Nanaimo Airport

Regional airport in British Columbia, Canada

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
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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

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ft  | m
16/34  | 6,602  | 2,012  | Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
| Aircraft movements| 29,491

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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.

## Expansion

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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]

## Airlines and destinations

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Nanaimo Airport provides service to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Kelowna, and seasonally to Toronto via Air Canada Express, Pacific Coastal Airlines, WestJet, and WestJet Encore.

Looking South from the Northwest side of the field, featuring the expanded runway 16/34 and new taxiway 'charlie'

### Passenger

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Airlines| Destinations

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Air Canada |  Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson[citation needed]
Air Canada Express |  Vancouver
Pacific Coastal Airlines |  Kelowna, Vancouver[5]
WestJet |  Calgary
WestJet Encore |  Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver[citation needed]

## Statistics

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### Annual traffic

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Annual passenger traffic[4] Year  | Passengers  | % change

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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%

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
2. ^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
3. ^ Aircraft movements, by class of operation, airports with NAV CANADA services and other selected airports, monthly
4. ^ a b "2023 Annual Report" (PDF). Nanaimo Airport Commission. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
5. ^ "Airline will connect Nanaimo with Kelowna and Vancouver's south terminal". Nanaimo News Bulletin. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.

## External links

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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.

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