- Vancouver Harbour Water Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Vancouver Harbour Water Airport
nativename = Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base
caption = Vancouver Harbour Control Tower
IATA = CXH
ICAO = CYHC
LID =
type = Public
operator =West Coast Air
Harbour Air Services
location =Coal Harbour ,Burrard Inlet
city-served =Vancouver ,British Columbia
elevation-f = 0
elevation-m = 0
coordinates = coord|49|17|40|N|123|06|41|W|type:airport
r1-number = N/A
r1-length-f = N/A
r1-length-m = N/A
r1-surface =Water
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 63,713
footnotes = Sources:Canada Flight Supplement CFS]
Statistics fromTransport Canada . [http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report/TP577/pdf/TP577_07.pdf Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007] ]Vancouver Harbour Water Airport or Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base, Airport codes|CXH|CYHC, is located at
Coal Harbour inVancouver ,British Columbia ,Canada . The airport is within walking distance of theHeliJet heliport and Waterfront Station, a public transit hub in downtown Vancouver.It is classified as both an
airport and anairport of entry byNAV CANADA and is staffed by theCanada Border Services Agency . CBSA officers at this airport currently can handlegeneral aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.Control tower
The
Vancouver Harbour Control Tower is the only one in Canada specifically for a wateraerodrome . At 142 m (466 ft) above ground it is the highestcontrol tower in the world. [ [http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/categories/atc/706.html Nav Canada Towers–Big and Small] ] [ [http://www.tagzania.com/item/29468 Vancouver Harbour ATC] ] and is located on top of theGranville Square building. In 2007 the airport handled 63,731 aircraft movements the 33rd 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 63,677 while local movements were 36.Operations
The actual aircraft docking area, at coord|49|17|26.44|N|123|07|08.90|W|type:airport|display=inline, is situated just west of
Canada Place . This part of Vancouver harbour is listed byNAV CANADA as a restricted area and no aircraft are permitted to take off, land or move through the zone at a high speed. Just north of Canada Place is a rectangular section called "Area Alfa", centered on the official coordinates, which is the main aircraft operating zone.Airlines and destinations
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Harbour Air (Victoria Harbour, Nanaimo Harbour, Ganges, Maple Bay, Bedwell Harbour)
*West Coast Air (Victoria Harbour, Nanaimo Harbour)
*Salt Spring Air (Victoria Harbour, Ganges, Maple Bay, Bedwell Harbour, Vancouver)
*Whistler Air (Whistler/Green Lake)ee also
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Vancouver Harbour Control Tower
*List of airports in the Vancouver area References
External links
* [http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/airportDetails.do?airportCode=CXH: CXH - Vancouver, British Columbia (Coal Harbour SPB)]
*ASN|CXH|CXH: Vancouver-Coal Harbour SPB
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