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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
128
▼ 73.0%
DEP / DAY
106
▼ 74.8%
ON-TIME
83.9% Top 25%
arr · avg 13 min
dep · 100% · avg -16 min cal
AVG DELAY
13 min
7d window

Vancouver International Airport (CYVR/YVR) is a large international airport located in Vancouver, Canada. It features 4 runways with the longest being 11,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 128 arrivals and 106 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 32 carriers across 74 routes. The most active carrier is AIR Canada (ACA). The busiest route is to Calgary International Airport (CYYC). On-time performance averages 84% with an average delay of 13 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 61 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 4 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
4
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Return to field
5

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
18 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYVR 251800Z 11018KT 20SM FEW015 BKN045 OVC055 17/14 A2992 RMK SC1SC6SC2 SC TR SLP134 DENSITY ALT 300FT

Runways

4 installed

11,500 FT MAX
08L/26R
9,940 ft × 200
CON● LITHIGH
08R/26L
11,500 ft × 200
ASP● LITHIGH
13/31
7,300 ft × 200
CON● LIT
XX/26A
3,500 ft × 75
CON○ unlitCLOSED

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

Schedule vs actual
-1m 5a 2m 6a 0m 7a 1m 8a -1m 9a 5m 10a 0m 11a 11m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 985
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 20% Westjet Airlines 18% AIR Canada Rouge 9% United Airlines 7% Capital Aircraft Group 6% Westjet Encore 5% Porter Airlines 5% Flair Airlines 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YYC 121
YYZ 99
YEG 71
SEA 53
YYJ 34
YXS 31

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
AIR Canada
249
Jazz Aviation
197
Westjet Airlines
178
AIR Canada Rouge
84
United Airlines
70
Capital Aircraft Group
59
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Westjet Encore
52
Porter Airlines
49
Flair Airlines
47
AIR Guilin
39
Care Flight (NSW)
35
American Airlines
28
SKY West Aviation
27
Carson AIR
27
Horizon AIR Industries
26
CGS
20
Cargojet Airways
18
AIR North Charter
16
Delta AIR Lines
14
British Airways
13
CFP
11
Netjets Aviation
11
Deutsche Lufthansa
10
Korean AIR Lines
9
Cathay Pacific Airways
9
CFO
9
ALL Nippon Airways
8
CFJ
8
Nelson Aviation College
7
NON
7
Cranfield University
7
CFW
7
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
6
Airsprint
6
Chicago AIR
5
Sunwest Aviation
5
Jetblue Airways Corporation (NEW York
5
Central Mountain AIR
5
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
5
Executive JET Management
4

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
TWR 118.700 24
TWR 119.550 24
GND 121.700 24
GND 127.150 24
ATIS 124.600 24
LCL/P 118.700 24
LCL/P 119.550 24
CD/P 121.400 24
OTHER 121.400 24
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZVR
Elevation:
14 ft
Mag var:
19° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1

Destination network

Great-circle routes from CYVR · last 7d

94 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 61 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Westjet Airlines 71 1h 16m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 51 4h 27m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 34 1h 14m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 24 0h 13m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 21 0h 48m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 21 4h 39m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 19 0h 43m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 18 4h 32m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 18 1h 22m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 17 2h 12m
YVRCBF7
Victoria, CA
 AIR Guilin 16 0h 34m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 16 4h 35m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 14 4h 39m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Westjet Encore 14 1h 5m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 14 1h 14m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 13 0h 51m
YVRYCD
Nanaimo, CA
 Jazz Aviation 12 0h 14m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Jazz Aviation 12 1h 5m
YVRLAX
Los Angeles, US
 AIR Canada 12 2h 40m
YVRPDX
Portland, US
 Jazz Aviation 12 1h 1m
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