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YYZ Toronto ⇄ YVR Vancouver

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

Distance3,346 km2,079 mi1,807 nautical miles
YYZ → YVR5 h 15 minestimated block time
YVR → YYZ4 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hVancouver vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to Vancouver (YVR)YYZTorontoYVRVancouver
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 → YVR

5 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 296° (WNW).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 13:15 local.

YVR → YYZ

4 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 84° (E).

Leave Vancouver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 16:30 local.

YVR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 45 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 distance3,346 km · 2,079 mi · 1,807 nmi
Initial heading296° (WNW) from YYZ; 84° (E) from YVR
Farthest from the equator49.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip17% 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
YVRAmerica/Vancouver — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
DifferenceVancouver is 3 hours behind Toronto today.

Jet lag, flying YYZ → YVR. Your body clock has to move 3 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 3 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening 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 YVR Vancouver International AirportVancouver, Canada · longest runway 11,500 ft3,505 m

More routes from YYZ and YVR

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 YYZDUB Toronto – Dublin 5,261 km3,269 mi · 6 h 35 min YYZCDG Toronto – Paris 6,020 km3,741 mi · 7 h 20 min YYZHKG Toronto – Hong Kong 12,548 km7,797 mi · 15 h 35 min 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

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).