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title: "Toronto to Vancouver (YYZ → YVR): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Toronto to Vancouver is 3,346 km (2,079 mi) great circle, an estimated 4h 39m 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/yyz-to-yvr
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YYZ → YVR

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

Toronto Pearson to Vancouver is 3,346 km of great circle — 2,079 mi — and an estimated 4h 39m in the air. Both ends are in North America.

**Great circle**
3,346 km
2,079 mi

**Estimated in the air**
4h 39m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
49.5°N
at 82% along

**One lap of Earth**
8.3%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 163rd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Toronto the path crosses Canada, then the United States, then Canada.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 49.5°N, 82% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 3,390 km. That is 44 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 3m of extra flying.

Leaving Toronto the aircraft points north-west (296°); it arrives into Vancouver heading west (264°). That is 32° 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 496 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

YYZ

## Toronto Pearson

Toronto, Canada · North America

43.7°N, 79.6°W

[YYZ airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/yyz)

To

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)

## Toronto to Vancouver, asked and answered

**How far is Toronto to Vancouver?**
Toronto to Vancouver (YYZ to YVR) is 3,346 km, or 2,079 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Toronto to Vancouver?**
About 4h 39m 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 Toronto to Vancouver flight take?**
The great circle passes over Canada, then the United States, then Canada. It reaches 49.5°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)

## Flown this one?

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

## Nearby routes

[LHR → YYZ London to Toronto 5,707 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-yyz) [YVR → YYC Vancouver to Calgary 687 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-yyc) [JFK → YYZ New York to Toronto 588 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-yyz) [YYZ → YUL Toronto to Montréal 507 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yyz-to-yul) [YVR → NRT Vancouver to Tokyo 7,503 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-nrt) [YVR → HKG Vancouver to Hong Kong 10,269 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-hkg)

## 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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