Live flights over Kelowna International Airport (YLW)
From 28 October to 3 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 180 departures and 198 arrivals at Kelowna International Airport, 54 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Vancouver (YVR), Calgary (YYC) and Edmonton (CA-1291). The airline seen most often is WestJet Encore.
Airport data
- IATA code
- YLW
- ICAO code
- CYLW
- City
- Kelowna
- Region
- British Columbia
- Country
- Canada
- Elevation
- 433 m (1,421 ft)
- Coordinates
- 49.9561, -119.378
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Kelowna International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Kelowna.
Seen by the network
28 October – 3 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat 31 | 30 | 26 | 56 |
| Sun 1 | 38 | 42 | 80 |
| Mon 2 | 56 | 61 | 117 |
| Tue 3 | 56 | 69 | 125 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Vancouver YVR 101 flights
- Calgary YYC 67 flights
- Edmonton CA-1291 16 flights
- Toronto YYZ 10 flights
- Victoria YYJ 9 flights
- Seattle SEA United States 7 flights
- Kamloops YKA 3 flights
- Nanaimo YCD 2 flights
- Seattle BFI United States 2 flights
- Cancún CUN Mexico 2 flights
- Campbell River YBL 1 flights
- Toronto YTZ 1 flights
- Winnipeg YWG 1 flights
- Fort Saint John YXJ 1 flights
- Abbotsford YXX 1 flights
- Mesa AZA United States 1 flights
2 more connections
- Palm Springs PSP 1
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 1
Airlines
- WestJet EncoreWEN 96
- Air Canada JazzJZA 38
- WestJetWJA 34
- Carson AirCRN 19
- Central Mountain AirGLR 14
- AirsprintASP 13
- Air North Charter - CanadaANT 12
- Air CanadaACA 9
- Porter AirlinesPOE 7
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 7
Aircraft
- Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 DH8D 110
- B190 44
- Boeing 737-800 B738 23
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 17
- CRJ7 15
- Cessna 172 Skyhawk C172 14
- Bombardier CRJ900 CRJ9 10
- B350 9
- B735 8
- Airbus A220-300 BCS3 8
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Kelowna International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/49.9561/lon/-119.378/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Kelowna right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Kelowna International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Kelowna: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of YLW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Kelowna International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (28 October – 3 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were WestJet Encore, Air Canada Jazz, WestJet, Carson Air and Central Mountain Air.
What are the main connections from Kelowna International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (28 October – 3 November 2026), both ways: Vancouver (YVR, 101), Calgary (YYC, 67), Edmonton (CA-1291, 16), Toronto (YYZ, 10) and Victoria (YYJ, 9). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Kelowna? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Kelowna International Airport? +
Kelowna International Airport has IATA code YLW and ICAO code CYLW. It lies in British Columbia, Canada, at coordinates 49.9561, -119.378.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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