Flights Edmonton → Vancouver
YEG → YVR
Route overview
The flight route connects Edmonton to Vancouver, operating with a mix of aircraft including the Embraer 190, Airbus A320, Airbus A319, and Boeing 737-600. The destination airport in Vancouver sees over 26 million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Edmonton (YEG) → Vancouver (YVR) route is operated by Air Canada. Across 26 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.85%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Vancouver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Edmonton the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Vancouver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Edmonton (YEG) to Vancouver (YVR) heads south-west for about 809 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 26m.
Departures from Edmonton on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of YEG-YVR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Edmonton the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Vancouver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 26 tracked YEG-YVR flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of -1 min and a 3.9% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Frequently asked questions about YEG-YVR
On the Edmonton (YEG) -> Vancouver (YVR) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of -1 minutes, based on 26 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Edmonton-Vancouver is 3.85% across 26 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Air Canada.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
