Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport
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Type of Airport commercial
Run by Vancouver Airport Authority
Opened 1931
Closest City Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Distance from City 15 kilometres
Coordinates Template:Coor dms
IATA YVR ICAO CYVR
Runways
Direction Dimensions (feet) Surface
Length Width
08R/26L 11,500 200 Paved
08L/26R 9,940 200 Paved
12/30 7,300 200 Paved
26A 3,500 75 Paved
Statistics
2003
Number of Passengers 15,321,504
Number of Takeoffs/Landings 288,800
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Vancouver International Airport (IATA Airport Code: YVR; ICAO Airport Code: CYVR), is located about 15 kilometres driving distance from downtown Vancouver, British Columbia on Sea Island in Richmond. It is the second busiest airport in Canada, with non-stop flights daily to Asia, Europe and Mexico and the Caribbean. There are also many non-stop flights within Canada and the United States. The South Terminal serves regional airlines which fly mostly within British Columbia.

The average cost for a taxi from the airport to downtown Vancouver, where the city's business, entertainment, and financial districts are located, is $25 CAD.

On flights originating in Vancouver, like at many other major Canadian airports, passengers bound for the United States go through U.S. customs and immigration prior to boarding their flights. The flight is then treated, for most practical purposes, as a domestic US flight.

Vancouver International Airport has three terminals: The domestic terminal, which was constructed in 1968 and recently given a top-to-bottom renovation; the International Terminal, which was newly constructed in the early 1990s, and the South Terminal, which is a portion of the original terminal that is still in use. The International and Domestic terminals can effectively be considered to be one building divided into two sections, while the South terminal is located in a remote part of the airport.

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Vancouver International Airport on 9/11

On September 11, 2001, after the terrorist attacks south of the border closed down North American airspace, there was no choice for Vancouver International Airport but to be part of Operation Yellow Ribbon, since it was the only major Canadian airport on the West Coast that could handle the planes. This resulted in a huge volume of trans-Pacific traffic being diverted there — 34 flights carrying 8,500 passengers.

Passengers travelling through YVR are required to pay an Airport Improvement Fee. These fees are now included in the price of a ticket.

In May 2005, the federal government, who own the land, announced that they were cutting rent costs by 54%. The rent reductions will cut the cost of the lease by approx. $1.1 billion Canadian over the term of the lease, which ends in 2052. Currently, the airport authority pays about $80 million CAD each year in rent.

A rail-based rapid transit line, connecting the airport to downtown Vancouver and Richmond, is scheduled to be completed in 2009.


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Domestic Terminal

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Arrivals - 2004
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Control Tower - 2004
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Vancouver International Airport in 1975
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