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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
292
▼ 28.8%
DEP / DAY
265
▼ 29.0%
ON-TIME
8.6% Bottom 25%
arr · avg 60 minest
AVG DELAY
60 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 292 arrivals and 265 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 59 carriers across 97 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 60 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 · 6 total

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Go-arounds
2
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
4
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Return to field
18

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
10 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
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CYVR 271400Z 10010KT 20SM BKN053 BKN070 15/15 A2996 RMK SC5AC2 SLP149

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 2,156
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 19% Westjet Airlines 18% AIR Canada Rouge 8% United Airlines 8% Capital Aircraft Group 7% Flair Airlines 6% Westjet Encore 6% AIR Guilin 5%

Top destinations

By flight count

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YYC 271
YYZ 214
YEG 167
SEA 128
YXS 77
YYJ 76

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
AIR Canada
534
Jazz Aviation
400
Westjet Airlines
383
AIR Canada Rouge
176
United Airlines
162
Capital Aircraft Group
156
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Flair Airlines
120
Westjet Encore
120
AIR Guilin
105
Porter Airlines
95
Carson AIR
75
Horizon AIR Industries
70
Care Flight (NSW)
64
SKY West Aviation
64
Cargojet Airways
60
American Airlines
59
CFP
55
CGS
54
AIR North Charter
50
Central Mountain AIR
36
Delta AIR Lines
35
CFO
35
Airsprint
31
NON
29
Morningstar AIR
28
British Airways
27
CFM
27
Netjets Aviation
27
Cathay Pacific Airways
27
Korean AIR Lines
22
CFJ
20
Summit AIR
20
Kelowna Flightcraft AIR Charter
19
ALL Nippon Airways
19
CFW
18
Deutsche Lufthansa
18
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
17
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
17
EVA Airways
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 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 153 1h 19m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 121 4h 33m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 76 1h 16m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 54 4h 38m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 51 0h 52m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 45 0h 16m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 43 0h 53m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada 37 1h 25m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 37 1h 21m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 35 1h 23m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 35 4h 37m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 34 0h 55m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 33 1h 16m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 31 4h 34m
YVRYQQ
Comox, CA
 Jazz Aviation 29 0h 25m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 29 2h 11m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 28 1h 17m
YVRDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 27 2h 55m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 27 4h 40m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Carson AIR 27 1h 57m
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