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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
327
▼ 22.5%
DEP / DAY
289
▼ 26.4%
ON-TIME
12.6% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 62 minest
AVG DELAY
62 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 327 arrivals and 289 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 60 carriers across 102 routes. The most active carrier is AIR Canada (ACA). The busiest route is to Calgary International Airport (CYYC). On-time performance averages 13% with an average delay of 62 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 58 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 9 total

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Go-arounds
3
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
6
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Return to field
20

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
3 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYVR 241600Z 30003KT 250V340 30SM FEW008 FEW023 19/19 A3011 RMK SC1SC2 SC TR SLP197 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
-4m 5a -1m 6a 3m 7a 4m 8a 6m 9a 15m 10a 13m 11a 16m 12p
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Top carriers

Share of flights

40 total
TOP 9 2,404
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 19% Westjet Airlines 17% AIR Canada Rouge 8% United Airlines 7% Flair Airlines 6% Capital Aircraft Group 6% Westjet Encore 5% AIR Guilin 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YYC 293
YYZ 242
YEG 181
SEA 139
YYJ 94
YXS 76

Carriers

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AIR Canada
612
Jazz Aviation
451
Westjet Airlines
420
AIR Canada Rouge
203
United Airlines
169
Flair Airlines
152
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Capital Aircraft Group
150
Westjet Encore
127
AIR Guilin
120
Porter Airlines
106
SKY West Aviation
80
Horizon AIR Industries
77
Carson AIR
73
American Airlines
69
Cargojet Airways
62
Care Flight (NSW)
58
AIR North Charter
52
CFP
49
Central Mountain AIR
47
CGS
45
Delta AIR Lines
41
Netjets Aviation
37
Morningstar AIR
36
NON
32
CFM
31
British Airways
29
CFW
28
Korean AIR Lines
26
Kelowna Flightcraft AIR Charter
25
Cathay Pacific Airways
25
ALL Nippon Airways
24
Airsprint
23
Summit AIR
22
Chicago AIR
21
Deutsche Lufthansa
19
Jetblue Airways Corporation (NEW York
18
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
18
Philippine AIR Lines Inc. (PAL)
15
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
14
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
14

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

93 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 58 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 167 1h 19m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 136 4h 35m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 79 1h 16m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 65 4h 40m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 57 0h 54m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 56 0h 16m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 51 0h 54m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 47 1h 23m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 42 1h 15m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada 42 1h 29m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 37 1h 23m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 37 4h 38m
YVRYQQ
Comox, CA
 Jazz Aviation 36 0h 26m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 35 4h 35m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 34 4h 41m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 31 0h 55m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 30 2h 16m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 30 1h 18m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Westjet Encore 29 1h 6m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Westjet Encore 29 0h 16m
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