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YVR Vancouver ⇄ HND Tokyo

Vancouver International Airport (Canada) and Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Japan): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,558 km4,697 mi4,081 nautical miles
YVR → HND10 h 25 minestimated block time
HND → YVR9 hestimated block time
Clock change+16 hTokyo vs Vancouver, today
Great-circle route from Vancouver (YVR) to Tokyo (HND)YVRVancouverHNDTokyo
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

YVR → HND

10 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 299° (WNW).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 12:25 local +1 day.

HND → YVR

9 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 44° (NE).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 03:00 local.

HND-bound flights are the slower direction by about 85 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 distance7,558 km · 4,697 mi · 4,081 nmi
Initial heading299° (WNW) from YVR; 44° (NE) from HND
Farthest from the equator55.3°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesthe 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip38% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YVRAmerica/Vancouver — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
HNDAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 16 hours ahead of Vancouver today; +17 h in January and +16 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying YVR → HND. The clock change is 16 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 8 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 8 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 8 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 HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

Same cities, other airports

YVRNRT Vancouver – Tokyo 7,503 km4,662 mi · 10 h 20 min

More routes from YVR and HND

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 YVRLHR Vancouver – London 7,579 km4,709 mi · 9 h 20 min YVRPVG Vancouver – Shanghai 9,016 km5,602 mi · 12 h YVRSYD Vancouver – Sydney 12,501 km7,768 mi · 15 h 50 min HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 min HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 min SFOHND San Francisco – Tokyo 8,286 km5,148 mi · 11 h 30 min LHRHND London – Tokyo 9,592 km5,960 mi · 11 h 35 min JFKHND New York – Tokyo 10,875 km6,758 mi · 13 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRMBJ London – Montego Bay 7,548 km4,690 mi · 10 h 20 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min ISTBKK Istanbul – Bangkok 7,514 km4,669 mi · 9 h ATLGRU Atlanta – São Paulo 7,510 km4,667 mi · 9 h 25 min

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).