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Route · North Atlantic

YVR Vancouver ⇄ LHR London

Vancouver International Airport (Canada) and London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,579 km4,709 mi4,092 nautical miles
YVR → LHR9 h 20 minestimated block time
LHR → YVR10 hestimated block time
Clock change+7 hLondon vs Vancouver, today
Great-circle route from Vancouver (YVR) to London (LHR)YVRVancouverLHRLondon
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 → LHR

9 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 34° (NE).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sun 8 Nov, 02:20 local +1 day.

LHR → YVR

10 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 324° (NW).

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

YVR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance7,579 km · 4,709 mi · 4,092 nmi
Initial heading34° (NE) from YVR; 324° (NW) from LHR
Farthest from the equator68.3°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
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
LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLondon is 7 hours ahead of Vancouver today.

Jet lag, flying YVR → LHR. Your body clock has to move 7 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 7 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning 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 LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m

More routes from YVR and LHR

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Routes of a similar length

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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).