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Vancouver International Airport

ICAO CYVR49.1939°N 123.1840°W4 m / 14 ftLarge airport

Vancouver Airport Tower — Sikander Iqbal · Public domain · Commons

Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is a large airport in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1929. It has 3 runways; the longest is 3,505 m (11,500 ft). In 2025 it handled 26.9 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1929–1929

1929

OpenedVancouver International Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

08R/26L100° / 280° · LIT

LENGTH3,505 m11,500 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

08L/26R100° / 280° · LIT

LENGTH3,030 m9,940 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEConcrete

13/31142° / 322° · LIT

LENGTH2,225 m7,300 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025

19.4M

20.3M

22.3M

24.2M

25.9M

26.4M

7.3M

7.1M

19.0M

24.9M

26.2M

26.9M

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Routes

82 destinations · 13 countries

Year-round60

YAVMayne Island Seaplane BaseCanada · Seair Seaplanes39 km24 mi YGGGanges Seaplane BaseCanada · Seair Seaplanes44 km27 mi YBWBedwell Harbour Seaplane BaseCanada · Seair Seaplanes49 km30 mi YCDNanaimo AirportCanada · Air Canada Express52 km32 mi ZNANanaimo Harbour Water AerodromeCanada · Seair Seaplanes55 km34 mi YYJVictoria International AirportCanada · Air North, Air Canada Express63 km39 mi XQUQualicum Beach AirportCanada · Iskwew Air89 km55 mi YQQComox Valley International Airport / CFB ComoxCanada · Air Canada Express136 km85 mi SEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Express205 km127 mi YKAKamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional AirportCanada · Air Canada Express258 km160 mi YLWKelowna International AirportCanada · Air North, Air Canada Express, Central Mountain Air287 km178 mi YWLWilliams Lake AirportCanada · Central Mountain Air342 km213 mi YCGCastlegar/West Kootenay Regional AirportCanada · Air Canada Express403 km250 mi PDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Express403 km250 mi YQZQuesnel AirportCanada · Central Mountain Air429 km267 mi YXSPrince George (International) AirportCanada · Air Canada Express523 km325 mi YXCCranbrook/Canadian Rockies International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express537 km334 mi YYDSmithers AirportCanada · Air Canada Express, Central Mountain Air683 km424 mi YYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada Express687 km427 mi YXTNorthwest Regional Airport Terrace-KitimatCanada · Air Canada Express693 km431 mi YZPSandspit AirportCanada · Air Canada Express751 km467 mi YPRPrince Rupert AirportCanada · Air Canada Express755 km469 mi YXJFort St John / North Peace Regional AirportCanada · Air Canada Express800 km497 mi YEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada Express809 km503 mi SMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Express1,174 km729 mi YXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada Express1,205 km749 mi SFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Air Canada Express1,289 km801 mi YQRRegina International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,333 km828 mi YXYWhitehorse / Erik Nielsen International AirportCanada · Air North1,483 km921 mi YZFYellowknife International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,570 km976 mi LASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · WestJet1,597 km992 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, Delta Air Lines1,741 km1,082 mi DENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,790 km1,112 mi PSPPalm Springs International AirportUnited States · WestJet1,795 km1,115 mi YWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet1,864 km1,158 mi SANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Express1,897 km1,179 mi PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · WestJet, Air Canada Express1,981 km1,231 mi MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,305 km1,432 mi ORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,831 km1,759 mi SJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · WestJet3,127 km1,943 mi IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,169 km1,969 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Porter Airlines3,346 km2,079 mi YHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,349 km2,081 mi PVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · WestJet3,547 km2,204 mi YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,552 km2,207 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,682 km2,288 mi YHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,703 km2,301 mi JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways3,930 km2,442 mi MEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Aeroméxico3,945 km2,451 mi OGGKahului International AirportUnited States · WestJet4,302 km2,673 mi HNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · WestJet4,354 km2,705 mi CUNCancún International AirportMexico · WestJet4,475 km2,781 mi HNDTokyo Haneda International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways7,558 km4,696 mi LHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways7,579 km4,709 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air, Trinity Airways8,200 km5,095 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China8,492 km5,277 mi NANNadi International AirportFiji · Fiji Airways9,458 km5,877 mi XMNXiamen Gaoqi International AirportChina · Xiamen Airlines9,822 km6,103 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · Hong Kong Airlines10,269 km6,381 mi DELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air India11,139 km6,921 mi

Seasonal24

YKAKamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional AirportCanada · Air North258 km160 mi YLWKelowna International AirportCanada · WestJet287 km178 mi YQRRegina International AirportCanada · WestJet1,333 km828 mi YXYWhitehorse / Erik Nielsen International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,483 km921 mi YZFYellowknife International AirportCanada · Air North1,570 km976 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · WestJet, American Eagle1,741 km1,082 mi YWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,864 km1,158 mi PHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Porter Airlines1,981 km1,231 mi MSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Sun Country Airlines2,305 km1,432 mi DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · WestJet3,150 km1,957 mi MZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · WestJet3,252 km2,021 mi ATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · WestJet, Delta Air Lines3,612 km2,244 mi IADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,763 km2,338 mi EWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,899 km2,423 mi ZIHIxtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportMexico · WestJet4,019 km2,497 mi BOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways4,034 km2,507 mi KOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeāholeUnited States · WestJet4,385 km2,725 mi YHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · WestJet4,429 km2,752 mi HUXBahías de Huatulco International AirportMexico · WestJet4,443 km2,761 mi LIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · WestJet5,518 km3,429 mi NRTNarita International AirportJapan · All Nippon Airways7,503 km4,662 mi LGWLondon Gatwick AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways7,619 km4,734 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst8,063 km5,010 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · Edelweiss Air8,308 km5,162 mi

Cargo22

YCDNanaimo AirportCanada · FedEx Express52 km32 mi YYJVictoria International AirportCanada · Cargojet, Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter, FedEx Express63 km39 mi SEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation205 km127 mi YKAKamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional AirportCanada · Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter258 km160 mi YLWKelowna International AirportCanada · Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter287 km178 mi PDXPortland International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation403 km250 mi YXSPrince George (International) AirportCanada · Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter523 km325 mi YYCCalgary International AirportCanada · Cargojet, Morningstar Air Express, Amazon Air +1687 km427 mi YEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · Cargojet, Morningstar Air Express, Amazon Air +1809 km503 mi LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation, FedEx Express1,741 km1,082 mi YWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · Cargojet, Morningstar Air Express, FedEx Express1,864 km1,158 mi MEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express3,122 km1,940 mi SDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines, Cargojet3,211 km1,995 mi CVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation, Cargojet3,234 km2,010 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · China Southern Airlines, Morningstar Air Express, Air Canada Cargo +13,346 km2,079 mi YHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International AirportCanada · Cargojet, Amazon Air3,349 km2,081 mi GDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Korean Air Cargo3,643 km2,264 mi YMXMontreal Mirabel International AirportCanada · Cargojet3,651 km2,269 mi NRTNarita International AirportJapan · Cargojet7,503 km4,662 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Korean Air Cargo8,200 km5,095 mi TAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines8,646 km5,372 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines9,016 km5,602 mi

Most destinationsAir Canada Express 26WestJet 24Cargojet 9FedEx Express 8United Airlines 7Porter Airlines 6

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YVR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Vancouver International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers26.9M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#83of 3,974 · #26 North America · #2 CA Longest runway3,505 m11,500 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=471of 29,823 · =115 North America · #4 CA Elevation4 m14 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,950of 43,341 · =18,925 North America · #1,413 CA AgeOpened 19292026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=369of 15,079 · =78 North America · =6 CA Runways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =4 CA

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels

APPAPP128.600

ATISATIS124.600

CLDCLNC DEL121.400

DEPDEP126.125

GNDGND121.700

RCOPACIFIC RDO123.150

TWRTWR118.700

TWRTWR23.660