Nanaimo Airport

Nanaimo Airport
IATA: YCD ICAO: CYCD WMO: 71890
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Nanaimo Airport Commission
Location	Nanaimo
Time zone	PST (UTC−08:00)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL	92 ft / 28 m
Coordinates	49°03′16″N 123°52′12″W / 49.05444°N 123.87000°W / 49.05444; -123.87000
Website	ycd.ca
Map
CYCD Location in British Columbia Show map of British Columbia CYCD CYCD (Canada) Show map of Canada
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 6,602 2,012 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft movements 29,491 Number of passengers 377,454
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Aircraft movements from Statistics Canada[3] Number of passengers from ycd.ca[4]

Nanaimo Airport (IATA: YCD, ICAO: CYCD) is a privately owned and operated regional airport located 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) south southeast of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.

In 1999, the air terminal was named in honour of World War I ace Raymond Collishaw who was born in Nanaimo. The Nanaimo-Collishaw Air Terminal is the passenger terminal for the airport.

The Nanaimo Airport currently has only one available runway for instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions, runway 16. This is because the approach to the north-facing runway (runway 34) is a dogleg approach that follows the Ladysmith Harbour.

In 2010, the Nanaimo Airport Commission announced the completion of a significant runway expansion. The runway length increased by almost 1,600 ft (490 m) to accommodate larger aircraft, as well as the addition of a third taxiway (labelled Charlie), to allow direct access to the threshold of runway 16.

Shortly after the runway expansion, Nanaimo Airport saw an increase in commercial traffic because of the subsequent installation of an advanced instrument landing system (ILS) and associated lighting on the south-facing runway 16. This would soon attract the likes of WestJet Encore and Air Canada Rouge among the existing services offered by Jazz Aviation.

Between April 2018 and February 2020, a major terminal expansion took place, increasing the terminal's screening capacity from 100 passengers per hour to 1,000 passengers per hour. The apron was also expanded to compensate for the 60% size increase of the new terminal building.

The air terminal saw 435,000 passengers pass through its gates in 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Nanaimo Airport provides service to Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton via Air Canada Express, WestJet Encore and WestJet Link.

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Annual passenger traffic at YCD airport. See Wikidata query.

Annual passenger traffic^[4]

Year	Passengers	% change
2019	491,499	10.0%
2020	174,287	64.6%
2021	193,425	11.0%
2022	338,016	74.8%
2023	377,454	11.7%

• Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome
• List of airports on Vancouver Island

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nanaimo Airport.

• Official website
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Nanaimo Airport from Nav Canada as available.