# Victoria Harbour Seaplane Base (YWH / CYWH)

**Victoria Harbour Seaplane Base** (IATA: YWH, ICAO: CYWH) is a seaplane base in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is operated by Nav Canada. In 2017 it handled 265 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywh

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: YWH / CYWH
- Type: Seaplane base
- Operator: Nav Canada
- Serves: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Elevation: 0 m / 0 ft
- Coordinates: 48.4238, -123.3720
- Passengers: 264,801 (2017)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Vancouver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Inner_Harbour_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3914716
- Weather station: CYWH
- Ident: CYWH

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2008 | 313,953 | Wikidata |
| 2009 | 283,975 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 261,712 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 248,484 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 232,128 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 208,726 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 203,534 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 203,027 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 211,666 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 264,801 | Wikidata |

## Routes

6 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [YVR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyvr.md) Vancouver International Airport · Canada · 87 km / 54 mi · Harbour Air
- [CXH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyhc.md) Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome · Canada · 98 km / 61 mi · Harbour Air, Seair Seaplanes
- [KEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/s60.md) Kenmore Air Harbor LLC Seaplane Base · United States · 111 km / 69 mi · Kenmore Air
- [LKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/w55.md) Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 117 km / 73 mi · Kenmore Air

### Seasonal (3)

- [YGG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cax6.md) Ganges Seaplane Base · Canada · 49 km / 30 mi · Harbour Air
- [LKE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/w55.md) Kenmore Air Harbor Seaplane Base · United States · 117 km / 73 mi · Harbour Air
- [YWS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cae5.md) Whistler/Green Lake Water Aerodrome · Canada · 194 km / 121 mi · Harbour Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from YWH, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (3)

- YB [Harbour Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/harbour-air) · 5
- M5 [Kenmore Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/kenmore-air) · 2
- [Seair Seaplanes](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/seair-seaplanes) · 1

## Nearby airports

- [YYJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyyj.md) Victoria International Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [FRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfhr.md) Friday Harbor Airport · 28 km / 17 mi
- [CLM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclm.md) William R Fairchild International Airport · 35 km / 22 mi
- [ESD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kors.md) Orcas Island Airport · 46 km / 29 mi
- [NUW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knuw.md) Whidbey Island Naval Air Station (Ault Field) · 53 km / 33 mi
- [BLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbli.md) Bellingham International Airport · 74 km / 46 mi

## In collections

- [Water runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/water-runways) #27

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Victoria Inner Harbour Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Inner_Harbour_Airport&oldid=1363821162), revision of 12 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/cywh/data