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title: "Vancouver to Hong Kong (YVR → HKG): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Vancouver to Hong Kong is 10,269 km (6,381 mi) great circle, an estimated 13h 16m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-hkg
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YVR → HKG

# Vancouver to Hong Kong: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Vancouver to Hong Kong is 10,269 km of great circle — 6,381 mi — and an estimated 13h 16m in the air. It crosses from North America to Asia.

**Great circle**
10,269 km
6,381 mi

**Estimated in the air**
13h 16m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
59.5°N
at 31% along

**One lap of Earth**
25.6%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 39th longest.

The Vancouver to Hong Kong route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Vancouver the path crosses Canada, then 1,412 km of open water, then the United States, then 2,054 km of open water, then Russia, then 924 km of open water, then Russia, then 616 km of open water, then South Korea, then 745 km of open water, then China.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 59.5°N, 31% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 11,283 km. That is 1,014 km further, about 10% more, and roughly 1h 16m of extra flying.

Leaving Vancouver the aircraft points north-west (309°); it arrives into Hong Kong heading south-west (213°). That is 96° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 1.45 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[YVR–HKG carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=YVR&to=HKG) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=YVR-HKG)

From

YVR

## Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada · North America

49.2°N, 123.2°W

[YVR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/yvr) [Flights to Vancouver →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/vancouver)

To

HKG

## Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Asia

22.3°N, 113.9°E

[HKG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hkg) [Flights to Hong Kong →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/hong-kong)

## Vancouver to Hong Kong, asked and answered

**How far is Vancouver to Hong Kong?**
Vancouver to Hong Kong (YVR to HKG) is 10,269 km, or 6,381 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Vancouver to Hong Kong?**
About 13h 16m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a Vancouver to Hong Kong flight take?**
The great circle passes over Canada, then 1,412 km of open water, then the United States, then 2,054 km of open water, then Russia, then 924 km of open water, then Russia, then 616 km of open water, then South Korea, then 745 km of open water, then China. It reaches 59.5°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → HKG London to Hong Kong 9,630 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hkg) [CDG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong 9,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hkg) [SFO → HKG San Francisco to Hong Kong 11,128 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sfo-to-hkg) [FRA → HKG Frankfurt to Hong Kong 9,154 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-hkg) [LAX → HKG Los Angeles to Hong Kong 11,664 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hkg) [YVR → SYD Vancouver to Sydney 12,501 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-syd)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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