✈ YVR → IST
12H 10M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Vancouver to Istanbul
From YVR (YVR), Canada North America → Istanbul Airport (IST), Turkey Europe
How long is the flight from Vancouver to Istanbul?
A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to Istanbul (IST) takes about 12 hours 10 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,957 miles (9,587 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 10m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,957 mi
9,587 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Vancouver timezone
UTC-7
America/Vancouver
Istanbul timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Istanbul
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.