Originally Posted by
Hypnotize
My bad, I did mess up on a few of those. I didn't think Delta operated to LAS, either, until I saw this on the FIDS:
12:30 Delta Air Lines DL4655 Las Vegas (LAS) On Time E90
Thanks for the clarification on WJ/WS - I wouldn't want anyone confusing WestJet for Air Labrador, since the latter is so well known as a major airline in Canada.
While BLI may be close to YVR, its not the same market. If we're going to include surrounding YVR markets, you might as well include YXX and YYJ. Hell, expand the distance a bit and we can throw in YQQ, SEA, YLW, and YKA.
If you're including surrounding markets, I think it's fair to include YXX, given its proximity. YCD, YQQ, YKA don't have service to LAS. YLW, SEA & YYJ are all 4 hours away (a different beast altogether).
From my house and I'm pretty typical, it's about 30 minutes further to BLI vs YVR, factor in time to park, and you're down to a 10 min difference. And, if you live in Surrey (the 2nd largest city in BC), BLI is no further than YVR, so I really do think it's fair to consider BLI as a Vancouver metro area airport. I would say that approx 2/3 of the cars parked at BLI airport have BC plates. They don't do it anymore, but G4 actually used to list BLI as "Bellingham/Vancouver"