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Route · United States and Canada

YVR Vancouver ⇄ HNL Honolulu

Vancouver International Airport (Canada) and Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance4,354 km2,705 mi2,351 nautical miles
YVR → HNL6 h 20 minestimated block time
HNL → YVR5 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hHonolulu vs Vancouver, today
Great-circle route from Vancouver (YVR) to Honolulu (HNL)YVRVancouverHNLHonolulu
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 → HNL

6 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 237° (WSW).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 13:20 local.

HNL → YVR

5 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 36° (NE).

Leave Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 18:40 local.

HNL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 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 distance4,354 km · 2,705 mi · 2,351 nmi
Initial heading237° (WSW) from YVR; 36° (NE) from HNL
Farthest from the equator49.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip22% 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
HNLPacific/Honolulu — UTC−10 now; UTC−10 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHonolulu is 3 hours behind Vancouver today; −2 h in January and −3 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying YVR → HNL. Your body clock has to move 3 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 3 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 HNL Daniel K. Inouye International AirportHonolulu, United States · longest runway 12,360 ft3,767 m

More routes from YVR and HNL

YYCYVR Calgary – Vancouver 687 km427 mi · 1 h 55 min YYZYVR Toronto – Vancouver 3,346 km2,079 mi · 5 h 15 min YVRHND Vancouver – Tokyo 7,558 km4,697 mi · 10 h 25 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 HNLOGG Honolulu – Maui (Kahului) 162 km101 mi · 1 h 15 min LAXHNL Los Angeles – Honolulu 4,108 km2,553 mi · 6 h 05 min HNLANC Honolulu – Anchorage 4,475 km2,781 mi · 6 h 05 min HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 min HNLICN Honolulu – Seoul 7,353 km4,569 mi · 10 h 15 min HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

SFOBOS San Francisco – Boston 4,341 km2,697 mi · 5 h 30 min MELDPS Melbourne – Bali (Denpasar) 4,381 km2,722 mi · 6 h 15 min BNEDPS Brisbane – Bali (Denpasar) 4,488 km2,789 mi · 6 h 20 min MIALIM Miami – Lima 4,219 km2,622 mi · 5 h 50 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).