Vancouver Airport Statistics

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is Canada’s second-busiest airport and an important trans-Pacific hub. It handles over 26 million passengers annually and connects North America with Asia, Europe and domestic destinations across Canada.

Vancouver International Airport processes over 25 million passengers annually.

• YVR handled 26.91 million passengers in 2025, a 2.7% increase Year-on-Year (YoY) and reached 102.0% of its 2019 pre-pandemic peak.
• The airport reached a historic high of 26.38 million passengers in 2019 before experiencing a 72.3% decline YoY to 7.30 million in 2020 caused by the pandemic.
• Traffic declined further to 7.09 million in 2021.
• Recovery began in 2022 with 19.01 million passengers (a 168.1% increase YoY), followed by 24.94 million in 2023 (a 31.2% increase YoY), and 26.21 million in 2024 (a 5.1% increase YoY).

Vancouver International Airport is still recovering in terms of aircraft operations and in recent years the airport is managing over 280,000 operations annually.

• YVR recorded 297,350 total aircraft movements in 2025, a 2.8% increase from 289,395 movements in 2024.
• Aircraft operations stood at 331,441 in 2019, then fell sharply to 157,563 in 2020 and 168,323 in 2021.

Vancouver Airport (YVR) experiences seasonality; summer months drive peak volumes.

• July and August 2025 were the busiest months, at 2.66 million and 2.65 million passengers respectively; June followed (2.43 million).
• February and November were the least busy months, serving 1.91million and 1.97million passengers.

Top Domestic Destinations

• Toronto (YYZ) leads as the busiest domestic route from YVR, with 209 summer flights and 136 winter flights per week on average in 2024/25.
• Calgary (YYC) and Edmonton (YEG) are also popular, with 207 and 126 flights per week during peak summer, respectively.
• Montreal (YUL) averaged 54 weekly summer flights in 2024.

• Hong Kong (HKG) stands as the premier overseas international destination, with 26 flights per week in 2024/25
• London-Heathrow (LHR) and Frankfurt (FRA) followed, each serving 21 summer flights per week.

YVR generates over $600 million in annual revenue.

• In 2024, the airport set a new record with $666.3 million, up 4.4% YoY and 20.1% above 2019 levels.
• Revenue in 2019 reached $571.8 million, but fell to $279.8 million in 2020 due to pandemic disruptions.

• October 14, 2007: Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski died after being tasered by RCMP at the airport, an action later ruled unjustified by the Braidwood Inquiry
• October 19, 2007: A Piper Seneca en route to Pitt Meadows crashed into a Richmond apartment building, killing the pilot and injuring two residents
• September 18, 2008: An Air Canada A340 collided with an Air Canada Jazz Dash 8 on the runway, damaging both aircraft but causing no injuries
• July 9, 2009: A Piper Navajo from Victoria crashed in a Richmond industrial area, killing both pilots; the flight was transporting blood units for Canadian Blood Services
• October 27, 2011: A Northern Thunderbird Air King Air 100 crashed near Dinsmore Bridge, killing both pilots and injuring passengers and bystanders
• May 9, 2021: A 28-year-old man was fatally shot outside the international terminal in a targeted gang-related attack
• November 19, 2024: An Amazon Air Boeing 767-300F operated by Cargojet overran the runway and sustained substantial damage; no injuries were reported