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Airports / YVR

Vancouver International Airport · Vancouver, Canada · 8 routes on this site

Vancouver YVR delay compensation

Every flight leaving Vancouver International Airport is covered by APPR, whatever the airline. On this site it connects to 8 destinations in 4 countries, from 205 km to 8,063 km.

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  1. 1YVR routes here 8
  2. 2Countries reached 4
  3. 3Longest 8,063 km
  4. 4Shortest 205 km
Rules on a departure
APPR
Destinations here
8
Longest route
FRA · 8,063 km
FRA · long-haul8,063 kmLHR · long-haul7,579 kmYUL · long-haul3,682 kmYYZ · medium-haul3,346 kmLAX · medium-haul1,741 kmSFO · short-haul1,289 kmYYC · short-haul687 kmSEA · short-haul205 km
Great-circle distance from YVR to each destination on this site. Bars to scale from zero.

Which rules cover a flight at YVR

Leaving YVR. APPR applies to every departure on this site's routes from here, whichever airline is operating. EU261, UK261 reach some of them as well, depending on where the flight is going or who operates it.

Arriving at YVR. Coming the other way the rules do not line up with the airport, so this is by route: APPR covers every one of the 8 inbound flights here, whatever the airline; US DOT covers 3 of the 8, whatever the airline; EU261 covers 1 of the 8, whatever the airline; UK261 covers 1 of the 8, whatever the airline; nothing else reaches an arrival here.

The trap on an inbound flight is that EU261 and UK261 follow the airline when the flight is arriving from outside, while they follow the airport on the way out — so a return leg can be uncovered when the outbound one was covered, or covered for a reason that has nothing to do with YVR. A claim is judged on the flight you were actually on. Each route page below sets out both directions.

What that pays, by distance from YVR

Under the EU and UK rules the amount is set by the great-circle distance to the final destination, not by the fare. From YVR the routes here fall into 3 bands: 3 over 3,500 km, 2 1,500 to 3,500 km, 3 up to 1,500 km. Compensation starts once you arrive 3 hours late at the final destination. On a flight over 3,500 km, the first hour band is reduced: €300 under EU261 and £260 under UK261 for 3 to 4 hours late, the full amount from 4 hours. Canada's rules ignore distance and go by how late you arrive and how big the airline is: $400 at 3 hours, rising to $1,000 at 9 hours with a large airline, in Canadian dollars.

Flight out of YVR toDistanceBandWhat covers that flight, and what it pays
Frankfurt FRA8,063 kmOver 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; EU261 €300 then €600 (only on an EU airline); UK261 £260 then £520 (only on a UK airline)
London LHR7,579 kmOver 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; UK261 £260 then £520 (only on an EU airline or a UK airline)
Montréal YUL3,682 kmOver 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000
Toronto YYZ3,346 km1,500 to 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000
Los Angeles LAX1,741 km1,500 to 3,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; US DOT Refund only
San Francisco SFO1,289 kmUp to 1,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; US DOT Refund only
Calgary YYC687 kmUp to 1,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000
Seattle SEA205 kmUp to 1,500 kmAPPR $400–$1,000; US DOT Refund only

Amounts are per passenger for a delay the airline is responsible for, read off the rule's own table at this distance. Where two are shown, the first is for arriving 3 to 4 hours late and the second from 4 hours — the reduction the EU and UK rules apply over 3,500 km. This column is the flight out of YVR; the return can be covered by something else, and each route page sets out both directions.

If the airline says no

A refused claim on a flight to, from or within Canada goes to the Canadian Transportation Agency, which publishes complaint volumes by airline — those figures are on the airline pages. Whichever body it is, it is the second step: write to the operating airline first, keep the reply, and claim for free — the fee comparison shows what a claim company would take out of the same payment.

Related

Sources: coordinates from OurAirports country file (CA), checked 2026-10-20; amounts and thresholds from Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, its UK version, SOR/2019-150 and 14 CFR Part 260, checked 2026-10-20. General information, not legal advice.