lag.

## Related

- [Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhaes International Airport (SSA)](https://flightduration.online/airport/ssa-salvador-deputado-luiz-eduardo-magalhaes-international-airport/1ef266df-95b3-6de8-b44e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Yengema Airport (WYE)](https://flightduration.online/airport/wye-yengema-yengema-airport/1ef266de-e7fe-6e82-81b0-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)