X-Plane 12 Add-on: Globall Art - Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is an international airport in Richmond, British Columbia. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from Downtown Vancouver. It is the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements (306,799) and passengers (25.9 million), behind Toronto Pearson International Airport. It is often described as a trans-Pacific hub, with more direct flights to China than any other airport in North America or Europe. It is a hub for Air Canada and WestJet, and 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. 

The airport has won several notable international best airport awards. It won the Skytrax Best North American Airport award in 2007 and 2010 through 2019, for a record 10 consecutive years. 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. 

Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island, and is managed by Vancouver Airport Authority, a not-for-profit organization. 

Features: 

• Accurate replica os CYVR – Vancouver International Airport, updated 2025

• Precise modeling based on original references, photos and others researchs

• 3D Trees

• Customized runways, lines and taxiways, with ambiente occlusion included in the textures

• Sun reflections effects on pavements

• Effect on the pavement according to weather changes, rain, snow and ice

• SAM-compatible custom jetways, fully animated hitch, synchronized with VGDS (controlled by SAM plugins)

• Static objects, vehicles and aircraft are present in this scenery

• Avenues and streets with personalized and standard vehicle traffic

• HDR lighting with custom night textures

• Custom textures with ambient occlusion

• Animated ground traffic and default aircraft traffic (Plugin Ground Traffic by Marginal)

• Custom Approach Lights (ALS) systems

• Included taxi routes for aircraft, "taxi route"

• Taxi routes configured to WT3 plugin

• Airliners configured Ramp Start

• De-Ice Signboard best configured to ZIBO 738 (complete) an other aircrafts (Signboard)

• Use Auto Gate plugin datarefs  - by Marginal

• Winter texture - only the Airport area