Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. It is the second busiest airport in Canada, 22,3 million passengers in 2016. It is a hub for Air Canada and WestJet. It is also an operating base for Air Transat.
In 1929 the city of Vancouver purchased land on Sea Island for aviation purposes, replacing the original grass airstrip at Minoru Park.
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