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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Vancouver Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Greater Vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sea Island, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 22, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | PST (UTC−08:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°11′41″N 123°11′02″W / 49.19472°N 123.18389°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Public transit access |  YVR–Airport station | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||
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[citation needed] Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Passenger traffic and movements from yvr.ca[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is an international airport[4] located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, serving the city of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland region. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from Downtown Vancouver. YVR is the second busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic (24.9 million),[3] behind Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario. As a trans-Pacific hub,[5] the airport has more direct flights to China than any other airport in North America or Europe.[6] It is a hub for Air Canada and WestJet. Vancouver International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that have US Border Pre-clearance facilities. It is also one of the few major international airports to have a terminal for scheduled float planes.
The airport has won several notable international best airport awards. It won the SkyTrax Best North American Airport award in 2007 and 2010 through 2022, for a record of 12 consecutive years.[7] The airport also made the top 10 list of airports in the world for the first time in 2012, rated at 9th (2012), 8th (2013), and 9th (2014) overall.[8] It is the only North American airport included in the top 10 for 2013 and 2014.[8][9][10][11] YVR also retains the distinction of Best Canadian Airport in the regional results.[12]
Vancouver International airport is managed by Vancouver Airport Authority, a non-profit organization.[13]
YVR covers a total expanse of about 1,340 hectares (3,311 acres) of airport property.[14]
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
2023statswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Advisory Circular (AC) No. 302-032 Subject: Designation of international airports in Canada" (PDF). Transport Canada.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (May 10, 2019). "Seattle is Vancouver's greatest threat to Trans-Pacific airport hub supremacy: YVR CEO". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
- ^ Slutsken, Howard. "How Vancouver became China's aviation hub to the West". CNN Travel. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
- ^ "Vancouver International Airport named North America's best airport for 10th consecutive year". Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ a b YVR Media Relations (April 10, 2013). "Vancouver International Airport named Best Airport in North America". Yvr.ca. Archived from the original on May 5, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "2010 Regional Airport Awards". Skytrax. 2010. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
- ^ "2007 Regional Airport Awards". Skytrax. 2007. Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2007.
- ^ Campbell, Alan (April 23, 2012). "YVR wins best airport award again". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ "2006 Airport of the Year: Results". Skytrax. 2007. Archived from the original on March 18, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2007.
- ^ "YVR Leadership". Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ^ "YVR Airport Master Plan". yvr.ca. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
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