Private Jet Charter Vancouver to Los Angeles

Business aviation works out of the South Terminal complex, physically separate from the main airline terminals, 12 km from downtown Vancouver. The airfield runs 24 hours with runways of 12,188 ft, 9,941 ft and 7,300 ft, so no aircraft in the charter fleet is performance-limited. Charter and regional operations have used the South Terminal for decades, and departures for the United States are handled through the FBO rather than the commercial concourse.

Eight and a half nautical miles south-south-east of Vancouver in Delta, and the closest field to the border. Runway 07/25 was extended specifically to make it usable by corporate jets, and it is a designated airport of entry where CBSA officers attend on call for aircraft carrying up to 15 passengers. Lower landing and handling costs than YVR for light and midsize aircraft.

One of the busiest general-aviation airports in the world, with over 230,000 annual movements, a 8,001 ft main runway 16R/34L and the deepest FBO roster in Southern California. It is a designated CBP user-fee airport, so international arrivals clear at the general-aviation facility at Signature West, but only within published CBP office hours unless arrangements are made in advance.

Closer to the studios and to downtown than LAX, with a 6,886 ft runway 15/33 and an ILS onto runway 8. General aviation is about 36 per cent of movements. Noise abatement here is voluntary rather than a legal curfew after the 1973 Supreme Court decision that struck down the city's 23:00 to 07:00 ban.

Chosen when passengers connect to an onward long-haul airline flight or when customs timing does not fit Van Nuys office hours. Private movements are handled on dedicated ramps, but costs are higher and slots are constrained during peak airline periods.