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YVR Vancouver ⇄ ICN Seoul

Vancouver International Airport (Canada) and Incheon International Airport (South Korea): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance8,200 km5,095 mi4,428 nautical miles
YVR → ICN11 hestimated block time
ICN → YVR9 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+16 hSeoul vs Vancouver, today
Great-circle route from Vancouver (YVR) to Seoul (ICN)YVRVancouverICNSeoul
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 → ICN

11 h

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

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Seoul Sun 8 Nov, 13:00 local +1 day.

ICN → YVR

9 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 40° (NE).

Leave Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 03:45 local.

ICN-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance8,200 km · 5,095 mi · 4,428 nmi
Initial heading309° (NW) from YVR; 40° (NE) from ICN
Farthest from the equator59.6°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesthe 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip41% 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
ICNAsia/Seoul — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSeoul 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 → ICN. 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 ICN Incheon International AirportSeoul, South Korea · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from YVR and ICN

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 YVRPVG Vancouver – Shanghai 9,016 km5,602 mi · 12 h YVRSYD Vancouver – Sydney 12,501 km7,768 mi · 15 h 50 min ICNKIX Seoul – Osaka 860 km535 mi · 1 h 55 min ICNHKG Seoul – Hong Kong 2,069 km1,286 mi · 3 h 30 min SYDICN Sydney – Seoul 8,343 km5,184 mi · 10 h 40 min LHRICN London – Seoul 8,861 km5,506 mi · 10 h 40 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min ATLICN Atlanta – Seoul 11,487 km7,138 mi · 14 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

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