Airport
Vancouver International Airport YVR
Vancouver, Canada · Large airport · ICAO CYVR
Sits on Sea Island in the Fraser River delta, and is a common connecting point between North America and Asia because of its position on the great-circle track. The international terminal is known for its Pacific Northwest art collection.
Reference data
- IATA
- YVR
- ICAO
- CYVR
- Elevation
- 14 ft
- Coordinates
- 49.1939, -123.1840
Local time at YVR
12:35 PDT
Sat, 3 Oct 2026 · UTC−07:00 · America/Vancouver
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Routes covered from YVR
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Nearby airports
Ranked by actual distance from YVR's coordinates, not by name or region. Useful when a fare or a schedule makes a neighbouring airport worth the ground transfer.
| IATA | Airport | City | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CXH | Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome | Vancouver | 12 km | Look up |
| YMF | Montague Harbour Seaplane Base | Galiano Island | 37 km | Look up |
| SYF | Silva Bay Seaplane Base | Gabriola Island | 38 km | Look up |
| YAV | Mayne Island Seaplane Base | Miners Bay | 39 km | Look up |
| YBQ | Telegraph Harbour Seaplane Base | Thetis Island | 43 km | Look up |
| YGG | Ganges Seaplane Base | Salt Spring Island | 44 km | Look up |
Airlines based here
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Verify anything that matters
Terminals, transfer times and facilities change, and this page does not track them. For operational detail, go to the airport itself.
Official YVR website Vancouver International Airport on Wikipedia
Where this data comes from
Codes, coordinates and elevation come from the public-domain OurAirports dataset, pinned at build time — 4,133 airports, last refreshed 6 September 2026. The time zone is derived from the coordinates above.