Kelowna International Airport
Kelowna International Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||
| Operator | City of Kelowna | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kelowna, British Columbia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | PST (UTC−08:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,420 ft / 433 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°57′26″N 119°22′41″W / 49.95722°N 119.37806°W | ||||||||||
| Website | ylw.kelowna.ca | ||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passenger statistics from City of Kelowna | |||||||||||
Kelowna International Airport (IATA: YLW, ICAO: CYLW) is a Canadian airport located approximately 10 minutes or 6.2 nautical miles (11.5 km; 7.1 mi) northeast of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on Highway 97.
The single runway airport operates scheduled air service to Vancouver, Victoria, Prince George, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Seattle, Montreal, as well as less frequent seasonal service to Cancún, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, and Phoenix. Currently, the airport handles up to 36 commercial departures a day, or approximately 248 departures per week. Three major airlines serve the airport: Air Canada, Alaska Airlines, and WestJet.
In 2018, YLW overtook Victoria International Airport to become Canada's 10th busiest airport by passenger traffic with 2,080,372, representing a 9.9% increase over 2017.