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title: "Vancouver to Tokyo (YVR → NRT): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Vancouver to Tokyo is 7,503 km (4,662 mi) great circle, an estimated 9h 49m 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-nrt
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YVR → NRT

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

Vancouver to Narita is 7,503 km of great circle — 4,662 mi — and an estimated 9h 49m in the air. It crosses from North America to Asia.

**Great circle**
7,503 km
4,662 mi

**Estimated in the air**
9h 49m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
55.2°N
at 34% along

**One lap of Earth**
18.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 90th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Vancouver the path crosses 7,053 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 55.2°N, 34% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 7,999 km. That is 497 km further, about 7% more, and roughly 37m of extra flying.

Leaving Vancouver the aircraft points north-west (299°); it arrives into Tokyo heading south-west (225°). That is 75° 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 1.06 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

NRT

## Narita

Tokyo, Japan · Asia

35.8°N, 140.4°E

[NRT airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/nrt) [Flights to Tokyo →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/tokyo)

## Vancouver to Tokyo, asked and answered

**How far is Vancouver to Tokyo?**
Vancouver to Tokyo (YVR to NRT) is 7,503 km, or 4,662 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Vancouver to Tokyo?**
About 9h 49m 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 Tokyo flight take?**
The great circle passes over 7,053 km of open water. It reaches 55.2°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)

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[HEL → NRT Helsinki to Tokyo 7,829 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hel-to-nrt) [LAX → NRT Los Angeles to Tokyo 8,753 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-nrt) [IST → NRT Istanbul to Tokyo 8,980 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-nrt) [LHR → NRT London to Tokyo 9,591 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-nrt) [YVR → HKG Vancouver to Hong Kong 10,269 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-hkg) [JFK → NRT New York to Tokyo 10,830 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-nrt)

## 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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