Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome

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Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base
Vancouver Harbour Control Tower[1]
IATA: CXH – ICAO: CYHC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		West Coast Air Harbour Air Services
Serves		Vancouver, British Columbia
Location		Coal Harbour, Burrard Inlet
Elevation AMSL		0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates		49°17′40″N, 123°06′41″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
N/A	N/A	N/A	Water
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft Movements			62,186

Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome or Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base, (IATA: CXH, ICAO: CYHC), is located in Coal Harbour, adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The airport is within walking distance of the HeliJet heliport and Waterfront Station, a public transit hub in downtown Vancouver.

Contents 1 Control tower 2 Airlines and destinations 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Control tower

The Vancouver Harbour Control Tower is the only one in Canada specifically for a water aerodrome. At 142 m (466 ft) above ground it is the highest control tower in the world.^[2][3] and is located on top of the Granville Square building. In 2006 the tower handled 62,186 aircraft movements the 31st busiest in Canada. It is also the 8th busiest aerodrome in BC and the busiest water aerodrome in Canada. Itinerant aircraft movements (from one airport to another) for the aerodrome were 62,136 while local movements were 50.^[4]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Baxter Aviation (Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome)
• Harbour Air (Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome, Victoria Inner Harbour Airport)
• West Coast Air (Victoria Inner Harbour Airport)

[edit] See also

• Vancouver Harbour Control Tower
• List of airports in the Vancouver area

[edit] References

1. ^ Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 March 2007 to 0901Z 13 March 2008
2. ^ Nav Canada Towers–Big and Small
3. ^ Vancouver Harbour ATC]
4. ^ Transport Canada TP 1496 - Preliminary aircraft statistics 2006

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