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Victoria International Airport (IATA: YYJ, ICAO: CYYJ) serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north northwest[2] of Victoria on the Saanich Peninsula, with the bulk of the airport (including the passenger terminal) in North Saanich, and a small portion of the airfield extending into Sidney. The airport is run by the Victoria Airport Authority. YYJ has many nonstop daily flights to Vancouver International Airport (YVR, about 15 minutes), which is a major airport serving many global routes. Additionally, Victoria International has nonstop service to Seattle (SEA), Toronto (YYZ), Montreal (YUL, summer only), Calgary (YYC), Edmonton (YEG), and several smaller cities in British Columbia and Yukon.[5] The airport also has seasonal (late fall to early spring) nonstop service to several Mexican resort destinations.[5] Non-stop service between Victoria and the United States decreased by 50% in the beginning of September 2019 when Delta Airlines permanently ended its three daily flights, after which only Alaska Airlines will fly the Victoria - Seattle route.[6]

Victoria International Airport
  • IATA: YYJ
  • ICAO: CYYJ
  • WMO: 71799
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTransport Canada[1]
OperatorVictoria Airport Authority
ServesVictoria, British Columbia
LocationNorth Saanich, British Columbia
Time zonePST (UTC−08:00)
  Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL64 ft / 20 m
Coordinates48°38′50″N 123°25′33″W
Websitewww.victoriaairport.com
Map
CYYJ
Location in British Columbia
CYYJ
CYYJ (Canada)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 6,998 2,133 Asphalt
03/21 5,027 1,532 Asphalt
14/32 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft movements97,124
Number of passengers673,748
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[2]
Environment Canada[3]
Victoria Airport Authority Facts & Stats[4]

Victoria International Airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle aircraft with no more than 450 passengers, when unloaded from the aircraft in stages, or 120 normally.[2] YYJ does not have United States customs and border preclearance, however many passengers fly first to Vancouver International Airport (YVR), which does have U.S. preclearance.

In 2018, YYJ served 2,048,627[4] passengers and had 120,936[4] aircraft movements, making it Canada's 11th busiest airport in terms of passengers. It was British Columbia's third busiest airport in terms of passengers and aircraft movements.

Like most airports that are run by local authorities in Canada, YYJ charges an airport improvement fee for each outgoing passenger. As of December 2018, it was $15.00 per departing passenger.[7] AIF fees are usually added to fares and collected automatically by most airlines.


History


The airport started in 1939 as a grass strip, and was used as a military training airfield.[8] During the early part of WWII (1940 - 1941), the airfield was used as Royal Air Force Station Patricia Bay, for training personnel for basic flying training, preparatory to returning them to the UK.

In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed as RCAF Aerodrome - Patricia Bay, British Columbia at 48°39′N 123°26′W with a variation of 24 degrees E and elevation of 25 feet (8 m). The aerodrome was listed with three runways as follows: [9]

Runway name Length Width Surface
13/31 5,000 feet (1,524 m) 200 feet (61 m) Hard surfaced
8/26 5,000 feet (1,524 m) 200 feet (61 m) Hard surfaced
2/20 5,000 feet (1,524 m) 200 feet (61 m) Hard surfaced

The airport is located beside Patricia Bay, which, due to the prevalence of flying boats at the time, proved to be an excellent location. The Department of Transport took over the airport in 1948. It was then called Victoria (Patricia Bay) Airport, and many locals still refer to it as the "Pat Bay Airport". Trans-Canada Airlines (later Air Canada) began regular service in 1943.

The last Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) unit left the airport in 1952. In the late 1980s the RCAF returned to the property when 443 Helicopter Squadron began operating CH-124 Sea King ship-borne anti-submarine helicopters from Victoria International Airport. The RCAF refers to 443 Squadron operations at the airport as the Patricia Bay Heliport.

In 1959, the airport was renamed the "Victoria International Airport".

In 1997, as part of a broad scale restructuring of airports across Canada, Transport Canada (formerly the Department of Transport), gave operational control of the airport to the Victoria Airport Authority.

In 2000, the Victoria Airport Authority began the process of renovating and expanding the terminal to meet passenger needs. In 2002, the new "airside hold room" and the new "arrivals rotunda" were rebuilt. By 2005, the new "departures area" was completed.

A United Express CRJ200 at Victoria International Airport a week before service ended
A United Express CRJ200 at Victoria International Airport a week before service ended

In May 2005, the federal government, which owns the land, announced a reduction in the rent paid by the Victoria Airport Authority. This will save $0.6 million Canadian each year and $12 million CAD over the life of the lease, which is 50 years.

In July 2016, Westjet Airlines announced that they would be permanently ending service to Honolulu from Victoria. The non-stop route had started in 2009 and had ended due to the lack of demand.[10]

In September 2018, United Airlines announced that the daily United Express flight from Victoria to San Francisco would permanently end on 7 January 2019, concluding over a decade of daily non-stop service between the two cities.[11]

In March 2019, Delta Air Lines announced that all Delta flights from Victoria to Seattle would permanently end on 2 September 2019,[6] concluding a three-year presence by the airline in Victoria and leaving Alaska Airlines as the only airline serving Victoria directly from Seattle or anywhere in the United States. Delta was the second airline to leave Victoria that year, after United Airlines withdrew service in January 2019.[11]


Terminal


Departure/check-in area
Departure/check-in area
Domestic baggage claim area
Domestic baggage claim area
Twin Otter 400, first test flight
Twin Otter 400, first test flight
Delta Connection (Skywest), Air Canada Express (Jazz), United Express (Skywest) and Pacific Coastal Airlines aircraft parked at Victoria International Airport in August 2017
Delta Connection (Skywest), Air Canada Express (Jazz), United Express (Skywest) and Pacific Coastal Airlines aircraft parked at Victoria International Airport in August 2017

The main terminal has ten gates, organized as gates 3–4, 5–11, and 12–13. Gates 3-4 and 12-13 are equipped with aircraft loading bridges.[12]

Air North Boeing 737-500 at the gate in Victoria
Air North Boeing 737-500 at the gate in Victoria

There are three luggage carousels: two located at the arrivals area for domestic passengers, and one for international flights located inside the customs area.

As of December 1, 2010,[13] time limited, ad supported[14] Wi-Fi internet service provided by Telus is available terminal wide.[15]


Airlines and destinations


Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300 at Victoria (CYYJ), July 2017
Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300 at Victoria (CYYJ), July 2017

Nearly all commercial flights at Victoria fly either to Canadian domestic airports or to Seattle. Seasonal scheduled flights by Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines, and WestJet also connect Victoria to tourist destinations in Mexico. For the Summer 2017 season, Air Canada Rouge operated wide-body Boeing 767s on its daily flights to Toronto[16][17]


Passenger


AirlinesDestinations
Air Canada Seasonal: Calgary, Toronto–Pearson
Air Canada Express Calgary, Vancouver
Air Canada Rouge Seasonal: Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Air North Vancouver, Whitehorse
Alaska Airlines Seattle/Tacoma
Flair Airlines Edmonton
Seasonal: Calgary, Kelowna, Ottawa, Toronto–Pearson
Lynx Air Calgary
Pacific Coastal Airlines Kelowna, Prince George, Vancouver
Swoop Edmonton, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Puerto Vallarta
WestJet Calgary, Edmonton
Seasonal: Cancún, Puerto Vallarta
WestJet Encore Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, Vancouver

Cargo


AirlinesDestinations
FedEx Express Vancouver
KF Cargo Vancouver
Morningstar Air Express Vancouver
SkyLink Express Vancouver

Statistics



Annual traffic


Annual passenger traffic at YYJ airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger traffic[4]
Year Passengers  % change
20101,514,713
20111,499,792 -1%
20121,504,024 0.3%
20131,556,960 3.4%
20141,650,904 6.0%
20151,710,825 3.6%
20161,856,421 8.5%
20171,934,842 4.2%
20182,048,627 5.9%
20191,924,385 6.5%
2020574,874 70.2%
2021673,748 17.2%

Development plans


Victoria Airport Authority's 2008 master plan laid out a timeline of proposed changes to the airport.[18]


Year 1–5


WestJet primarily flies their Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft to Calgary and Edmonton from Victoria
WestJet primarily flies their Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft to Calgary and Edmonton from Victoria

Year 6–10



Year 11–20



Flight training


There are several organisations that offer flight training at the airport:


Transportation to the airport


Victoria International Airport is 22 km from downtown Victoria.

It is served by a direct shuttle bus service, YYJ Airport Shuttle,[20] to and from downtown and hotels, and by taxi (Yellow Cab).

BC Transit routes 87 and 88 make connections to the airport.[21] Passengers using BC Transit can connect with intercity (IslandLink Bus, or Tofino Bus Services) and regional coach service (Pacific Coach Lines) in Victoria.

By car, the airport is normally a 20-minute drive from downtown Victoria (with little or no traffic, and a 40-minute drive with traffic) via Highway 17. The airport has short term and long term/daily parking lots next to the terminal with an additional overflow lot. Rental lot is located to the southwest of the terminal building.

A new interchange at Highway 17 and McTavish Road, the main highway access point to the airport, was completed in April 2011. Funding for the interchange was shared between the federal, provincial governments and Victoria Airport Authority.[22]


Fire and rescue


Victoria International Airport Fire and Rescue operates three crash tenders and one support vehicle to deal with emergencies at the airport. The current station (Airport Fire Service and Airport Operations) opened in 2010 to replace the former station dating back to World War II.[23]


Fixed-base operations



See also



References


  1. "List of airports owned by Transport Canada". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  2. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  3. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information Archived June 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Victoria Airport Authority Facts & Stats". Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "Non-Stop Destinations". Victoria International Airport. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  6. Duffy, Andrew. "Delta Airlines pulls service from Victoria International Airport". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  7. "Victoria International Airport". Victoria International Airport. Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  8. British Columbia Aviation Museum Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 2. Royal Canadian Air Force. p. 146.
  10. "WestJet cancels Victoria-Hawaii direct flights, cites low demand". Victoria Times Colonist. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  11. Wilson, Carla. "United Airlines axing Victoria-San Francisco flight". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  12. "Terminal Map" (PDF). Victoria International Airport. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  13. Victoria International Airport (YYJ) - Free Wireless Internet Arrives! - News Archived January 22, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Victoriaairport.com (December 1, 2010). Retrieved on July 12, 2013.
  14. Victoria Airport partners with BOLDstreet. Wings Magazine (2011-01-31). Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
  15. Victoria International Airport (YYJ) - Services & Facilities Archived 2012-01-23 at the Wayback Machine. Victoriaairport.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
  16. "Air Canada to offer daily Victoria-Toronto flights on Boeing 767". Vancouver Island. 2017-02-15. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2017-07-10.
  17. "282-passenger 767-300 wide-body jet returns for Victoria-Toronto flights in 2019". Citified. 2018-11-14. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  18. "Victoria International Airport: Master Plan Executive Summary" (PDF). Victoria Airport Authority. February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2012.
  19. Victoria International Airport (YYJ) - VAA Board Authorizes Construction of New Airport Fire Hall/Maintenance Building Archived 2010-08-23 at the Wayback Machine. Victoriaairport.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.
  20. YYJ Airport Shuttle
  21. "BC Transit will offer more frequent service to Victoria International Airport". Victoria Buzz. 2018-08-20. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  22. BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure McTavish Interchange Project Archived December 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  23. "Victoria International Airport". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.



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На других языках


[de] Flughafen Victoria International

Der Flughafen Victoria International (IATA-Code: YYJ, ICAO-Code: CYYJ), englisch Victoria International Airport ist ein internationaler Verkehrsflughafen in der Nähe von Victoria, der Hauptstadt von British Columbia. Er wird besonders von Regionalfluggesellschaften angeflogen, da die vergleichsweise kurzen Start- und Landebahnen keine Großraumflugzeuge zulassen.
- [en] Victoria International Airport

[es] Aeropuerto Internacional de Victoria

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Victoria (en inglés: Victoria International Airport) (IATA: YYJ, OACI: CYYJ) sirve a Victoria, Columbia Británica, Canadá. A 12 millas náuticas (22 km; 14 millas) al noroeste noroeste de Victoria en la península de Saanich, con la mayor parte del aeropuerto (incluida la terminal de pasajeros) en North Saanich, y una pequeña porción del aeródromo se extiende hacia Sídney. El aeropuerto está dirigido por la Autoridad del Aeropuerto de Victoria. YYJ tiene muchos vuelos diarios sin escalas al Aeropuerto Internacional de Vancouver (YVR, aproximadamente 15 minutos), que es un aeropuerto importante que ofrece muchas rutas globales. Además, Victoria tiene servicio sin escalas a Seattle (SEA), Toronto (YYZ), Montreal (YUL, solo en verano), Calgary (YYC), Edmonton (YEG) y varias ciudades más pequeñas en Columbia Británica y Yukón. [3] El aeropuerto también tiene servicio sin escalas estacional (desde fines de otoño hasta principios de primavera) a varios destinos turísticos mexicanos. [3] El servicio sin escalas entre Victoria y los Estados Unidos disminuyó en un 50% a partir de septiembre de 2019 cuando Delta Airlines finalizó permanentemente sus tres vuelos diarios, después de lo cual solo Alaska Airlines vuela la ruta Victoria - Seattle.[4]

[fr] Aéroport international de Victoria

L'aéroport international de Victoria (code IATA : YYJ • code OACI : CYYJ) dessert la ville de Victoria en Colombie-Britannique au Canada. Il est situé dans la municipalité de North Saanich dans le Grand Victoria.

[it] Aeroporto Internazionale di Victoria

L'Aeroporto Internazionale di Victoria è un aeroporto civile, situato vicino a Saanich, in Canada.



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