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title: "Vancouver to Sydney (YVR → SYD): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Vancouver to Sydney is 12,501 km (7,768 mi) great circle, an estimated 16h 02m 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-syd
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YVR → SYD

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

Vancouver to Sydney Kingsford Smith is 12,501 km of great circle — 7,768 mi — and an estimated 16h 02m in the air. It crosses from North America to Oceania.

**Great circle**
12,501 km
7,768 mi

**Estimated in the air**
16h 02m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
49.2°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
31.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 22nd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Vancouver the path crosses 12,282 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 49.2°N, 0% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 12,580 km. That is 79 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 6m of extra flying.

Leaving Vancouver the aircraft points south-west (243°); it arrives into Sydney heading south-west (225°). That is 19° 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 1.77 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

SYD

## Sydney Kingsford Smith

Sydney, Australia · Oceania

33.9°S, 151.2°E

[SYD airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/syd) [Flights to Sydney →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/sydney)

## Vancouver to Sydney, asked and answered

**How far is Vancouver to Sydney?**
Vancouver to Sydney (YVR to SYD) is 12,501 km, or 7,768 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Vancouver to Sydney?**
About 16h 02m 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 Sydney flight take?**
The great circle passes over 12,282 km of open water. It reaches 49.2°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

[LAX → SYD Los Angeles to Sydney 12,061 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-syd) [EZE → SYD Buenos Aires to Sydney 11,767 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/eze-to-syd) [SCL → SYD Santiago to Sydney 11,340 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/scl-to-syd) [DFW → SYD Dallas-Fort Worth to Sydney 13,808 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dfw-to-syd) [SYD → DFW Sydney to Dallas-Fort Worth 13,808 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-dfw) [IAH → SYD Houston to Sydney 13,836 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/iah-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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