AirportsKelowna International Airport is a large airport serving Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YLW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YLW
- ICAO code
- CYLW
- City
- Kelowna
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 49.9561° N, 119.3780° W
- Elevation
- 433 m (1,421 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,713 m (8,900 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YLW means Kelowna International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CYLW. ICAO codes that begin with C belong to Canada. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.9561° N, 119.3780° W. It stands 433 metres (1,421 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Vancouver, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kelowna International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,713 metres (8,900 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 245 airports of Canada on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 24.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,713 m 8,900 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Penticton AirportPenticton | YYF | 57 km |
| Kamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional AirportKamloops | YKA | 113 km |
| Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional AirportCastlegar | YCG | 146 km |
| Trail Regional AirportTrail | YZZ | 162 km |
| Abbotsford International AirportAbbotsford | YXX | 239 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,135 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,244 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,636 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,350 km | 9 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,652 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,782 km | 2 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,978 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,752 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,785 km | 15 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
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