✈ SFO → YVR
SAN FRANCISCO → VANCOUVER: 2H 39M. SHORT ENOUGH TO SKIP THE MOVIE.
Flight from San Francisco to Vancouver
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → YVR (YVR), Canada North America
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Vancouver?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Vancouver (YVR) takes about 2 hours 39 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 800 miles (1,288 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 39m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
800 mi
1,288 km · great-circle
Avg speed
487 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Vancouver timezone
UTC-7
America/Vancouver
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.