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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
275
▼ 34.8%
DEP / DAY
237
▼ 39.4%
ON-TIME
11.5% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 55 minest
AVG DELAY
55 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 275 arrivals and 237 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 52 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 12% with an average delay of 55 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 60 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 8 total

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Go-arounds
3
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
5
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Return to field
18

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYVR 240000Z 22003KT 110V280 15SM BKN018 BKN060 20/17 A3014 RMK SC7CU1 CU TR SLP209 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 1,989
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 19% Westjet Airlines 17% AIR Canada Rouge 8% Flair Airlines 7% United Airlines 7% Capital Aircraft Group 6% Westjet Encore 5% AIR Guilin 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YYC 247
YYZ 191
YEG 159
SEA 115
YYJ 69
YUL 54

Carriers

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AIR Canada
507
Jazz Aviation
378
Westjet Airlines
338
AIR Canada Rouge
160
Flair Airlines
132
United Airlines
132
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Capital Aircraft Group
129
Westjet Encore
107
AIR Guilin
106
Porter Airlines
85
SKY West Aviation
68
Horizon AIR Industries
64
Cargojet Airways
57
Carson AIR
54
American Airlines
54
Care Flight (NSW)
50
AIR North Charter
46
Central Mountain AIR
42
CFP
38
Morningstar AIR
36
CGS
36
Netjets Aviation
33
NON
30
Delta AIR Lines
29
CFW
27
Kelowna Flightcraft AIR Charter
25
Cathay Pacific Airways
23
CFM
23
Korean AIR Lines
22
British Airways
22
ALL Nippon Airways
20
Airsprint
20
Summit AIR
19
Chicago AIR
18
Jetblue Airways Corporation (NEW York
16
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
14
Deutsche Lufthansa
13
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
12
Alkan AIR
12
Philippine AIR Lines Inc. (PAL)
12

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 60 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 135 1h 19m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 108 4h 35m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 64 1h 16m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 54 4h 40m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 47 0h 54m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 46 0h 16m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 42 0h 54m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 41 1h 22m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 34 1h 15m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada 34 1h 28m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 30 4h 34m
YVRYQQ
Comox, CA
 Jazz Aviation 30 0h 26m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 29 1h 24m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 27 4h 38m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 27 1h 18m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 26 0h 56m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 26 4h 34m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Westjet Encore 25 1h 6m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 24 2h 16m
YVRCXH
Vancouver, CA
 AIR Guilin 23 0h 33m
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