Vancouver International Airport is located on
Sea Island in
Richmond,
British Columbia,
Canada, about 15 kilometres from downtown
Vancouver. It is the
second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements, behind
Toronto Pearson International Airport, with non-stop flights daily to
Asia,
Europe,
Oceania, the
United States,
Mexico, the
Caribbean, and other airports within Canada. The airport has won several notable international "best airport" awards, and it won the
Skytrax "Best North American Airport" award in 2007. YVR also retains the distinction of "Best Canadian Airport" in the regional results. In 2006, Vancouver International, saw 16.9 million passengers and 332,307 movements. It is an
Air Canada hub as well as a focus city for
WestJet.
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