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YYC Calgary ⇄ YVR Vancouver

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

Distance687 km427 mi371 nautical miles
YYC → YVR1 h 55 minestimated block time
YVR → YYC1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hVancouver vs Calgary, today
Great-circle route from Calgary (YYC) to Vancouver (YVR)YYCCalgaryYVRVancouver
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

YYC → YVR

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 255° (WSW).

Leave Calgary Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 11:55 local.

YVR → YYC

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 68° (ENE).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Calgary Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance687 km · 427 mi · 371 nmi
Initial heading255° (WSW) from YYC; 68° (ENE) from YVR
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YYCAmerica/Edmonton — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
YVRAmerica/Vancouver — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
DifferenceVancouver is 1 hour behind Calgary today.

Jet lag, flying YYC → YVR. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

YYC Calgary International AirportCalgary, Canada · longest runway 14,000 ft4,267 m YVR Vancouver International AirportVancouver, Canada · longest runway 11,500 ft3,505 m

More routes from YYC and YVR

YYZYYC Toronto – Calgary 2,689 km1,671 mi · 4 h 25 min YYCLHR Calgary – London 7,014 km4,358 mi · 8 h 40 min YVRSFO Vancouver – San Francisco 1,289 km801 mi · 2 h 30 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

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).