Back Aeropuertu Rexonal de Penticton AST Penticton Regional Airport CEB Flughafen Penticton German Aeropuerto Regional de Penticton Spanish فرودگاه منطقهای پنتیکتون FA Aéroport régional de Penticton French ペンティクトン地域空港 Japanese Lapangan Terbang Penticton Malay Penticton Airport PMS Aeroportul Regional Penticton Romanian
Penticton Regional Airport Penticton Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Transport Canada | ||||||||||
| Serves | South Okanagan Similkameen West Kootenay | ||||||||||
| Location | Penticton, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||
| Time zone | PST (UTC−08:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,130 ft / 344 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°27′45″N 119°36′08″W / 49.46250°N 119.60222°W | ||||||||||
| Website | yyf | ||||||||||
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  CYYF Location of the airport in British Columbia, Canada  CYYF CYYF (Canada) | |||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Environment Canada[2] Movements from Statistics Canada[3] Passengers from Penticton Herald[4] | |||||||||||
Penticton Regional Airport (IATA: YYF, ICAO: CYYF), also known as Penticton Airport, is a regional airport located 1.8 nautical miles (3.3 km; 2.1 mi) southwest of Penticton, British Columbia, a city in the Okanagan region of Canada. It is owned and operated by Transport Canada, serving the South Okanagan, Similkameen and West Kootenay areas. Initial examination for the airport's construction began in 1937. The proposed locations were owned by the Penticton Indian Band at that time, but expropriated in 1939.
Temporary public use of the Penticton Regional Airport was approved in 1945, and in 1956, it was given a permanent airport license. It has a 6,000 by 148 ft (1,829 by 45 m) runway aligned 16–34, and served approximately 80,000 passengers in 2011. The airport has a restaurant, car rentals, weather office, Canada Customs, forestry air tanker base, helicopter base, and administrative buildings. It has seen two accidents and incidents throughout its history.
The airport has scheduled flights to Vancouver International Airport and Calgary International Airport, provided by Pacific Coastal Airlines[5] and WestJet Encore. Penticton Regional Airport terminal underwent an expansion in 2016 to add more departure seating and a further upgrade in 2019 — 2021.[6] Car parking is available at the airport.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
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phwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Potenteau, Doyle (December 12, 2020). "B.C. airline announces direct flights between Penticton and Vancouver". Global News.
- ^ Dacre, Colin (September 25, 2019). "New YYF arrivals area open - Penticton News". Castanet.