Vancouver International Airport CYVR / YVR
Vancouver's hub on Sea Island, 25 minutes from Downtown and the harbour, with two FBOs on the south side, CBSA and US pre-clearance. Whistler is two hours by road or 30 minutes by helicopter or floatplane from the adjacent water aerodrome. No slot coordination for GA.
11,500 ft
Longest runway
25 min
Drive to Vancouver
2
FBOs / handlers
14 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, Jet A-1, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 12 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including widebody VIP.
- Website
- www.yvr.ca
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support Vancouver
- London Air Services
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 11,500 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 9,800 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Everything in our database can operate here.
Other airports for Vancouver
- Abbotsford International Airport CYXX 9,600 ft · 60 min