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✈ YVR → SFO

2H 39M FLIGHT. JUST ENOUGH TIME TO REGRET CHECKING A BAG.

Flight time
2h 39m
Distance
800 mi
Or
1,288 km
Jet lag
None

Flight from Vancouver to San Francisco

From YVR (YVR), Canada North America  →  SFO (SFO), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? San Francisco → Vancouver

How long is the flight from Vancouver to San Francisco?

A nonstop flight from Vancouver (YVR) to San Francisco (SFO) 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

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

Same

Same time zone

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 201 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 220 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 53 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

Flights from Vancouver

Nearest destinations

Long-haul from Vancouver

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Flights to San Francisco

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Long-haul to San Francisco

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