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Vancouver International Airport

49.19390°N
-123.18400°W
ARR / DAY
269
▼ 31.4%
DEP / DAY
245
▼ 30.3%
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 269 arrivals and 245 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 54 carriers across 91 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 63 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
16

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
7 kts
140°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
CYVR 272200Z 14007KT 20SM FEW015 FEW028 SCT050 BKN072 BKN210 20/15 A3001 RMK SC1CU1SC2AC4CI1 SC TR CI TR SLP165 DENSITY ALT 600FT

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 1,995
AIR Canada 25% Jazz Aviation 18% Westjet Airlines 18% AIR Canada Rouge 8% United Airlines 8% Capital Aircraft Group 7% Westjet Encore 6% Flair Airlines 6% AIR Guilin 5%

Top destinations

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YYC 262
YYZ 200
YEG 152
SEA 113
YYJ 80
YXS 74

Carriers

See all + destinations → 40
AIR Canada
492
Jazz Aviation
364
Westjet Airlines
360
AIR Canada Rouge
165
United Airlines
152
Capital Aircraft Group
135
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Westjet Encore
117
Flair Airlines
114
AIR Guilin
96
Porter Airlines
91
Carson AIR
75
Horizon AIR Industries
61
Care Flight (NSW)
55
American Airlines
55
Cargojet Airways
54
SKY West Aviation
54
CGS
50
CFP
50
AIR North Charter
47
CFO
35
Delta AIR Lines
31
Central Mountain AIR
29
CFM
27
Morningstar AIR
26
NON
26
British Airways
26
Airsprint
25
Cathay Pacific Airways
25
Netjets Aviation
23
Korean AIR Lines
21
CFJ
20
Summit AIR
19
Deutsche Lufthansa
18
ALL Nippon Airways
17
Flight Inspection Center of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
17
Craft Avia Center Sapi de CV
15
Kelowna Flightcraft AIR Charter
15
Hong Kong Airlines
13
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
12
AIR France
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 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 144 1h 19m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 AIR Canada 111 4h 34m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Westjet Airlines 67 1h 15m
YVRYUL
Montréal, CA
 AIR Canada 46 4h 36m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Horizon AIR Industries 45 0h 51m
YVRYYJ
Victoria, CA
 Jazz Aviation 42 0h 16m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 SKY West Aviation 36 0h 54m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 35 1h 23m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 Flair Airlines 35 1h 21m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Westjet Airlines 34 4h 38m
YVRYYC
Calgary, CA
 AIR Canada 32 1h 25m
YVRSEA
Seattle, US
 Jazz Aviation 32 0h 55m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 AIR Canada Rouge 31 1h 16m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Porter Airlines 30 4h 35m
YVRSFO
San Francisco, US
 United Airlines 28 2h 11m
YVRYEG
Edmonton, CA
 Flair Airlines 28 1h 17m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Carson AIR 27 1h 57m
YVRDEN
Denver, US
 United Airlines 26 2h 54m
YVRYXS
Prince George, CA
 Westjet Encore 26 1h 5m
YVRYYZ
Toronto, CA
 Flair Airlines 25 4h 40m
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