Kelowna International Airport
VIDEO: Five days at YLW in under five minutes
KELOWNA - Five days worth of activity at Kelowna International Airport can be viewed in under five minutes, thanks to a recently-released time lapse video of an apron expansion project. The 4-minute, 30-second video shows activity on the airport apron over five days and nights. Each second represents around 30 minutes of real time. Airport...
Airport names former Kelowna mayor and councillor to advisory committee
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - The group that advises Canada’s largest municipally-run airport will soon be joined by a couple of new faces familiar to people in the Central Okanagan. Kelowna’s former mayor Walter Gray and former city councillor Andre Blanleil, along with industry representative Meryle Corbett were all appointed to four-year terms on the Kelowna Internnational Airport...
Faulty landing gear light causes anxious moments at Kelowna Airport
KELOWNA - A faulty landing gear indicator light on a light plane landing at Kelowna Airport this morning had emergency crews on standby. “We had a Piper Cherokee, which is a small aircraft, coming in. It only had one person onboard,” Kelowna International Airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes. “They had contacted the tower because there was...
Aircraft with engine out lands safely at Kelowna Airport
KELOWNA – All the sirens in Kelowna’s north end over the lunch hour were fire crews heading to the airport as a precaution for the “unscheduled” landing of an aircraft with one of its engines out. The pilot of a Dash 8, twin-engine turbo prop notified the tower at the Kelowna Airport at around 12:15...
Find out how YLW plans to spend $55.6M
KELOWNA - Kelowna International Airport is inviting the general public to an open house so they can see for themselves how construction projects costing $55.6 million will change the landscape at YLW in the year ahead. The open house takes place from 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 31 on the Messanine level at...
Winter storm impacting flights at Kelowna Airport
KELOWNA – Flights in and out of the Kelowna Airport Sunday are being cancelled or delayed thanks to all the snow from the winter storm making it’s way from the B.C. coast through the Interior. The snow is expected to taper off by Monday morning. Flights arriving in Kelowna from Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle have...
UPDATE: Crash on Highway 97 claims a life
KELOWNA - The crash between a semi and a SUV on Highway 97 north of the Kelowna Airport Sunday afternoon claimed the life of the driver of the SUV. The highway was closed for three hours after the head-on crash around 2 p.m. 4 kilometres north of Airport Way, according to RCMP, causing a major...
Lost, confiscated and forgotten at the Kelowna airport
KELOWNA - Wallets, passports and designer bags—among hundreds of other lost items—are collected, meticulously logged and stored by the Kelowna International Airport each month. Only some find their way back home. Reuniting items with their owners is always the goal, says airport spokesperson Jenelle Hynes, it’s just not always the reality. Some items are given...
National Day of Honour recognized at Kelowna airport
KELOWNA – Almost three dozen men and women serving with the Canadian Armed Forces deployed through the Kelowna International Airport to the war in Afghanistan. The B.C Dragoon reservists and all of the country’s military veterans were recognized Friday at a ceremony at the Kelowna airport during the National Day of Honour. The Dragoons presented...