Victoria Inner Harbour Airport

Victoria Inner Harbour Airport

Victoria Harbour Water Airport
Victoria Inner Harbour Airport; Victoria Harbour Water Airport
	A Harbour Air plane taxiing into Victoria Harbour in front of the Delta Victoria
	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′22″N123°23′15″W / 48.42278°N 123.38750°W
Map
	CYWH Location in British Columbia CYWH CYWH (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2015)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	28,501
Number of passengers	198,973
	Source: Water Aerodrome Supplement ; Environment Canada ; Movements and passenger statistics from Statistics Canada

Last updated December 13, 2024

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	Pitt Meadows, Vancouver, Vancouver Harbour Seasonal: Salt Spring Island,^[5] Tofino, Whistler/Green Lake
Kenmore Air	Seattle/Lake Union, Seattle/Lake Washington

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References

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.
1 2 Nav Canada's Water Aerodrome Supplement. Effective 0901Z 26 March 2020 to 0901Z 22 April 2021.
↑ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
↑ "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.
↑ 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
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Kenmore Air

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[2015stats-1] 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.

[CFS-2] 1 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.

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