Nanaimo Airport

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.

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
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]

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

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

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

Airlines	Destinations
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

Annual traffic

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%

See also

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