Vancouver to Hong Kong (YVR–HKG): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

YVR → HKG

13 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 309° (NW).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sun 8 Nov, 14:30 local +1 day.

HKG → YVR

12 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 33° (NNE).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 07:00 local.

HKG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 90 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	10,269 km · 6,381 mi · 5,545 nmi
Initial heading	309° (NW) from YVR; 33° (NNE) from HKG
Farthest from the equator	59.5°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crosses	the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	51% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YVR	America/Vancouver — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
HKG	Asia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Hong Kong is 15 hours ahead of Vancouver today; +16 h in January and +15 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying YVR → HKG. The clock change is 15 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 9 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 9 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 9 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

YVR Vancouver International AirportVancouver, Canada · longest runway 11,500 ft3,505 m

HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from YVR and HKG

YYCYVR Calgary – Vancouver 687 km427 mi · 1 h 55 min YYZYVR Toronto – Vancouver 3,346 km2,079 mi · 5 h 15 min YVRNRT Vancouver – Tokyo 7,503 km4,662 mi · 10 h 20 min YVRHND Vancouver – Tokyo 7,558 km4,697 mi · 10 h 25 min YVRICN Vancouver – Seoul 8,200 km5,095 mi · 11 h YVRSYD Vancouver – Sydney 12,501 km7,768 mi · 15 h 50 min HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h HKGSIN Hong Kong – Singapore 2,566 km1,594 mi · 4 h SYDHKG Sydney – Hong Kong 7,394 km4,595 mi · 9 h 35 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h DFWHND Dallas–Fort Worth – Tokyo 10,378 km6,448 mi · 13 h 50 min SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).

YVR Vancouver ⇄ HKG Hong Kong