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Route · United States and Canada

YYZ Toronto ⇄ YYC Calgary

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

Distance2,689 km1,671 mi1,452 nautical miles
YYZ → YYC4 h 25 minestimated block time
YYC → YYZ3 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change−2 hCalgary vs Toronto, today
Great-circle route from Toronto (YYZ) to Calgary (YYC)YYZTorontoYYCCalgary
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 → YYC

4 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 300° (WNW).

Leave Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Calgary Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

YYC → YYZ

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 94° (E).

Leave Calgary Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Toronto Sat 7 Nov, 15:50 local.

YYC-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance2,689 km · 1,671 mi · 1,452 nmi
Initial heading300° (WNW) from YYZ; 94° (E) from YYC
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% 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
YYCAmerica/Edmonton — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
DifferenceCalgary is 2 hours behind Toronto today.

Jet lag, flying YYZ → YYC. Your body clock has to move 2 hours 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

YYZ Toronto Pearson International AirportToronto, Canada · longest runway 11,120 ft3,389 m YYC Calgary International AirportCalgary, Canada · longest runway 14,000 ft4,267 m

More routes from YYZ and YYC

YULYYZ Montreal – Toronto 507 km315 mi · 1 h 40 min YYZMCO Toronto – Orlando 1,702 km1,058 mi · 3 h YYZPUJ Toronto – Punta Cana 2,984 km1,854 mi · 4 h 20 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 YYCLHR Calgary – London 7,014 km4,358 mi · 8 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

MELPER Melbourne – Perth 2,700 km1,678 mi · 4 h 25 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min SEAORD Seattle – Chicago 2,762 km1,716 mi · 3 h 55 min GRUSCL São Paulo – Santiago 2,615 km1,625 mi · 4 h 15 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).