Comox Valley Airport - About Us

Corporate Profile
The Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) is centrally located on the central east coast of Vancouver Island and serves a population base of nearly 320,000 residents. It is the second largest airport on Vancouver Island and processed 308,937 passengers in 2011. Offering customs facilities and year-round direct routes to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, YQQ also provides seasonal chartered flights for Vancouver Island residents direct from Comox to Puerto Vallarta and Cancun. With the ability to access numerous domestic and international destinations through our airlines and their partners, YQQ is the best and most convenient entry point into central Vancouver Island. The commercial operations at YQQ are operated by the Comox Valley Airport Commission (CVAC), a not-for-profit, fully independent entity. The operating budget for CVAC is generated entirely through airline fees, airport parking fees, tenant lease arrangements and advertising revenue. This budget includes everything from keeping the terminal building clean to direct marketing of airline routes. CVAC provides marketing incentives to new and existing carriers and continues to work with its partner airlines to keep terminal fees as low as possible. The airport's passenger terminal building, ramp and parking areas are situated on land that has been leased to CVAC from the Department of National Defence (DND). The airport infrastructure is operated by DND, which collects landing fees directly from airlines in return for providing air traffic control, navigational aids, runway maintenance and 24/7 fire and emergency services for YQQ's commercial operations.

Corporate Profile

The Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) is centrally located on the central east coast of Vancouver Island and serves a population base of nearly 320,000 residents. It is the second largest airport on Vancouver Island and processed 308,937 passengers in 2011. Offering customs facilities and year-round direct routes to Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, YQQ also provides seasonal chartered flights for Vancouver Island residents direct from Comox to Puerto Vallarta and Cancun. With the ability to access numerous domestic and international destinations through our airlines and their partners, YQQ is the best and most convenient entry point into central Vancouver Island.

The commercial operations at YQQ are operated by the Comox Valley Airport Commission (CVAC), a not-for-profit, fully independent entity. The operating budget for CVAC is generated entirely through airline fees, airport parking fees, tenant lease arrangements and advertising revenue. This budget includes everything from keeping the terminal building clean to direct marketing of airline routes. CVAC provides marketing incentives to new and existing carriers and continues to work with its partner airlines to keep terminal fees as low as possible.

The airport's passenger terminal building, ramp and parking areas are situated on land that has been leased to CVAC from the Department of National Defence (DND). The airport infrastructure is operated by DND, which collects landing fees directly from airlines in return for providing air traffic control, navigational aids, runway maintenance and 24/7 fire and emergency services for YQQ's commercial operations.

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