✈ YVR → LHR

9H 46M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
9h 46m
Distance
4,709 mi
Or
7,579 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Vancouver to London

From YVR (YVR), Canada North America  →  Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe

↔ Flying the other way? London → Vancouver

How long is the flight from Vancouver to London?

A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to London (LHR) takes about 9 hours 46 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,709 miles (7,579 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

9h 46m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,709 mi

7,579 km · great-circle

Avg speed

776 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

London timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Time difference

+8h

8 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~8d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1122 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1296 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 311 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.