CYYF
Penticton Airport
VFR
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Name
Penticton Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
CYYF / YYF / CYYF
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
9:44 pm (PST)
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Municipality
Penticton
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Coordinates
49° 27′ 47″ N 119° 36′ 7″ W
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Elevation
1’130 ft (344 m MSL)
About Penticton Airport
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 and WestJet Encore. Penticton Regional Airport terminal underwent an expansion in 2016 to add more departure seating and a further upgrade in 2019 — 2021.