YVR Airport & Sea Island Developments Discussion

[GlassCity]

Is it still leading to this?


http://aboutairportplanning.blogspot.com/2013/01/

Or is there a different updated plan now?

[CloudInspector]

Originally Posted by GlassCity

Is it still leading to this?


http://aboutairportplanning.blogspot.com/2013/01/

Or is there a different updated plan now?

They decided on extending piers D and E and adding an F pier:

https://goo.gl/images/AqKS6W

Does anybody know what the construction immediately east of the north AC hangar is?

[jollyburger]

There are upcoming lane closures on Miller Road starting on June 25, 2018. Work will occur intermittently for approximately three weeks and will only take place during the day. Access will be maintained with one lane kept open at all times in both directions during work hours. At the end of each shift, all lanes will be re-opened.

This work is part of a BC Hydro utilities relocation project and is in preparation for construction of McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Centre Phase II.

http://www.yvr.ca/en/passengers/construction/construction-updates/miller-road-construction

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

what i would like to know is, what has happened to the N/S Taxiway? it was planned in 2007 and seems to have mostly gone the way of the dodo bird recently.

[trofirhen]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

what i would like to know is, what has happened to the N/S Taxiway? it was planned in 2007 and seems to have mostly gone the way of the dodo bird recently.

Yes, that had occurred to me, too. I'd like to know the per centage of time gained with aircraft movements were the taxiway operational. The aircaft x number / time required,
compared to the actual present configuration might be interesting if a hypothesis could be done.

[VancouverOfTheFuture]

Originally Posted by trofirhen

Yes, that had occurred to me, too. I'd like to know the per centage of time gained with aircraft movements were the taxiway operational. The aircaft x number / time required,
compared to the actual present configuration might be interesting if a hypothesis could be done.

well in the 2007 report i remember reading it saves an average of 30mins of taxing for plans that need to taxi around the airport. i cant remember where the report is. but it had more details in it as well. it also mentioned tonnage of fuel saved and i believe CO2 emissions as well.

[jollyburger]

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

what i would like to know is, what has happened to the N/S Taxiway? it was planned in 2007 and seems to have mostly gone the way of the dodo bird recently.

It's on the YVR 2037 website published last year:

Within the next 10 years, we will build the North-South Taxiway (NST)—an above-grade taxiway where planes will taxi over Grant McConnachie Way and the Canada Line. On the horizon since our 2027 Master Plan, this resulted in constructing the Canada Line at ground level at Templeton and Sea Island stations. Building the NST provides a direct link between the runway ends and the terminal, enabling a more balanced use of the parallel runways and an airfield that is more efficient. It also means shorter taxiing distances for aircraft, thereby reducing GHG’s, cost and taxiing time for passengers and airlines.

https://www.yvr2037.ca/airside-airspace

[Johnny Aussie]

Single runway ops here in MEL this morning due to high winds.

AC 37 from YVR had to do a few loops...

Final clocked flying time 16h57m

AC 37 got into a bit of a “chase the plane” with three inbound QF flights from SYD (there were 8 QF flights in the air just from SYD at one point earlier) among others. Anyway flew right over my head running along the Yarra this morning. Love seeing AC here and having YVR and MEL connected year-round now.

[s211]

Late Sunday evening yesterday was bedlam in the domestic terminal. I arrived between 9 and 10 PM and it seemed like the whole terminal was going gangbusters. I had no idea it'd be that busy. Lots of red-eye flights, I guess?

So busy that my takeoff from another airport was put on a 10-15 minute hold because of congestion at YVR.

[CloudInspector]

Originally Posted by s211

Late Sunday evening yesterday was bedlam in the domestic terminal. I arrived between 9 and 10 PM and it seemed like the whole terminal was going gangbusters. I had no idea it'd be that busy. Lots of red-eye flights, I guess?

So busy that my takeoff from another airport was put on a 10-15 minute hold because of congestion at YVR.

As far as redeyes go, I believe WestJet alone has 2 to YYZ, 1 to YUL, 1 to YHM and 1 to YHZ (some nights) along with the late night YYC and YEG flights. Gets pretty crowded around the A/B pier on summer nights!

[s211]

Originally Posted by CloudInspector

As far as redeyes go, I believe WestJet alone has 2 to YYZ, 1 to YUL, 1 to YHM and 1 to YHZ (some nights) along with the late night YYC and YEG flights. Gets pretty crowded around the A/B pier on summer nights!

I was in the C pier and it was definitely packed.

[mezzanine]

Yeah, not sure if this is a hiccup or how the rest of summer will be..







Chris Wren on Twitter

[Hourglass]

That looks brutal. When was this taken?

Flew out on Canada Day on CX’s afternoon flight to Hong Kong. Quite a few people but the lines through security weren’t bad at all. And looking down at passport control, the queues seemed pretty short.

[nname]

Originally Posted by Hourglass

That looks brutal. When was this taken?

That was what I saw when I arrive at YVR near noon earlier this year. It wasn't as bad as it looks though... The line was constantly moving, so it was about 5-10min for me to reach the kiosks? And then another 5-10min to reach the point where I reach a custom officer to bypass the rest of the line with a Canadian passport. The entire process was about 20min.

Waiting time for foreign passport may be quit a lot longer since Canadian passport holder gets priority and bypass in a few places.

[SpongeG]

I go to the airport a lot and the evenings are always busy, especially international cause that seems the prime time for overseas departures.

For domestic I generally fly out on a saturday at 3 pm, if i check in by 2 pm i can just make it to the gate maybe enough time to grab a drink once past security. That is the big hold up, sometimes you can clear it in 5 minutes other times 20 minutes. At that time of day they usually only have 2 screenings open on the C gates side. It's only later in the afternoon that they start to open more screeners.

[thenoflyzone]

Originally Posted by Johnny Aussie

Single runway ops here in MEL this morning due to high winds.

MEL needs those parallel runways already.

[Johnny Aussie]

May Stats

http://www.yvr.ca/-/media/yvr/documents/...raffic-update-may-2018-website.pdf?la=en

Highlights:

Overall up 7.9% up 158,425
Domestic up 8.1% up 79,402
Int’l up 7.8% up 79,023

Intl breakdown

Transborder up 2.5%
Asia Pacific up 10.8%
Europe up 13.6%
Misc up 25.1%

YTD
Overall up 8.8% and up 812,000 already!
Domestic up 7.0% and up 311,000
International up 10.6% and up 501,000

Excellent cargo result too up 18% and 11.0% YTD

[osirisboy]

Weird to see Europe growth so high and transborder relatively low

[Johnny Aussie]

Originally Posted by osirisboy

Weird to see Europe growth so high and transborder relatively low

Yes. Europe even grew faster than Asia Pacific but of course “Misc” still the fastest growing.

The thing about transborder is the base line is huge now at well over half a million pax. Also a lot of the transborder additions occurred last year so now a full year has gone past. Still an increase of 13,000 pax from last year.

[Klazu]

Originally Posted by mezzanine

Yeah, not sure if this is a hiccup or how the rest of summer will be..

I heard on radio that over the long weekend lineups to customs had been all the way to the second floor and it had taken some people 90 minutes to clear customs. Yeah... They really need to move forward with expansion plans before it's goibg to be a constant gong show. YVR will lose "the best airport in Nort America" very quickly if not acting quickly...