Travel Vancouver Island
Air Travel to Vancouver Island BC
In order to travel Vancouver Island you need to get to Vancouver Island in the first place. Many people fly into the Victoria International Airport and others may use Sea Planes, something rather unique to this area. Victoria International Airport (YYJ) is located on the Saanich peninsular some 22 km. north of Victoria. It is the major airport on the island, other smaller ones being at Comox and Campbell River. The Victoria Airport is the ninth busiest in Canada and it handles about a million and a half passengers a year.
Expansion is underway as the use of this airport is growing substantially. Travel Vancouver Island is booming!
Airlines Serving Victoria BCThe Victoria International Airport is a very modern, well equipped airport, served by seven major airline groups.- Air Canada Jazz - "Jazz" connects with the Air Canada system, which links internationally.
- Airspeed Aviation - This is a small company with twin engine planes that connect Victoria with Abbotsford in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia.
- B.C.West Air - This is a local company with small twin engine planes that service local Vancouver Island spots such as Nanaimo and mainland cities such as Vancouver and Abbotsford.
- Horizon Air - This is the connector for Alaska Air, the Pacific West Coast International Airline. Horizon Air connects Seattle and Vancouver with Victoria.
- Pacific Coastal Airlines - This company operates the bigger twin engine aircraft that connect the Okanagan (Central British Columbia) with Victoria.
- Westjet - This company serves cross Canada and Internationally including many stops in the U.S. It also flies into Comox.
- Sunwing Vacations - This is more of a "Sun Package" airline. Charter vacations to sun destinations of all kinds.
These connections will take you to Toronto, or Seattle and then connect to wherever. The Comox airport, which was once a small military airport, still serves western Canada, particularly Calgary and Edmonton.
BC Float Planes and Helicopters
Float planes play an important part on the Island.
Did you know that the second busiest airport on Vancouver Island is the Victoria Inner Harbour? The harbor is where many of the floatplanes land, and it accounts for more than 300,000 passengers to the island every year. A rather unique way to travel vancouver island. There are a number of small planes going to Vancouver Island. Pacific Coastal Air and Central Mountain Air both serve Vancouver Island through Comox and Campbell River. Pacific Coastal Air goes as far as Calgary and the Okanagan.  Floatplanes, of course, don't need airports, just water and so they can really land on any lake or waterway. For this reason they are used more for fishing trips and less often for regular transportation.
Many, however, use the Victoria Harbour or the Nanaimo Harbour or the open water in Campbell River for landings. Many of these floatplanes also connect with the Gulf Islands. Floatplane companies include: Corilair, Harbour Air and Vancouver Island Air two of which connect with Vancouver and the Victoria Harbour and the third, Vancouver Island Air connects Vancouver with Campbell River. Amigo Airways connects to Nanaimo and Kenmore Air works the west coast stops. Kenmore Air also goes to Seattle as do Northwest Seaplanes, and Soundflight. There are others not mentioned, and many of these planes can be chartered and, by private arrangement, go wherever you want! Because of this, they often do not have a scheduled route system...just ask!
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