Kelowna Airport

• Unprecedented holiday travel season has Kelowna airport warning travellers to be prepared

  The airport is  expecting roughly 220,000 passengers in December alone, which is about 40,000 more than last year.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2024
  
• Fog creates days of delays at Kelowna International Airport

  Thick fog settling into Kelowna caused days of delays and diversions at the airport, though conditions are currently improving for those who plan to travel. 

  Traffic

  Jan 31, 2024
  
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• Fewer cancellations and delays with proposed Kelowna flight path: Airport officials

  A proposed change in the flight path will allow more planes to land in Kelowna during poor weather, airport officials say.

  Traffic

  Oct 24, 2023
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• Air Canada pulls out of Penticton due to pilot shortage, incurs community backlash

  'This is a bad decision on so many levels—it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy when you reduce service, force more people to fly out of Kelowna, reduce service, repeat.'

  Education

  Sep 13, 2023
• Kelowna, B.C. airspace closed due to area wildfires

  The airspace surrounding Kelowna International Airport has been closed to allow aerial firefighting activity for the wildfires in the Kelowna area.

  Fire

  Aug 18, 2023
• Drones edge dangerously into Kelowna International Airport flight path

  On Thursday, a second report was received that a drone was flying within the 5.6-kilometre no-fly zone around the airport.

  Traffic

  Aug 4, 2023
• City of Kelowna partners with Not In My City to combat human trafficking, sexual exploitation

  Once a victim of human trafficking has been recruited, they’ll often be moved from city to city to maximize profits, access new markets, and avoid detection by police.

  Canada

  May 25, 2023
• Kelowna airport welcoming strategy to avoid repeat of YVR winter chaos

  'When we look at the aviation system as a whole, we are interconnected, what happens in one region can have impacts on other regions and that, of course, impacts customer journey.'

  Canada

  Apr 20, 2023
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• $90M expansion at Kelowna, B.C. airport to begin this summer

  The work will be done in phases, with the first phase adding 60,000 square feet of new space to the main terminal building.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2023
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• Kelowna airport terminal closer to $90-million makeover

  The Kelowna airport project will include an expanded departures lounge to improve connections to aircraft gates and increased food and beverage options

  Traffic

  Mar 15, 2023