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Route · North Atlantic

YYZ Toronto ⇄ FRA Frankfurt

Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada) and Frankfurt Main Airport (Germany): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance6,344 km3,942 mi3,425 nautical miles
YYZ → FRA7 h 45 minestimated block time
FRA → YYZ8 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+5 hFrankfurt vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to Frankfurt (FRA)YYZTorontoFRAFrankfurt
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

YYZ → FRA

7 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 50° (NE).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 23:45 local.

FRA → YYZ

8 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 301° (WNW).

Leave Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 12:50 local.

YYZ-bound flights are the slower direction by about 65 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 distance6,344 km · 3,942 mi · 3,425 nmi
Initial heading50° (NE) from YYZ; 301° (WNW) from FRA
Farthest from the equator56.4°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip32% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

YYZAmerica/Toronto — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
FRAEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceFrankfurt is 5 hours ahead of Toronto today.

Jet lag, flying YYZ → FRA. Your body clock has to move 5 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 5 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

YYZ Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Canada · longest runway 11,120 ft3,389 m FRA Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from YYZ and FRA

YULYYZ Montreal – Toronto 507 km315 mi · 1 h 40 min YYZMCO Toronto – Orlando 1,702 km1,058 mi · 3 h YYZYYC Toronto – Calgary 2,689 km1,671 mi · 4 h 25 min YYZYVR Toronto – Vancouver 3,346 km2,079 mi · 5 h 15 min YYZLHR Toronto – London 5,707 km3,546 mi · 7 h 05 min YYZHKG Toronto – Hong Kong 12,548 km7,797 mi · 15 h 35 min FRABER Frankfurt – Berlin 431 km268 mi · 1 h 30 min FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min IAHFRA Houston – Frankfurt 8,402 km5,221 mi · 9 h 55 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 h 35 min FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

ORDLHR Chicago – London 6,344 km3,942 mi · 7 h 45 min DTWCDG Detroit – Paris 6,359 km3,952 mi · 7 h 45 min DTWAMS Detroit – Amsterdam 6,324 km3,929 mi · 7 h 45 min JFKZRH New York – Zurich 6,310 km3,921 mi · 7 h 40 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).