Overview

Area of Responsibility (Center)

The Vancouver Area Control Centre is responsible for all airspace in the
Vancouver FIR, excluding that of Comox MTCA, Victoria Terminal, and Vancouver
Terminal when those units are in operation. A large portion of the airspace covers the
Rocky Mountains, which results in exceptionally high MEAs and MRVAs. Be very
attentive to the minimum safe altitudes when vectoring traffic, and remember there is no
radar coverage in the tighter valleys, so radar vectors below 15,000 ft are generally not
available.

Airspace

The Vancouver Center covers all of the FIR area.