Canada’s ninth-busiest airport in a single civil hall — CATSA Plus, a real Okanagan food bench, and $17.50 long-term parking, traded against no lounge, no rail, and Phase 1 construction through late 2026.
Canada’s ninth-busiest airport in a single civil hall — CATSA Plus, a real Okanagan food bench, and $17.50 long-term parking, traded against no lounge, no rail, and Phase 1 construction through late 2026.
No passenger lounge — aggregator Maple Leaf / Plaza Premium / Priority Pass YLW is fiction
Phase 1 remaining construction through late 2026; Sutton Place and the 1,000-stall parkade are not open
Official YLW pages do not print a route number; Wikipedia leftover “no evening bus” is leftover vs BC Transit Route 23
Live destinations table does not print LAX or LAS — confirm FIDS
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
2.0
Operator **City of Kelowna** since **1946**. Official leadership: CEO **Sam Samaddar** (**250-807-4301**); Director, Operations & Innovation **Phillip Elchitz** (**250-807-4304**); Director, Finance & Corporate Services **Shayne Dyrdal** (**250-807-4303**); Director, Commercial & Air Service Development **Tonja Molina** (**250-807-4362**); Director, Planning, Development & Infrastructure **William Lampard**. Search leftover still names **Geoff Ritchie** in the commercial chair — leftover vs the live Molina card. Mayor **Tom Dyas**. Live council cards: **Ron Cannan**, **Maxine DeHart**, **Charlie Hodge**, **Gord Lovegrove**, **Mohini Singh**, **Luke Stack**, **Rick Webber**, **Loyal Wooldridge**. Admin **1-5533 Airport Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1S1**. Switchboard **250-807-4300**. airport@kelowna.ca. Admin **Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.** Fax **250-765-0213**. Media **ylwmedia@kelowna.ca** / **250-317-0579**. CFS leftover ops line **250-807-4350**. Historical Ellison Field / Dickson Ranch names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **YLW**. **Do not create CYLW as a second page.** **Do not merge YYJ, YXX, YYF, or YXC.** KF Cargo / Kelowna Flightcraft is a campus tenant — this is not a cargo-only page.
One civil terminal. Official CATSA screening **3:15 a.m. until the last departure**. Official travel-tips / FAQ clock **at least two hours**. Most counters open **two hours prior** — confirm the airline. Overnight stays are **not permitted** when flights are not operating. New departures lounge and CATSA CT checkpoint opened **28 January 2026** (official / Capital News). Official projects: Phase 1 remaining work through **late 2026**; Phase 2 **2030**. Official FAQ Airport Improvement Fee **$25** on each departing (non-connecting) ticket. **No passenger lounge.** Empty `lounges: []`. **Do not seed a placeholder lounge row.**
Live official destinations table (13 Sep 2026), **21** printed routes, **eight** names: **Air Canada, Air North, Alaska, Central Mountain Air, Flair, Pacific Coastal, Porter, WestJet**. **Do not invent United as live.** Live table does **not** print Los Angeles or Las Vegas — Wikipedia / older official leftover still named Alaska **LAX*** and WestJet **LAS***. Confirm FIDS. Whitehorse is printed as Air North **same-plane via YVR**, not a true nonstop. **No U.S. preclearance.**
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **YLW**, ICAO **CYLW**, 49.956514, −119.378364, America/Vancouver. Official About elev **1,421 ft (433 m)** / runway **8,900 ft (2,713 m)**. CFS leftover (9 Jul 2026 plate): elev **1,420 ft**, 6.2 nm NE, RWY **16/34 9,039×200** asphalt, THLD 16 displ **1,200 ft**, THLD 34 displ **539 ft**, CUST AOE/215 **888-226-7277**, OPR City of Kelowna. Wikipedia leftover timezone **MST** is wrong — Pacific. Wikipedia leftover Owner **Transport Canada** vs official **municipally owned / City of Kelowna**. Origin campus **320 acres** (1946 Dickson Ranch). Official history leftover still prints the **1998** terminal as **76,000 sq ft** — pre-2026 expansion.
No passenger lounge — aggregator Maple Leaf / Plaza Premium / Priority Pass YLW is fiction
Phase 1 remaining construction through late 2026; Sutton Place and the 1,000-stall parkade are not open
Official YLW pages do not print a route number; Wikipedia leftover “no evening bus” is leftover vs BC Transit Route 23
Live destinations table does not print LAX or LAS — confirm FIDS
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
2.0
Operator **City of Kelowna** since **1946**. Official leadership: CEO **Sam Samaddar** (**250-807-4301**); Director, Operations & Innovation **Phillip Elchitz** (**250-807-4304**); Director, Finance & Corporate Services **Shayne Dyrdal** (**250-807-4303**); Director, Commercial & Air Service Development **Tonja Molina** (**250-807-4362**); Director, Planning, Development & Infrastructure **William Lampard**. Search leftover still names **Geoff Ritchie** in the commercial chair — leftover vs the live Molina card. Mayor **Tom Dyas**. Live council cards: **Ron Cannan**, **Maxine DeHart**, **Charlie Hodge**, **Gord Lovegrove**, **Mohini Singh**, **Luke Stack**, **Rick Webber**, **Loyal Wooldridge**. Admin **1-5533 Airport Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1S1**. Switchboard **250-807-4300**. airport@kelowna.ca. Admin **Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.** Fax **250-765-0213**. Media **ylwmedia@kelowna.ca** / **250-317-0579**. CFS leftover ops line **250-807-4350**. Historical Ellison Field / Dickson Ranch names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **YLW**. **Do not create CYLW as a second page.** **Do not merge YYJ, YXX, YYF, or YXC.** KF Cargo / Kelowna Flightcraft is a campus tenant — this is not a cargo-only page.
One civil terminal. Official CATSA screening **3:15 a.m. until the last departure**. Official travel-tips / FAQ clock **at least two hours**. Most counters open **two hours prior** — confirm the airline. Overnight stays are **not permitted** when flights are not operating. New departures lounge and CATSA CT checkpoint opened **28 January 2026** (official / Capital News). Official projects: Phase 1 remaining work through **late 2026**; Phase 2 **2030**. Official FAQ Airport Improvement Fee **$25** on each departing (non-connecting) ticket. **No passenger lounge.** Empty `lounges: []`. **Do not seed a placeholder lounge row.**
Live official destinations table (13 Sep 2026), **21** printed routes, **eight** names: **Air Canada, Air North, Alaska, Central Mountain Air, Flair, Pacific Coastal, Porter, WestJet**. **Do not invent United as live.** Live table does **not** print Los Angeles or Las Vegas — Wikipedia / older official leftover still named Alaska **LAX*** and WestJet **LAS***. Confirm FIDS. Whitehorse is printed as Air North **same-plane via YVR**, not a true nonstop. **No U.S. preclearance.**
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **YLW**, ICAO **CYLW**, 49.956514, −119.378364, America/Vancouver. Official About elev **1,421 ft (433 m)** / runway **8,900 ft (2,713 m)**. CFS leftover (9 Jul 2026 plate): elev **1,420 ft**, 6.2 nm NE, RWY **16/34 9,039×200** asphalt, THLD 16 displ **1,200 ft**, THLD 34 displ **539 ft**, CUST AOE/215 **888-226-7277**, OPR City of Kelowna. Wikipedia leftover timezone **MST** is wrong — Pacific. Wikipedia leftover Owner **Transport Canada** vs official **municipally owned / City of Kelowna**. Origin campus **320 acres** (1946 Dickson Ranch). Official history leftover still prints the **1998** terminal as **76,000 sq ft** — pre-2026 expansion.
No passenger lounge — aggregator Maple Leaf / Plaza Premium / Priority Pass YLW is fiction
Phase 1 remaining construction through late 2026; Sutton Place and the 1,000-stall parkade are not open
Official YLW pages do not print a route number; Wikipedia leftover “no evening bus” is leftover vs BC Transit Route 23
Live destinations table does not print LAX or LAS — confirm FIDS
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
2.0
Operator **City of Kelowna** since **1946**. Official leadership: CEO **Sam Samaddar** (**250-807-4301**); Director, Operations & Innovation **Phillip Elchitz** (**250-807-4304**); Director, Finance & Corporate Services **Shayne Dyrdal** (**250-807-4303**); Director, Commercial & Air Service Development **Tonja Molina** (**250-807-4362**); Director, Planning, Development & Infrastructure **William Lampard**. Search leftover still names **Geoff Ritchie** in the commercial chair — leftover vs the live Molina card. Mayor **Tom Dyas**. Live council cards: **Ron Cannan**, **Maxine DeHart**, **Charlie Hodge**, **Gord Lovegrove**, **Mohini Singh**, **Luke Stack**, **Rick Webber**, **Loyal Wooldridge**. Admin **1-5533 Airport Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1S1**. Switchboard **250-807-4300**. airport@kelowna.ca. Admin **Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.** Fax **250-765-0213**. Media **ylwmedia@kelowna.ca** / **250-317-0579**. CFS leftover ops line **250-807-4350**. Historical Ellison Field / Dickson Ranch names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **YLW**. **Do not create CYLW as a second page.** **Do not merge YYJ, YXX, YYF, or YXC.** KF Cargo / Kelowna Flightcraft is a campus tenant — this is not a cargo-only page.
One civil terminal. Official CATSA screening **3:15 a.m. until the last departure**. Official travel-tips / FAQ clock **at least two hours**. Most counters open **two hours prior** — confirm the airline. Overnight stays are **not permitted** when flights are not operating. New departures lounge and CATSA CT checkpoint opened **28 January 2026** (official / Capital News). Official projects: Phase 1 remaining work through **late 2026**; Phase 2 **2030**. Official FAQ Airport Improvement Fee **$25** on each departing (non-connecting) ticket. **No passenger lounge.** Empty `lounges: []`. **Do not seed a placeholder lounge row.**
Live official destinations table (13 Sep 2026), **21** printed routes, **eight** names: **Air Canada, Air North, Alaska, Central Mountain Air, Flair, Pacific Coastal, Porter, WestJet**. **Do not invent United as live.** Live table does **not** print Los Angeles or Las Vegas — Wikipedia / older official leftover still named Alaska **LAX*** and WestJet **LAS***. Confirm FIDS. Whitehorse is printed as Air North **same-plane via YVR**, not a true nonstop. **No U.S. preclearance.**
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **YLW**, ICAO **CYLW**, 49.956514, −119.378364, America/Vancouver. Official About elev **1,421 ft (433 m)** / runway **8,900 ft (2,713 m)**. CFS leftover (9 Jul 2026 plate): elev **1,420 ft**, 6.2 nm NE, RWY **16/34 9,039×200** asphalt, THLD 16 displ **1,200 ft**, THLD 34 displ **539 ft**, CUST AOE/215 **888-226-7277**, OPR City of Kelowna. Wikipedia leftover timezone **MST** is wrong — Pacific. Wikipedia leftover Owner **Transport Canada** vs official **municipally owned / City of Kelowna**. Origin campus **320 acres** (1946 Dickson Ranch). Official history leftover still prints the **1998** terminal as **76,000 sq ft** — pre-2026 expansion.
No passenger lounge. Official shops / FAQ / maps have no paid club. No Maple Leaf Lounge, no Plaza Premium, no Priority Pass, no Escape. March 2026 EOI for a future common-use lounge in the expansion is not an open lounge. White Spot “Restaurant and Lounge” is a kitchen. Wikipedia leftover Skyway Atrium Lounge is leftover vs the live shops page. Empty lounges: []. Do not seed a placeholder.
No passenger lounge — aggregator Maple Leaf / Plaza Premium / Priority Pass YLW is fiction
Phase 1 remaining construction through late 2026; Sutton Place and the 1,000-stall parkade are not open
Official YLW pages do not print a route number; Wikipedia leftover “no evening bus” is leftover vs BC Transit Route 23
Live destinations table does not print LAX or LAS — confirm FIDS
Lounges · 10%
Worth-it density and access quality.
2.0
Operator **City of Kelowna** since **1946**. Official leadership: CEO **Sam Samaddar** (**250-807-4301**); Director, Operations & Innovation **Phillip Elchitz** (**250-807-4304**); Director, Finance & Corporate Services **Shayne Dyrdal** (**250-807-4303**); Director, Commercial & Air Service Development **Tonja Molina** (**250-807-4362**); Director, Planning, Development & Infrastructure **William Lampard**. Search leftover still names **Geoff Ritchie** in the commercial chair — leftover vs the live Molina card. Mayor **Tom Dyas**. Live council cards: **Ron Cannan**, **Maxine DeHart**, **Charlie Hodge**, **Gord Lovegrove**, **Mohini Singh**, **Luke Stack**, **Rick Webber**, **Loyal Wooldridge**. Admin **1-5533 Airport Way, Kelowna, BC V1V 1S1**. Switchboard **250-807-4300**. airport@kelowna.ca. Admin **Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.** Fax **250-765-0213**. Media **ylwmedia@kelowna.ca** / **250-317-0579**. CFS leftover ops line **250-807-4350**. Historical Ellison Field / Dickson Ranch names are gone as passenger branding; IATA stays **YLW**. **Do not create CYLW as a second page.** **Do not merge YYJ, YXX, YYF, or YXC.** KF Cargo / Kelowna Flightcraft is a campus tenant — this is not a cargo-only page.
One civil terminal. Official CATSA screening **3:15 a.m. until the last departure**. Official travel-tips / FAQ clock **at least two hours**. Most counters open **two hours prior** — confirm the airline. Overnight stays are **not permitted** when flights are not operating. New departures lounge and CATSA CT checkpoint opened **28 January 2026** (official / Capital News). Official projects: Phase 1 remaining work through **late 2026**; Phase 2 **2030**. Official FAQ Airport Improvement Fee **$25** on each departing (non-connecting) ticket. **No passenger lounge.** Empty `lounges: []`. **Do not seed a placeholder lounge row.**
Live official destinations table (13 Sep 2026), **21** printed routes, **eight** names: **Air Canada, Air North, Alaska, Central Mountain Air, Flair, Pacific Coastal, Porter, WestJet**. **Do not invent United as live.** Live table does **not** print Los Angeles or Las Vegas — Wikipedia / older official leftover still named Alaska **LAX*** and WestJet **LAS***. Confirm FIDS. Whitehorse is printed as Air North **same-plane via YVR**, not a true nonstop. **No U.S. preclearance.**
`lib/airports.json`: IATA **YLW**, ICAO **CYLW**, 49.956514, −119.378364, America/Vancouver. Official About elev **1,421 ft (433 m)** / runway **8,900 ft (2,713 m)**. CFS leftover (9 Jul 2026 plate): elev **1,420 ft**, 6.2 nm NE, RWY **16/34 9,039×200** asphalt, THLD 16 displ **1,200 ft**, THLD 34 displ **539 ft**, CUST AOE/215 **888-226-7277**, OPR City of Kelowna. Wikipedia leftover timezone **MST** is wrong — Pacific. Wikipedia leftover Owner **Transport Canada** vs official **municipally owned / City of Kelowna**. Origin campus **320 acres** (1946 Dickson Ranch). Official history leftover still prints the **1998** terminal as **76,000 sq ft** — pre-2026 expansion.
No passenger lounge. Official shops / FAQ / maps have no paid club. No Maple Leaf Lounge, no Plaza Premium, no Priority Pass, no Escape. March 2026 EOI for a future common-use lounge in the expansion is not an open lounge. White Spot “Restaurant and Lounge” is a kitchen. Wikipedia leftover Skyway Atrium Lounge is leftover vs the live shops page. Empty lounges: []. Do not seed a placeholder.