Route · LAX → YVR
Flights from Los Angeles to Vancouver
The roughly 1,740-kilometre hop between Los Angeles International and Vancouver International is one of the busiest transborder corridors in western North America, with a typical block time of around two and a half hours. Six carriers share the route — Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, WestJet, American, Delta, and United — operating primarily narrowbodies such as the Boeing 737 family and Airbus A320-series, with Air Canada occasionally deploying larger equipment on peak departures. A practical note worth knowing: international arrivals at YVR clear Canadian customs before exiting the terminal, but travellers connecting onward within Canada benefit from YVR's relatively efficient in-transit process, and Vancouver sits one hour ahead of Los Angeles on Pacific time, so a morning departure still leaves a useful working day at the destination. Fare-wise, shoulder-season travel in late winter and early autumn tends to yield the softest pricing, while Friday and Sunday evening flights typically command a premium as they anchor the business-travel week.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Los Angeles (LAX) → Vancouver (YVR). Use the year… view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
6 carriersThe 6 carriers we currently track on the Los Angeles–Vancouver route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile,… baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Los Angeles to Vancouver
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Los Angeles to Vancouver — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times… your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LAX and… YVR, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.