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Kelowna International Airport

ICAO CYLW49.9561°N 119.3780°W433 m / 1,421 ftLarge airport
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Kelowna International Airport (IATA: YLW, ICAO: CYLW) is a large airport in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. It opened in 1946. It has one runway, 2,713 m (8,900 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Transport Canada. In 2025 it handled 2.3 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1946–1946
1946
OpenedKelowna International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Kelowna International Airport
16/34175° / 355° · LIT
LENGTH2,713 m8,900 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.6M
1.6M
1.7M
1.9M
2.1M
2.0M
737K
830K
1.7M
2.0M
2.1M
2.3M
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Routes

21 destinations · 3 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 287 km / 178 miYYJ · Victoria International Airport · 328 km / 204 miSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 352 km / 219 miYYC · Calgary International Airport · 401 km / 249 miYXS · Prince George (International) Airport · 491 km / 305 miYEG · Edmonton International Airport · 547 km / 340 miYYZ · Toronto Pearson International Airport · 3,066 km / 1,905 miYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 3,267 km / 2,030 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 3,397 km / 2,111 miYXE · Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport · 918 km / 570 miYQR · Regina International Airport · 1,047 km / 651 miYWG · Winnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International Airport · 1,579 km / 981 miLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,782 km / 1,107 miPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 1,934 km / 1,202 miSJD · Los Cabos International Airport · 3,097 km / 1,924 miMZT · General Rafael Buelna International Airport · 3,190 km / 1,982 miPVR · Puerto Vallarta International Airport · 3,485 km / 2,165 miCUN · Cancún International Airport · 4,295 km / 2,669 miYKA · Kamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional Airport · 113 km / 70 miYXJ · Fort St John / North Peace Regional Airport · 704 km / 437 miYMM · Fort McMurray International Airport · 920 km / 572 miCUNPVRYULMZTSJDYYZPHXLAXYWGYQRYMMYXJYEGYXSYYCSEAYXEYYJYKAYOWYVRYLW
Year-round9
YVRVancouver International AirportCanada · WestJet, WestJet Encore, Air Canada Rouge +3287 km178 miYYJVictoria International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore328 km204 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines352 km219 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, WestJet Encore, Air Canada Express401 km249 miYXSPrince George (International) AirportCanada · Central Mountain Air491 km305 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · WestJet, WestJet Encore, Flair Airlines547 km340 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines, Air Canada Rouge3,066 km1,905 miYOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines3,267 km2,030 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,397 km2,111 mi
Seasonal13
YVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Flair Airlines287 km178 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · WestJet Encore352 km219 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · Flair Airlines401 km249 miYXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore918 km570 miYQRRegina International AirportCanada · WestJet Encore1,047 km651 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · WestJet1,579 km981 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,782 km1,107 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · WestJet1,934 km1,202 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,066 km1,905 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · WestJet3,097 km1,924 miMZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · WestJet3,190 km1,982 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · WestJet3,485 km2,165 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · WestJet4,295 km2,669 mi
Most destinationsWestJet 9WestJet Encore 7Flair Airlines 3Air Canada 3Canadian North 3North Cariboo Air 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YLW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kelowna International Airport” (revision of 5 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.3M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#533of 3,974 · #127 North America · #9 CALongest runway2,713 m8,900 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,873of 29,823 · =408 North America · #29 CAElevation433 m1,421 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=12,670of 43,341 · =5,467 North America · #533 CAAgeOpened 19462026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,744of 15,079 · =1,680 North America · #39 CARunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =233 CA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/GPACIFIC RDO126.700
ATISATIS127.500
EMREMR122.675
GNDGND121.700
VDF119.600
RCOPENTICTON RDO119.600
TWRTWR119.600