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Direct flights from Vancouver (YVR) to Qingdao (TAO): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 8,639 km, an estimated 11 hours 35 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Vancouver and Qingdao. Updated 31 October 2026 at 04:56 UTC.
YVR
Vancouver
smooth · +0
TAO
Qingdao
tracking
8,639 km · ~11h 35m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live YVR and TAO delay boards
0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flight time~11h 35mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures1x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
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How the Vancouver to Qingdao route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop YVR to TAO flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search: Vancouver (YVR) to Qingdao (TAO) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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YVR to TAO questions
Is YVR–TAO running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from YVR to TAO?
Great-circle distance is 8,639 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 640–770 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does YVR–TAO fly?
Beijing Capital Airlines runs the route with about 1 flight a week (fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at YVR and arrival-side delay at TAO, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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