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YVR Vancouver ⇄ SFO San Francisco

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

Distance1,289 km801 mi696 nautical miles
YVR → SFO2 h 30 minestimated block time
SFO → YVR2 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hSan Francisco vs Vancouver, today
Great-circle route from Vancouver (YVR) to San Francisco (SFO)YVRVancouverSFOSan Francisco
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 → SFO

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 177° (S).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive San Francisco Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

SFO → YVR

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 357° (N).

Leave San Francisco Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 13:30 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,289 km · 801 mi · 696 nmi
Initial heading177° (S) from YVR; 357° (N) from SFO
Farthest from the equator49.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% 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
SFOAmerica/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSan Francisco is on the same clock as Vancouver today.

Jet lag, flying YVR → SFO. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

YVR Vancouver International AirportVancouver, Canada · longest runway 11,500 ft3,505 m SFO San Francisco International AirportSan Francisco, United States · longest runway 11,870 ft3,618 m

More routes from YVR and SFO

YYCYVR Calgary – Vancouver 687 km427 mi · 1 h 55 min YVRHNL Vancouver – Honolulu 4,354 km2,705 mi · 6 h 20 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 LAXSFO Los Angeles – San Francisco 543 km338 mi · 1 h 45 min SFOOGG San Francisco – Maui (Kahului) 3,761 km2,337 mi · 5 h 40 min SFOBOS San Francisco – Boston 4,341 km2,697 mi · 5 h 30 min SFOAMS San Francisco – Amsterdam 8,785 km5,459 mi · 10 h 35 min SFOPVG San Francisco – Shanghai 9,877 km6,138 mi · 13 h 20 min SFOSIN San Francisco – Singapore 13,582 km8,439 mi · 17 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth – Chicago 1,291 km802 mi · 2 h 25 min MEXCUN Mexico City – Cancún 1,285 km798 mi · 2 h 25 min AMSFCO Amsterdam – Rome 1,297 km806 mi · 2 h 30 min CPTDUR Cape Town – Durban 1,277 km794 mi · 2 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).