Canada's second busiest airport, Vancouver International Airport, also known as YVR, is located 30 minutes outside the city. It connects to 119 cities around the world. It was ranked the top airport in North America in the 2010 and 2011 Skytrax survey. Every month, more than one million travellers pass through the second-busiest airport in Canada: Vancouver International Airport. Many are visitors flying in to work, play or explore our beautiful city, while some are locals heading out of town. Those laying over at YVR miss the city sights.
Scheduled coach transfers, limousine, taxi, car rentals and transit are some of the options to go between YVR and downtown Vancouver.
If you've got a long delay or a few hours to kill between flights, there's nothing worse than being bored and uncomfortable. But when it comes to keeping yourself entertained, YVR is really not a bad place to be stuck. Vancouver International Airport's interior has a local theme, featuring one of the most extensive collections of Pacific Northwest Coast Native art in the world, and blues and greens to reflect the colours of the land, sea and sky. The airport uses a great deal of carpet and vast expanses of glass to let in large amounts of natural light. The International arrivals hall is one of the most noticeable places for an arriving passenger; it is a large area where immigration and customs procedures are completed. Arriving passengers come down escalators leading to a platform across a large waterfall.
One of the airport's most impressive features has to be the 114,000 litre aquarium in the main atrium of the international terminal. This marine exhibit is a partnership YVR has with the Vancouver Aquarium; for most new visitors, it is the main attraction.
Rather than go through customs in the US, travellers going to or coming back from the United States clear US Customs at Vancouver Airport. So, you arrive at your US destination like any other domestic US flight. When planning your arrival time at the airport, take this into account because this process can add some time. You must also purchase any duty free before passing through US immigration. You will likely not be able to buy duty free upon your arrival in the US. You actually have to walk through the duty free store in order to get to US immigration.
Check out the airfield at the Public Observation Area, if you're travelling with kids. The Public Observation Area is a great place to sit back with a coffee and watch a busy airfield in action; it is located in the Domestic Terminal. In this space you will find an interactive map of the terminal, runways and surrounding areas, as well as floor-to-ceiling windows, free telescopes, information panels, and interactive kiosks.
Scheduled coach transfers, limousine, taxi, car rentals and transit are some of the options to go between YVR and downtown Vancouver.
If you've got a long delay or a few hours to kill between flights, there's nothing worse than being bored and uncomfortable. But when it comes to keeping yourself entertained, YVR is really not a bad place to be stuck. Vancouver International Airport's interior has a local theme, featuring one of the most extensive collections of Pacific Northwest Coast Native art in the world, and blues and greens to reflect the colours of the land, sea and sky. The airport uses a great deal of carpet and vast expanses of glass to let in large amounts of natural light. The International arrivals hall is one of the most noticeable places for an arriving passenger; it is a large area where immigration and customs procedures are completed. Arriving passengers come down escalators leading to a platform across a large waterfall.
One of the airport's most impressive features has to be the 114,000 litre aquarium in the main atrium of the international terminal. This marine exhibit is a partnership YVR has with the Vancouver Aquarium; for most new visitors, it is the main attraction.
Rather than go through customs in the US, travellers going to or coming back from the United States clear US Customs at Vancouver Airport. So, you arrive at your US destination like any other domestic US flight. When planning your arrival time at the airport, take this into account because this process can add some time. You must also purchase any duty free before passing through US immigration. You will likely not be able to buy duty free upon your arrival in the US. You actually have to walk through the duty free store in order to get to US immigration.
Check out the airfield at the Public Observation Area, if you're travelling with kids. The Public Observation Area is a great place to sit back with a coffee and watch a busy airfield in action; it is located in the Domestic Terminal. In this space you will find an interactive map of the terminal, runways and surrounding areas, as well as floor-to-ceiling windows, free telescopes, information panels, and interactive kiosks.
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