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✈ ZRH → YVR

10H 38M, 5,162 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
10h 38m
Distance
5,162 mi
Or
8,308 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Zurich to Vancouver

From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe  →  YVR (YVR), Canada North America

↔ Flying the other way? Vancouver → Zurich

How long is the flight from Zurich to Vancouver?

A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Vancouver (YVR) takes about 10 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,162 miles (8,308 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,162 mi

8,308 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

Vancouver timezone

UTC-7

America/Vancouver

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1230 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1421 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 341 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.

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