Kelowna International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||
| Operator | City of Kelowna | ||||||||||
| Serves | Kelowna, British Columbia | ||||||||||
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| 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′40″W / 49.95722°N 119.37778°WCoordinates: 49°57′26″N 119°22′40″W / 49.95722°N 119.37778°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 (2014). |
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| Aircraft movements | 77,492 |
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| Passengers | 1,602,899 |
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 the major hub airports of Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, and Seattle, as well as less frequent seasonal service to Cancún, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Phoenix, and Las Vegas. Currently, the airport handles up to 38 commercial departures a day, or approximately 266 departures per week.
In 2014, the airport was among the busiest airports in Canada by number of passengers with 1,602,899, representing a 6.5% increase over 2013.
Today, the recently expanded main terminal building is a modern, full-service facility covering approximately 76,000 sq ft (7,100 m2). There are 10 aircraft loading positions, all of which but two are fitted with jet bridges. The arrivals area contains three baggage carousels, one of which can be cordoned off to accommodate international/US arrivals (and remaining two for domestic arrivals) and Canadian Customs processing (The airport has CATSA pre-board screening area, but not US pre-boarding clearance zone).
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