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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
Website	ycd.ca
Map
	CYCD Location in British Columbia CYCD CYCD (Canada)
Runways
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft movements
Aircraft movements	32,446
	Sources: Canada Flight Supplement; Environment Canada; Movements from Statistics Canada

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 edit

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 2019 and March 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 edit

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

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

Passenger edit

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada Express	Vancouver
Air Canada Rouge	Seasonal: Toronto–Pearson
Pacific Coastal Airlines	Kelowna, Vancouver^[4]
WestJet Encore	Calgary, Edmonton
WestJet Link	Vancouver

References edit

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ Synoptic/Metstat Station Information
^ Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA flight service stations
^ "Airline will connect Nanaimo with Kelowna and Vancouver's south terminal". Nanaimo News Bulletin. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.