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Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver. In 2014, it was the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements (310,139〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YVR Aircraft Movements 1992-2014 )〕) and passengers (19.3 million〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YVR Passengers (Enplaned + Deplaned) 1992-2014 )〕), behind Toronto Pearson International Airport. It has non-stop flights daily to Asia, Europe, Oceania, the United States, Mexico and other airports within Canada. The airport has won several notable international best airport awards; it won the Skytrax Best North American Airport award in 2007 and 2010 through 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YVR > Our Blog > YVR Named Best Airport in North America )〕 The airport also made the list of top 10 airports in the world for the first time in 2012, rated at 9th (2012), 8th (2013), and 9th (2014) overall.〔 It is the only North American airport included in the top 10 for 2013 and 2014.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 YVR also retains the distinction of Best Canadian Airport in the regional results.〔 〕 It is a hub for Air Canada as well as a focus city for WestJet. It is also an operating base for Air Transat. Vancouver International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that have US Border Preclearance facilities. It is also one of the few major international airports to have a terminal for scheduled floatplanes. Vancouver International Airport is owned by Transport Canada and is managed by Vancouver Airport Authority,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=YVR Leadership )〕 which also manages other airports around the world through its Vancouver Airport Services subsidiary. ==History== In 1929 the city of Vancouver purchased land on Sea Island for aviation purposes, replacing the original grass airstrip at Minoru Park. During World War II, the airports and its original terminal, now the South Terminal, were leased to the Federal government and operated by the Department of National Defence and the Department of Transport. The airport was a base for Royal Canadian Air Force training. The crews and their families were housed in a new townsite on the island, named Burkeville after Boeing president Stanley Burke. Funds from the lease were used to purchase additional land for new hangars and a production plant for Boeing Aircraft of Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=YVR > About Us > History )〕 The present main terminal was completed in 1968 and has since been expanded to include separate domestic and international terminals. A north runway was completed in 1996. In 2011 the airport announced that it will enact a program aiming to encourage airlines to start more flights between Vancouver and Asia.〔Hume, Mark. "(Vancouver airport launches plan to lure Asia-Pacific traffic )." ''The Globe and Mail''. Wednesday January 25, 2012. Updated Friday January 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-09.〕 The term Pacific Gateway describes YVR for its proximity to Asia in relation to the rest of Canada, as well as the large Asian population and Canadian-Asian business connections in the region, make Vancouver International Airport the major gateway between Canada and Asia. It has more trans-Pacific flights than any other airport in Canada. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vancouver International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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