Vancouver (YVR) to Washington (WAS): 2,338 miles (3,763 km) great-circle, about 5h 10m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $483 round-trip on United Airlines, with 1 stop, departing May 2, 2026.
$483 round-trip, United Airlines UA640, departing 2026-05-02 at 08:35, returning 2026-05-12. The recorded itinerary left on a Saturday, returning on a Tuesday 10 nights later; the fare was observed 7 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $483, it ranked 11th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from YVR (median $925). That is 20.7 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the YVR median of 19.2 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from YVR of similar length: Saguenay (2,330 mi) at $678 and Montreal (2,288 mi) at $379.
United Airlines had the cheapest fare on 3 of 30 YVR routes. It is the 21st longest of the 30 routes we track from YVR.
Of 19 departure airports with a fare to Washington, Vancouver (YVR) ranked 17th at $483. Lowest: $87 from Atlanta (ATL); highest: $572 from Los Angeles (LAX); 6 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Frontier (10), United Airlines (3), American Airlines (2), Alaska Airlines (1), Copa (1) and Southwest (1), plus 1 more.
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Vancouver, America/New_York; flight time is our estimate.