Vancouver to Nanaimo Flights (YVR-YCD)

🇨🇦 YVR

Vancouver

250 mi

YCD 🇨🇦

Nanaimo

Vancouver International Airport Nanaimo Airport 6 airlines

The Vancouver to Nanaimo route connects Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in CA with Nanaimo Airport (YCD) in CA. This short-haul flight covers approximately 250 miles (402 km) with a typical flight time of 19m. This route is served by 6 airlines: Jazz, Morningstar Air, WestJet Encore and others. AirportRoutes has tracked 10 unique flight numbers on this route.

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Departure Airport

Vancouver International Airport

ICAO Code:: CYVR
IATA Code:: YVR
City:: 🇨🇦 Vancouver
Country:: CA
Elevation:: 14 ft

Destination Airport

Nanaimo Airport

ICAO Code:: CYCD
IATA Code:: YCD
City:: 🇨🇦 Nanaimo
Country:: CA
Elevation:: 92 ft

Operators

Tracked Flights

250

Miles

19m

Flight Duration

Route Map

Great Circle

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Operating Airlines

Airline	ICAO	IATA
Jazz	`JZA`	`QK`
Morningstar Air	`MAL`	`-`
WestJet Encore	`WEN`	`WR`
PAL Airlines	`PVL`	`PB`
Nav Canada	`NVC`	`-`
North Cariboo Flying Service Ltd.	`NCB`	`-`

Flight Schedule Pattern

Day	Flights Observed	Frequency
Monday	13	11%
Tuesday	24	20%
Wednesday	20	17%
Thursday	24	20%
Friday	13	11%
Saturday	15	12%
Sunday	11	9%

Pattern Analysis

10 Tracked Flights:

Data Points: 120
API observations used to build this analysis

Weekdays: 94 flights
Weekend: 26 flights

Business Route More active on weekdays

All Flight Routes

6 Routes

Note: This table shows aggregated route data by airline. Each airline may operate multiple daily flights at different times. See the "Spotted Departure Times" section below for all observed departure times.

Airline	Flight Numbers	Aircraft Type	Typical Time	Days Active	Last Seen	Status
Jazz `JZA` / `QK`		DH8D	07:25 7:25 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Aug 28, 2026	Active
Morningstar Air `MAL`		C208	07:37 7:37 AM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Jun 20, 2026	Active
Nav Canada `NVC`	-	CRJ2	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 20, 2026	Active
North Cariboo Flying Service Ltd. `NCB`	-	RJ1H	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 20, 2026	Active
PAL Airlines `PVL` / `PB`	-	DH8D	-	M T W T F S S	Jun 20, 2026	Active
WestJet Encore `WEN` / `WR`		DH8D	14:30 2:30 PM (Representative)	M T W T F S S	Aug 28, 2026	Active

Total Routes: 6

Active Routes: 6

Unique Airlines: 6

Aircraft Types: 6

Spotted Departure Times

Departure Time	Operator	ICAO	IATA
07:25 7:25 AM	Jazz	`JZA`	`QK`
07:37 7:37 AM	Morningstar Air	`MAL`	`-`
14:30 2:30 PM	WestJet Encore	`WEN`	`WR`

Time Information

Times are shown in the departure airport's local timezone (CYVR - America/Vancouver).

Total Departure Times: 3

Time Range:
07:25 - 14:30

These are typical departure times observed from actual flights. Times may vary by season and schedule changes.

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