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Vancouver International Airport safety profile

21 recorded occurrences at or near Vancouver International Airport (1988–2025): 0 at the airport, 21 nearby; 7 fatal, 17 fatalities.

What happens most

By year

  • 20252 (1 fatal)
  • 20242 (1 fatal)
  • 20231 (0 fatal)
  • 20221 (1 fatal)
  • 20212 (0 fatal)
  • 20202 (0 fatal)
  • 20182 (0 fatal)
  • 20171 (0 fatal)
  • 20151 (1 fatal)
  • 20111 (1 fatal)
  • 20081 (1 fatal)
  • 20031 (0 fatal)
  • 20001 (0 fatal)
  • 19952 (1 fatal)
  • 19881 (0 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown21

Notable investigated occurrences

Runways

  • 08R/26L: 11,500 ft, ASP, lighted
  • 08L/26R: 9,940 ft, CON, lighted
  • 13/31: 7,300 ft, CON, lighted

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 18.303 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 3.6 days/year
  • Snow: 14.002 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 0.081% of observations
  • Crosswind >25kt: 0% of observations

Related datasets

Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.