Timeline for Flying out of Vancouver at 6 am
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| Oct 16, 2019 at 22:50 | comment | added | user557 | @NateEldredge I'm looking at the interactive map yvr.ca/en/passengers/navigate-yvr/terminal-maps If you click on the red security marks, then the popped-up window will say that these security points are open 24 hours. Also one answer in this TripAdvisor topic says that you can wait at the door of customs after going through security. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 22:07 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I'm looking at yvr.ca/-/media/yvr/documents/maps/…. Preclearance is marked "USCBP" and it looks like the security funnels straight into it. So I doubt the security opens before the preclearance, as you'd pass through security and then be stuck with nowhere to go. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 21:42 | comment | added | user557 | @NateEldredge Regarding the opening hours of security checkpoints, it also looks from the terminal maps that they are open 24 hours. But I don't see preclearance on the map, so maybe we're looking at different maps. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 20:57 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | It looks from the terminal map like you clear security, then preclearance, and then you're airside. I wouldn't guess that the security opens before 4:30 either, though I don't know. However, it's quite possible that a line forms before 4:30, and you may want to try to be closer to the front of it. And of course you also want to include a margin of safety. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 20:31 | history | edited | DJClayworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:53 | comment | added | user557 | @NateEldredge Do people clear preclearance before they go to the secured area/airside? If so, then I guess there is nothing to do between 4:05 and 4:30 if one arrives 2 hours before the flight. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:45 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @user77409: No, you clear it at YVR only. You'll arrive at SFO like a domestic flight and have no immigration formalities after landing. More about preclearance. According to this it seems that preclearance at YVR opens at 4:30am. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:43 | comment | added | user557 | @NateEldredge I wasn't aware of this. So do I have to clear US immigration twice, once at YVR, and then at SFO? Also, I don't think that US pre-clearance checkpoints at YVR will be open earlier than 4 am. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:41 | comment | added | user557 | @WeatherVane Thanks for the tip. But if I choose the second option, I may not need a hotel for that night at all. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:41 | answer | added | Xnero | timeline score: 2 | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:39 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | How early to arrive at an airport always involves some personal preference and judgment. I suppose you're aware that you will have to preclear US immigration and customs at YVR, and including that extra time in your estimate? | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:38 | comment | added | Weather Vane | There are hotels with a 24-hour airport shuttle. | |
| Oct 16, 2019 at 19:27 | history | asked | user557 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |