Canada’s longest domestic flight is a 6 hour hop from one coast to the other – Halifax to Vancouver.
This spans a distance of 4,441km, making it ever so slightly longer than other lengthy domestic routes like St. John’s to Calgary.
So, after crossing the country one highly unnecessary way, I decided to “treat” myself to 6 hours on a 737 MAX!
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FLIGHT INFORMATION
Airline: Air Canada (ACA/AC)
Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8 (B38M)
Flight Number: AC361
Seat: 15F (Economy)
Livery: New (2017)
Engines: 2x CFM LEAP-1B
Registration: C-GELQ
Route: Halifax (YHZ) – Vancouver (YVR)
Callsign: AIR CANADA 361
Runway used: 23 (YHZ) – 26R (YVR)
Date filmed: August 2022
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Outro song – “Take Flight” by Nyhtian: https://youtu.be/bCTTwQ_269c
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44 Comments
Nice touch to add mid flight music to your videos Alex
That is one heavy plane, I flew from YEG to YHZ in the summer when it was +30 out and we used almost the entire runway on our takeoff roll!
I kind of wish they flew some more fitting aircraft for that flight, at some point I get tired of spending that long on a 737 Max 8 or other similar narrow body that don’t usually fly those routes.
How much was the flight?
If you thought 6 hours without a meal is bad, try flying Air Canada from Toronto to Honolulu non-stop for 10 hours!
You should do a review flight on swoop airlines
And I thought my YUL to YVR leg of a trip out west from the Maritimes last year was a long flight.
After flying across the country in Dash 8's, have you regained the ability to fully extend your legs and stand upright??? 😆
Love all your videos and the effort you put in on our behalf! My husband and I did this flight back at the end of September to attend my youngest brother’s funeral in Vancouver. My home airport is YSJ but it was so expensive and convoluted to fly from there to YVR. I was thrilled to find a non-stop flight from YHZ instead. After redeeming Aeroplan miles and paying the cash difference, it was still a better deal to drive to Halifax, redeem hotel points for a stay in Halifax and pay for parking at the Park’N Fly for a week (all during Ferocious Fiona too!) I’m grateful I had these options during an otherwise distressing time. I didn’t even realize this was the longest non-stop flight in Canada until your video! Your videos are not only entertaining but educational too! They really build my appreciation for this beautiful, vast country that we have the privilege to call home so thanks again!
great video again, thanks a lot Alex ! 🙂
Can't believe the spaceflexed the MAX.
Did YVR-YHZ on Westjet’s Frozen plane a few years back. Was overnight, so it helped with getting some sleep in J class.
Another great Video Thanks Alex
I actually was thinking on going on this flight, as I live in Halifax, but i thought twice after checking that it was operated by a 737
Took the US longest' domestic flight, which topped this by nearly 50 minutes. Was on a 321neo, which I much preffered to the -8.
You know, I could be wrong, but I think around 2006 I flew direct A/C from St. John's to YVR. But now that it's been that many years ago, I wouldn't bet my life on that memory.
Great review, reminds me of the time I flew YYC direct to YHZ and back in the same day.
Can you put yourself in the video please? Everyone wanna see you now. You actually have a faithful following now in this channel
Just done Seattle to Keflavik, we lucked out as it only took 6h 30mins.
Alex should do Vancouver to Comox
And great vid I love flying long flights and this great reminder of my Toronto to Seville Spain flight
I wonder which will be better… a321neo or b737max?
I miss EnRoute too. I wish they still published it.
good video
lol I'm flying Vancouver to Halifax in a few days but got a layover in Toronto 😭
also if you have ridiculous amounts of money and could charter a STOL plane and mid-air refueling, St. Johns, Nfld to Beaver Creek, YT would be easternmost to westernmost flights. And might as well throw in Windsor, ON to Grise Fiord, Nunavut (southernmost airport to northernmost civilian airport)
The country is so beautiful in August
I flew this leg on westjet in 2016 or something! it's long as hell but still preferable to connecting through pearson imo lmao!!!
Thanks for an enjoyable 12 min flight to start my day….Happy Holidays!
Air Canada is international
Looks like Halifax to Prince George on the thumbnail, but what the hell kind of flight would that be? I don't know a 6-seater that can make that journey
Always informative. Thanks!
it wasn't all that incredibly long ago that there were no direct flights from yhz that went westerly beyond yyz, and that in some instances travelling between the two required a leg involving a turbo-prop 'air canada jazz' on the yul-yhz/yhz-yul segment.
My only flight on the max was business class that I was lucky enough to upgrade on the cheap. The return flight was on a 777, the max was grounded between our leaving and returning from holidays.
I once flew AC Vancouver to Toronto in business class. It was an experience.
I wondered if somewhere north up to Vancouver somehow longer than 6 hours?
That is one clean, beautiful, shiny wing!!!
So will you do the longest domestic route in the world from Paris to St. Denis de la Réunion?
Great video, as always! As someone originally from NS who lives in Vancouver I was delighted when AC started this route. I flew this route in June and again a couple of weeks ago and it is nice to not have to stopover in Calgary, Toronto or Montreal. I booked comfort fare in the summer and really liked having the extra legroom. On my recent flight back I booked a basic economy ticket and I found the non-preferred seats to be too tight for a 6 hour flight so I paid $117 for a preferred seat on the way back. I will now only book comfort fare on this route to save my legs from cramped quarters and from saving my money on paying so much for a preferred seat! I also booked the Chef Jerome meal box for my return flight in the summer and they did not have it so I selected something from their menu. I tried booking the Chef Jerome meal box for my recent return flight and again it was not available. Makes me wonder why they offer it! I paid more then I would have had I just bought a meal on the plane! Great review, Alex 🙂
I almost thought of doing Quebec City to Vancouver via YUL and almost thought that was one of the longest stretches across the country
Hey Alex, just reaching out to say that after lurking for a long time on your channel, I've decided to subscribe. Your content is GREAT, and I invariable enjoy your videos, so a BIG thank you!!
I hear about the long(er) flights on a 737, and narrow-body comfort vs a wide body. However I must say that as far as the MAX is concerned, the nice Sky Interior coupled to the MUCH quieter cabin makes a ton of difference for me. While I would not mind a long-ish flight on an A320ceo, I would absolutely dread one on a regular 738. Couple of years back we flew out to Cape Verde from Milan on a tightly packed, old 738. That flight was epically miserable, at almost 6 hours of length…. Again, the "ole' faithful" 757 is equally miserable, due to the loud engines. And I've also had miserable flights on 777s (one just last week), and especially so on GE90s powered ones, again because of cabin noise…
I think that comfort-wise, what matters most to me is 1) noise levels 2) seat pitch/legroom. I can happily live with the rest.
Another Awesome Trip Report Alex! You definitely deserve to treat yourself with this.
Here’s to takeoff 4:05
What a depressing aviation experience,,
Alex I can really thank you for doing all these flights. You're legs must feel like Jello after all that.