Just to clarify something posted earlier about the Canada Line Skytrain to and from the airport into downtown and spare you a hefty fine. The fare is indeed $2.50 except weekdays from start of service to 1830 when it is $8.75. After 1830, weekends and statutory holidays $2.50.

and to add to RT's clarification...

The higher rate only applies on the direction from YVR into town. The fare from Vancouver to the airport never has the surcharge (i.e. is always $2.50).

Grizzled, why would you wish to go from the VOR {YVR} to downtown? Sorry but with your ocupation one should be a bit more accurate than your last post.

Well half right grizzled, to YVR from start of service to 1830 on weekdays fare is two zones $3.75. Same hefty fine if you get it wrong and get caught.

clunk....

Excellent point! And one I never fail to bring up with the owners / operators of the airport -- who insist on marketing the airport as "YVR". Even the aformentioned rapid transit system calls the train stop "YVR"!

If one actually drives to the VOR site (there is no transit) one finds a lovely rural spot still exists where one can have a picnic!

(And you know as well as I do that pax think of the three letter codes as the airport...)

RT...
You're right, it's either $2.50 or $3.75 (max) from downtown to the airport. I have been SO happy since the new Canada Line came online. I can finally get from the West End to the airport in 25 mins and at a price that's the cheapest for rapid transit from the centre of a major city anywhere to its airport (and I do mean anywhere)!

Cheers,
grizz

(And you know as well as I do that pax think of the three letter codes as the airport...)

Of course they do and YVR has as much currency among the general local population as LAX/SFO etc etc south of the border.

At least designator makes sense... Y (standard Canadian ID) V first letter in Vancouver R last letter in Vancouver. Bit harder to explain YXX. (Abbotsford). Trains are clean, mostly silent, fully automated(no drivers) efficient, air-conned.

actually, to be correct the "Y" in YVR, YZF, YXU, YYZ, etc is not the only Canadian identifier and is not the "standard." It just happens to be the one that most passengers will see on a regular basis. Also, "YVR" as mentioned before, is the VOR, the airport is correctly known as CYVR.

The "Y" denotes that METAR and TAF information is available from the reporting station.

Other codes include all the letters of the alphabet (CA, CN, CZ, etc) and there are I believe three or four airports listed in the Canada Flight Supplement which are numbers only (48Y is the only one I can think of though and I have a deep down thought that they are all border towns). Most airports in Canada are coded with something other than the "CY" designation.

Edit

Also, most airports are not lucky enough to be coded by the city name. CYVR is one of the few, CYOW is another (Ottawa).
CYYZ and CYTZ are both in Toronto, CYZF in no way reflects Yellowknife, and CYXE (Saskatoon) comes nowhere close.

Well... you're close +TSRA. Sort of...

Any of you other OF's here want to clarify things for this keen young aeronautical whippersnapper, or do I have to do it?

;)
grizz

You have me perplexed grizzled! - and I will admit, I am always willing to learn something new, so fire away!

I am, after all a :8 at heart.

Haha, well, it made me laugh for a second anyway at my use of the smiles thing over there on the right!

Seriously though, the only thing I did forget to mention is the the "Y" denotes customs services are available, and I cannot think of anything else (that would be relevant) so I look forward to the enlightenment that is to be bestowed upon me!

Go for it grizzled