Float Planes

Scheduled and Charter Float Plane service is available from Vancouver International Airport Seaplane Terminal (in Richmond, 30 minutes south of Vancouver), as well as from Vancouver's Inner Harbour, at the north end of Downtown Vancouver.

Float plane companies include:

Baxter Air
Scheduled and charter floatplane service to downtown Vancouver from Nanaimo.

Harbour Air
Scheduled floatplane service to downtown Vancouver from Victoria, Nanaimo and the Gulf Islands. Charters available.

Howe Sound Seaplanes
Charters along the BC coast.

Salt Spring Island Air
Scheduled and charter floatplane services to the Gulf Island, Maple Bay, Vancouver Airport, and downtown Vancouver.

Seair Seaplanes
Seair Seaplanes serves Vancouver Airport, Nanaimo Harbour, and the Gulf Islands.

Tofino Air
Scheduled floatplane service to Vancouver Island, Vancouver, Gulf Islands, and Sunshine Coast.

West Coast Air
Scheduled downtown-to-downtown floatplane service between Vancouver and Victoria. Charters available.

Whistler Air
Seasonal scheduled and charter floatplane services from Whistler's Green Lake Water Airport to downtown Vancouver.