Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome is a seaplane base serving Nanaimo, in British Columbia, Canada. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ZNA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ZNA
- ICAO code
- CAC8
- City
- Nanaimo
- State or region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Coordinates
- 49.1698° N, 123.9338° W
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ZNA means Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: CAC8. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.1698° N, 123.9338° W. The nearest large city in our data is Vancouver, about 60 km away in a straight line.
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
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nanaimo AirportNanaimo | YCD | 14 km |
| Silva Bay Seaplane BaseGabriola Island | SYF | 17 km |
| Telegraph Harbour Seaplane BaseThetis Island | YBQ | 30 km |
| Qualicum Beach AirportQualicum Beach | XQU | 38 km |
| Maple Bay Seaplane BaseMaple Bay | YAQ | 46 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,124 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,245 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,740 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,611 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,985 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,753 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,770 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,512 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,451 km | 15 h 30 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.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.