CXH
Vancouver Harbour Seaplane Base (CXH) Transfers
Private chauffeur transfers at Vancouver Harbour, Vancouver.
This is the downtown seaplane terminal, in Coal Harbour, inside the Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre. It is about 2 km from the city centre - closer than any land airport in the country gets to a downtown core - and it sits along the seawall, steps from Canada Place, the Vancouver Convention Centre and Jack Poole Plaza.
Harbour Air is the operator here, flying across British Columbia and, seasonally, between downtown Vancouver and Seattle. If you are meeting someone off one of those flights, you are meeting them in the middle of the city rather than half an hour outside it, and that changes how a pickup should be timed more than anything else on this page.
Meet & Greet
Your chauffeur meets you at the arrivals curb with a name sign. Meeting inside the terminal is available on request, at an extra charge.
60 minutes of waiting
Complimentary on every airport pickup, measured from when your aircraft lands.
Flight number on file
Our dispatch team checks your flight's arrival time and adjusts your pickup.
Door-to-door
Direct to your destination, with no stops you did not ask for.
How pickup works at Vancouver Harbour
A seaplane arrival is quick to clear: there are no baggage carousels or terminal levels to negotiate here, and passengers are usually on the dock and out of the building within minutes. Your chauffeur meets you at the flight centre with a name sign.
Give us the flight details when you book so dispatch can watch the arrival. Sixty minutes of complimentary waiting from arrival apply here as at any airport pickup, though at this terminal it is a safety net rather than something you are likely to use.
The convention centre next door is the usual destination or origin, and the walk between the two is short enough that a car is often wanted for what comes after rather than for the terminal itself. Either way, trips wholly inside British Columbia are arranged by quote: call or ask through the booking form for a fixed Canadian-dollar fare.
The included waiting period and the per-minute rate after it are set out in clause 4 of our Terms.
Vancouver Harbour in brief
- What it is
- The downtown Vancouver seaplane terminal, in Coal Harbour, within the Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre.
- Operator
- Harbour Air, flying across British Columbia and, seasonally, between downtown Vancouver and Seattle.
- Next door
- Along the seawall, steps from Canada Place, the Vancouver Convention Centre and Jack Poole Plaza.
- Codes
- IATA CXH, ICAO CYHC.
- Distance
- About 2 km from downtown Vancouver, straight-line from the terminal's official coordinates.
- Booking
- Arranged by quote, as both ends of a BC trip fall outside the online booking rule: call or request a quote for a fixed fare in Canadian dollars before travel.
Questions about Vancouver Harbour
Is this an airport in the usual sense?
It is a seaplane base rather than a runway airport, with its own official identifiers, CXH and CYHC. There is no baggage hall and no customs queue for a domestic arrival, so the walk from aircraft to car is very short.
Can you take me from here to the Vancouver Convention Centre?
We can, by quote, though it is worth knowing the terminal is on Canada Place along the seawall, steps from the convention centre. The car is more often useful for the leg after the convention than for the one to it.
Do you meet the Seattle flights?
Yes. Harbour Air's seasonal downtown Vancouver to Seattle service arrives here like any other flight, and the pickup is arranged the same way. Give us the flight details and dispatch will watch the arrival.
How is this different from Vancouver International?
Distance, mostly. This terminal is about 2 km from the city centre; Vancouver International is about 10 km and Abbotsford about 60 km. They are separate airports with separate codes, so book against the one on your ticket.
Chauffeur service in Vancouver
Vancouver Harbour serves Vancouver, British Columbia. A transfer here with neither end in Ontario is arranged by quote; the city page explains how, and covers more than the airport.
Chauffeur service in Vancouver →Other airports we serve in Vancouver
- Vancouver International Airport (YVR) — commercial, about 10 km from downtown Vancouver in a straight line
- Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) — commercial, about 60 km from downtown Vancouver in a straight line
- Boundary Bay Airport (YDT) — private and business aviation, about 25 km from downtown Vancouver in a straight line
- Pitt Meadows Regional Airport (YPK) — private and business aviation, about 30 km from downtown Vancouver in a straight line
- Langley Regional Airport (YNJ) — private and business aviation, about 40 km from downtown Vancouver in a straight line