Vancouver International Airport
airport located in British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is a public-use airport on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Downtown Vancouver. It serves Vancouver and the rest of British Columbia. In 2010, it was the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements (296,511) and passengers (16.8 million), right behind Toronto Pearson International Airport.[3]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Vancouver International Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Metro Vancouver | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Richmond, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | PST (UTC−08:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°11′41″N 123°11′02″W / 49.19472°N 123.18389°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www.yvr.ca | ||||||||||||||||||
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  CYVR Location in Vancouver  CYVR CYVR (British Columbia)  CYVR CYVR (Canada)  CYVR CYVR (North America) | |||||||||||||||||||
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References
change- ↑ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 January 2009 to 0901Z 12 March 2009
- ↑ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers". Statistics Canada. 2011.