Grant McConachie International Airport

Vancouver International Airport is an airport in Richmond, British Columbia, serving Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. It is the busiest airport in BC, and is the primary airport for overseas services.

= Description = Terminal 1, also known as the South Terminal, is used for domestic flights, as well as most flights to the northern territories of Canada. It is served by XVR Domestic Station of the Airport Line of the Greater Vancouver Metro. • Airlines: Air BC, Air North, CP Air, Central Mountain Air, Hawkair, KD Air, Kelowna Flightcraft, North Cariboo Air, Orca Airways, Pacific Coastal Airlines, Pacific Western Airlines, Valley Air Taxi.

Terminal 2, built in 1968 on the site of the original terminal building, is used for Continental services - flights to and from Canada (other than the North), the United States, and Mexico; it is also used by airlines flying serving overseas destinations via an airport in Canada, Mexico, or the United States. It is served by XVR Continental Station of the Airport Line. On display inside the main hall of Terminal 2 is the only surviving prototype of the Supermarine BC Skookum Skemcis, the first jet fighter designed and built in BC. • Airlines: Aeromexico, Air BC, Air Canada, Air Senegal, Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, BWIA West Indies Airways, CP Air, Cubana, Delta Air Lines, Flair Airlines, Inter-Dominion Air Lines, Harmony Airways, Jetlines, Pacific Western Airlines, Sun Country Airlines, TAROM, United Airlines, WestJet.

Terminal 3 is used for international flights outside of the North American continent. It is served by XVR International Station of the Airport Line. • Airlines: Aeroflot, Aeronica, Air Astana, Air BC, Air France, Air India, Air Koryo, Air New Zealand, Air Niugini, Air Tahiti Nui, Alitalia, All Nippon Airways, Avianca, Awyr Cymru - Air Wales, British Airways, Caledonian Airways, Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Cathay Pacific, Cayman Airways, China Airlines, El Al, EVA Air, Icelandair, Inter-Dominion Air Lines, Interflug, IrAero, Japan Airlines, JAT Airways, Jetlines, KLM, Korean Air, Lufthansa, Malév Hungarian Airlines, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Philippine Airlines, QANTAS, Rossiya Airlines, Singapore Airlines, SriLankan Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Thai Airways International, Turkish Airlines, Vietnam Airlines.

The Vancouver International Water Airport is located on the south shore of Sea Island and is used for helicopter and seaplane services; it is accessible through Terminal 1. • Airlines: Helijet Airways, Seair.

RBCAF Sea Island
A portion of the South Terminal is operated by the Royal BC Air Force as RBCAF Station Sea Island. In the past, it was a full airbase with fighter squadrons based there, but since 1963, when work to expand the civilian airport began, it has been used only as a SAR helicopter base. A detachment of 113 (Helicopter) Squadron is stationed here to provide search and rescue services for the Lower Mainland.

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