Vancouver Airport Manned control tower in British Columbia Canada. SCO 11,330.
Look skywards to see where air traffic controllers work to get the best view of the airport! Built in 1996, YVR’s air traffic control tower is 19 stories high and managed by NAV CANADA. It is the second highest control tower in Canada and designed to withstand a powerful earthquake. The safe movement of aircraft on the ground and in the air is managed from this tower. The tower is not open to the public. Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about 12 km ( mi) from Downtown Vancouver. It is the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements (316,182 and passengers ( million, behind Toronto Pearson International Airport. It has non-stop flights daily to Asia, Europe, Oceania, the United States, Mexico and other airports within Canada. The airport has won several notable international best airport awards; it won the Skytrax Best North American Airport award in 2007 and 2010 through 2016. The airport also made the list of top 10 airports in the world for the first time in 2012, rated at 9th (2012), 8th (2013), and 9th (2014) overall. It is the only North American airport included in the top 10 for 2013 and 2014. YVR also retains the distinction of Best Canadian Airport in the regional results. It is a hub for Air Canada and WestJet. It is also an operating base for Air Transat. Vancouver International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that have US Border Preclearance facilities. It is also one of the few major international airports to have a terminal for scheduled floatplanes.
Size: 4040px × 6052px
Location: Vancouver Airport, British Columbia. Canada.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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