Airports / Canada / YLW
Kelowna International Airport
CYLW / YLWKelowna, CanadaELEV 1,421 FT
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
18 nm
To the nearest alternate
Vernon Regional Airport (YVE) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Kelowna International Airport, listed as CYLW / YLW, is a large commercial airport in Kelowna, Canada. The field lies at an elevation of 1,421 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
Charter departments call it home: Carson Air, Ltd bases aircraft at YLW. Useful alternates include Vernon Regional Airport (YVE, 18 nm), Penticton Airport (YYF, 31 nm), and Shuswap Regional Airport (YSN, 44 nm).
Quotes for flights out of YLW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Kelowna and Okanagan. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from YLW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
CYLW
IATA
YLW
FAA / Local
CYLW
Elevation
1,421 ft
Coordinates
49.9561° N · 119.3780° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Canada fields
state range 6–3,940 ft
At 1,421 ft, YLW sits higher than 76% of the 250 Canada fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 18nmYVEVernon Regional AirportVernon
- 31nmYYFPenticton AirportPenticton
- 44nmYSNShuswap Regional AirportSalmon Arm
- 61nmYKAKamloops John Moose Fulton Field Regional AirportKamloops
- 67nmZGFGrand Forks AirportGrand Forks
- 76nmYRVRevelstoke AirportRevelstoke
Location
Open the full mapCYLW · Kelowna International Airport · Kelowna, Canada