AirportsVancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome is a seaplane base serving Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CXH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CXH
- ICAO code
- CYHC
- City
- Vancouver
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 49.2907° N, 123.1185° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CXH means Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYHC. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.2907° N, 123.1185° W.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver International AirportVancouver | YVR | 12 km |
| Silva Bay Seaplane BaseGabriola Island | SYF | 45 km |
| Montague Harbour Seaplane BaseGaliano Island | YMF | 49 km |
| Mayne Island Seaplane BaseMiners Bay | YAV | 51 km |
| Telegraph Harbour Seaplane BaseThetis Island | YBQ | 53 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,130 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,249 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,725 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,567 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,925 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,750 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,810 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,557 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,510 km | 15 h 35 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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