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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
294
▼ 30.7%
DEP / DAY
262
▼ 31.8%
ON-TIME
7.6% 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 294 arrivals and 262 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 60 carriers across 98 routes. The most active carrier is AIR Canada (ACA). The busiest route is to Calgary International Airport (CYYC). On-time performance averages 8% 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 59 seconds.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 5 total

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Go-arounds
2
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
21

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
13 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYVR 260900Z 12013KT 15SM SKC 18/15 A2999 RMK SLP159 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 2,105
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 19% Westjet Airlines 18% AIR Canada Rouge 8% Capital Aircraft Group 7% United Airlines 7% Flair Airlines 6% Westjet Encore 6% AIR Guilin 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YYC 270
YYZ 207
YEG 158
SEA 125
YYJ 90
YXS 76

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
AIR Canada
519
Jazz Aviation
402
Westjet Airlines
375
AIR Canada Rouge
167
Capital Aircraft Group
153
United Airlines
148
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Flair Airlines
124
Westjet Encore
118
AIR Guilin
99
Porter Airlines
90
Horizon AIR Industries
72
Carson AIR
71
SKY West Aviation
62
Cargojet Airways
61
American Airlines
58
AIR North Charter
56
CGS
56
Care Flight (NSW)
53
CFP
52
Central Mountain AIR
47
Delta AIR Lines
35
NON
34
Airsprint
31
Morningstar AIR
31
Netjets Aviation
29
CFM
28
CFO
27
British Airways
27
Cathay Pacific Airways
27
Korean AIR Lines
26
Kelowna Flightcraft AIR Charter
25
ALL Nippon Airways
21
Summit AIR
21
CFJ
20
CFW
19
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
17
Deutsche Lufthansa
17
Philippine AIR Lines Inc. (PAL)
15
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
15
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
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 59 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 153 1h 19m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 118 4h 33m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 77 1h 15m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 55 4h 38m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 54 0h 53m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 47 0h 16m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 42 1h 21m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 41 0h 52m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada 35 1h 25m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 32 1h 24m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 32 1h 16m
YVRYQQ
Comox, CA
 Jazz Aviation 31 0h 25m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 31 4h 36m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 30 0h 55m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 30 4h 35m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 28 1h 16m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 28 4h 41m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Westjet Encore 27 0h 16m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 27 2h 11m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Westjet Encore 27 1h 5m
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