Victoria Inner Harbour Airport

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Victoria Inner Harbour Airport
Victoria Harbour Water Airport
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View of the terminal building from Ship Point
Summary
Airport typePrivate
Operator Transport Canada
Serves Victoria, British Columbia
Location Victoria Harbour
Time zone PST (UTC−08:00)
  Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation  AMSL 0 ft / 0 m
Coordinates 48°25′22″N123°23′15″W / 48.42278°N 123.38750°W / 48.42278; -123.38750 [1]
Map
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CYWH
Location in British Columbia
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CYWH
CYWH (Canada)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
n/an/an/aWater
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft movements28,501 [2]
Number of passengers198,973 [2]
Source: Canada Flight Supplement [1]
Environment Canada [3]
Movements and passenger statistics from Statistics Canada [2]

Victoria Inner Harbour Airport or Victoria Harbour Water Airport( IATA : YWH, ICAO : CYWH) is located in Victoria Harbour, adjacent to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Transport Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle small airline and general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers. [1] The facility can be used only by floatplanes and seaplanes.

In 2007, the link to Vancouver Harbour Water Airport was, according to the Official Airline Guide, Canada's busiest air route by the number of weekly flights. [4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Harbour Air Vancouver, Vancouver Harbour
Seasonal: Ganges, [5] Seattle–Lake Union (begins June 11, 2026), [6] Whistler–Green Lake
Kenmore Air Seattle–Lake Union, Seattle–Lake Washington
Seair Seaplanes Vancouver Harbour (begins October 20, 2025) [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports" (PDF). Catalogue no. 51-203-X. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. July 2016. ISSN   1480-7505 . Retrieved January 25, 2017.
  3. Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
  4. "OAG reveals latest industry intelligence on the busiest routes" (Press release). OAG. September 21, 2007. Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  5. Liu, Jim (June 20, 2024). "HARBOUR AIR JUNE 2024 NETWORK ADDITIONS" . Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. Chatterjee, Bhagyashree (September 5, 2025). "Harbour Air announces major updates to its flight schedule". Daily Hive Vancouver. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  7. Ali, Amir (September 29, 2025). "New 'fastest' Vancouver to Victoria seaplane route launches soon". Daily Hive Vancouver. Retrieved September 29, 2025.