# Distance from Apiay (API) to Richmond (YVR)

> 6,846 km · estimated flight time 9h · Long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 6,846 km / 4,254 mi / 3,696 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 9h
- **Heading**: 326° (northwest)
- **Return heading**: 120° (east southeast)
- **Classification**: Long-haul
- **Type**: International (Colombia) → Canada
- **Intercontinental**: South America → North America
- **Time difference**: -2h (When it's 08:54 in Apiay, it's 06:54 in Richmond)
- **Elevation difference**: 1,193 ft (YVR is lower than API)

## Airports

### [Gomez Nino Apiay Air Base (API)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/api-apiay-gomez-nino-apiay-air-base/1ef266df-b41a-6d54-824e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Apiay, Colombia
- ICAO: SKAP
- Timezone: America/Bogota
- Coordinates: 4.080000, -73.560000
- Elevation: 1,207 ft

### [Vancouver International Airport (YVR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/yvr-richmond-vancouver-international-airport/1ef266de-b350-6578-8529-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Richmond, Canada
- ICAO: CYVR
- Timezone: America/Vancouver
- Coordinates: 49.190000, -123.180000
- Elevation: 14 ft

## Route notes

This is a long-haul route typically operated by wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777 or Airbus A350. Full meal service, in-flight entertainment, and comfort amenities are standard.

Time-zone information: When it's 08:54 in Apiay, it's 06:54 in Richmond.

## Related

- [Gomez Nino Apiay Air Base (API)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/api-apiay-gomez-nino-apiay-air-base/1ef266df-b41a-6d54-824e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Vancouver International Airport (YVR)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/yvr-richmond-vancouver-international-airport/1ef266de-b350-6578-8529-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)