AirportsMayne Island Seaplane Base is a seaplane base serving Miners Bay, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YAV.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YAV
- ICAO code
- not listed
- City
- Miners Bay
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 48.8522° N, 123.3020° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YAV means Mayne Island Seaplane Base. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.8522° N, 123.3020° W. The nearest large city in our data is Surrey, about 45 km away in a straight line.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Montague Harbour Seaplane BaseGaliano Island | YMF | 8 km |
| Lyall Harbour Seaplane BaseSaturna Island | YAJ | 11 km |
| Bedwell Harbour Seaplane BaseBedwell Harbour | YBW | 12 km |
| Ganges Seaplane BaseSalt Spring Island | YGG | 14 km |
| Stuart Island AirparkFriday Harbor, United States | SSW | 22 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,172 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,292 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,774 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,615 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,943 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,706 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,828 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,570 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,476 km | 15 h 30 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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