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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
316
▼ 9.0%
DEP / DAY
289
▼ 5.3%
ON-TIME
8.6% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 61 minest
AVG DELAY
61 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 316 arrivals and 289 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 60 carriers across 93 routes. The most active carrier is AIR Canada (ACA). The busiest route is to Calgary International Airport (CYYC). On-time performance averages 9% with an average delay of 61 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 63 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 6 total

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Go-arounds
1
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
5
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Return to field
21

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
13 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYVR 290600Z 28013KT 20SM VCSH BKN049 OVC073 17/14 A2995 RMK SC7AC1 SLP144 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 2,340
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 19% Westjet Airlines 18% AIR Canada Rouge 8% Capital Aircraft Group 7% United Airlines 7% Westjet Encore 6% Flair Airlines 6% AIR Guilin 4%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YYC 334
YYZ 238
YEG 193
SEA 143
YYJ 104
YXS 83

Carriers

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AIR Canada
587
Jazz Aviation
436
Westjet Airlines
430
AIR Canada Rouge
184
Capital Aircraft Group
160
United Airlines
160
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Westjet Encore
150
Flair Airlines
134
AIR Guilin
99
Porter Airlines
99
Carson AIR
83
Horizon AIR Industries
77
SKY West Aviation
72
Cargojet Airways
68
CFP
66
American Airlines
63
Care Flight (NSW)
61
CGS
49
AIR North Charter
47
Airsprint
42
Central Mountain AIR
41
Morningstar AIR
35
CFO
34
NON
32
British Airways
30
Cathay Pacific Airways
29
Delta AIR Lines
28
Korean AIR Lines
27
Summit AIR
25
CFM
25
Deutsche Lufthansa
24
Netjets Aviation
23
CFW
22
ALL Nippon Airways
22
Kelowna Flightcraft AIR Charter
21
CFJ
20
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
19
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
18
Hong Kong Airlines
16
EVA Airways
15

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 63 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 176 1h 20m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 139 4h 32m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 87 1h 16m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 61 0h 52m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 54 0h 15m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 54 4h 38m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 47 0h 53m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada 41 1h 26m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 41 1h 22m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 39 4h 35m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 38 1h 17m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Westjet Encore 37 1h 5m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 37 1h 21m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 35 0h 55m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 35 1h 18m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 33 2h 12m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 32 4h 33m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 28 4h 41m
YVRDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 25 2h 53m
YVRYQQ
Comox, CA
 Jazz Aviation 25 0h 25m
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