- Great circle
- 687 km
- 427 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 21m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 51.1°N
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 1.7%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 271st longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Vancouver the path crosses Canada.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.1°N, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Vancouver the aircraft points east (68°); it arrives into Calgary heading east (75°). That is 7° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Vancouver to Calgary, asked and answered
- How far is Vancouver to Calgary?
- Vancouver to Calgary (YVR to YYC) is 687 km, or 427 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Vancouver to Calgary?
- About 1h 21m 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 Calgary flight take?
- The great circle passes over Canada. It reaches 51.1°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.
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