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YYZ Toronto ⇄ LGA New York

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

Distance573 km356 mi309 nautical miles
YYZ → LGA1 h 40 minestimated block time
LGA → YYZ1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hNew York vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to New York (LGA)YYZTorontoLGANew York
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 → LGA

1 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 122° (ESE).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 local.

LGA → YYZ

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 306° (NW).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

The two directions differ by 7 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance573 km · 356 mi · 309 nmi
Initial heading122° (ESE) from YYZ; 306° (NW) from LGA
Farthest from the equator43.7°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

YYZAmerica/Toronto — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
LGAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceNew York is on the same clock as Toronto today.

Jet lag, flying YYZ → LGA. 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

YYZ Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Canada · longest runway 11,120 ft3,389 m LGA LaGuardia AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 7,002 ft2,134 m

More routes from YYZ and LGA

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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).