Editing Vancouver International Airport (section)

==Expansion==
[[File:SouthRunwayYVR.jpg|thumb|South runway at YVR in 2017 showing the lengthened runway]]

In preparation for the [[2010 Winter Olympics|Vancouver 2010]] [[Winter Olympic Games]], YVR completed a $1.4-billion multi-year capital development plan, which included a four-gate expansion to the International Terminal Wing, completed in June 2007.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} Two of the four new gates are conventional wide-bodied gates and two can accommodate the [[Airbus A380]]. The international terminal addition includes interior design elements intended to represent British Columbia, including a stream in a pathway and fish and jellyfish tanks.

A five-gate expansion was completed in 2009 for Domestic Terminal's C-Pier. Food and retail expansions were also completed for the C Pier at this time. The train that links downtown Vancouver, YVR, and central Richmond opened in August 2009.

Vancouver International Airport Authority has developed a 2017–2037 Master Plan, named Flight Plan 2037 which includes 75 projects at a projected cost of $5.6 billion. The plan allows for the airport to serve 35 million passengers by 2037. The plan is calling for the expansion of facilities around the existing large terminal. New piers and gates are to be added, as well as a second parking garage and taxiways. It is also planned to improve vehicle access. Eight gates were added to the international terminal in the first phase which was completed in February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yvr.ca/en/blog/2021/pier-d-expansion|title=YVR's Pier D Expansion Project is Complete! &#124; YVR}}</ref> Final approval of the plan by the [[Transport Canada|Ministry of Transport]] is needed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vancouver Airport Upgrade Project Estimated at $5.6B |work=Engineering News Record |issue=4 |publisher=bnp media |date=February 6, 2017 |volume=278 |page=21 |issn=0891-9526}}</ref>