Vancouver International YVR
Vancouver International (YVR) is the only airport serving Vancouver, Canada, so every flight into or out of the city uses the same location. When you search for cheap flights from Vancouver, the comparison is between dates, routes and carriers rather than between local airports, and popular destinations reached from YVR include London, Barcelona, Dublin, Paris, Madrid, Rome, Palermo and Frankfurt.
Vancouver International at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 26.9 M (2025)
- Hub for
- Air Canada, Arkefly, Air Transat
- Elevation
- 14 m
- Opened
- 1929
- Official website
- yvr.ca
- Population of Vancouver
- 662 k (2021)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Start with the cheapest public transport option into central Vancouver, then compare it with shared shuttles, taxis or ride-hailing if heavy bags or a late arrival make a longer wait impractical; avoid building an itinerary that depends on an exact arrival time, because road traffic, queues and service frequency can all shift, and always leave a margin before meetings, trains or onward flights.