Victoria Inner Harbour Airport

Not to be confused with Victoria Airport Water Aerodrome.

Victoria Inner Harbour Airport Victoria Harbour Water Airport
View of the terminal building from Ship Point
IATA: YWH ICAO: CYWH WMO: 71961
Summary
Airport type	Private
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′25.77″N123°22′16.39″W / 48.4238250°N 123.3712194°W / 48.4238250; -123.3712194
Map
CYWH Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia CYWH CYWH (Canada) Show map of Canada
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m n/a n/a n/a Water
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft movements 28,501 [1] Number of passengers 198,973 [1]
Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement [2] Environment Canada [3] Movements and passenger statistics from Statistics Canada [1]

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

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. ^[2] 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

Airlines	Destinations
Harbour Air	Vancouver, Vancouver Harbour Seasonal: Ganges, [5] Tofino, Whistler/Green Lake
Kenmore Air	Seattle/Lake Union, Seattle/Lake Washington

Other tenants

The airport is also neighbours with Canadian Coast Guard Base Patricia Bay and Institute of Ocean Sciences.

The CCG Station is a search and rescue base supported by patrol vessel CCGS Private Robertson V.C..

See also

• List of airports in Greater Victoria

References

1. "Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports" (PDF). Catalogue no. 51-203-X. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. July 2016. ISSN   1480-7505 . Retrieved January 25, 2017.
2. Nav Canada's Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 26 March 2020 to 0901Z 22 April 2021.
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.

External links

• Victoria Inner Harbour Airport at Harbour Air Seaplanes

• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Victoria Inner Harbour Airport from Nav Canada as available.
• Harbour Air
  • Arrivals/Departures
• Kenmore Air