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Volunteer Program

The first person a passenger is likely to encounter at the Comox Valley Airport is a smiling Airport Volunteer. This dedicated group plays a key part in personalizing the passenger experience - a role that is greatly valued throughout YQQ.

Comprised of almost 50 individuals with a broad range of experience and skill sets, the YQQ Volunteer Host Program is modeled after other successful airports across the country. Each volunteer is scheduled for an average of one shift per week, coinciding with the arrival and departure of daily flights to Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton and seasonal flights to Puerto Vallarta.

Volunteers are stationed in the departures area, ready and willing to assist passengers with questions about boarding, checking luggage and parking. When planes land at YQQ, Volunteers are also waiting to greet arriving passengers and answer questions about hotels and activities within the Comox Valley and surrounding area.

If becoming a Volunteer Host at the Comox Valley Airport is of interest to you, please contact CVAC Administration at 250-890-0829 ext. 224 or email YQQ Administration.

School Tour Program

YQQ is helping to increase awareness among students in the Comox Valley about the airport and its operations through its school tour program.

Age Groups

Tours are designed for students in kindergarten through grade three. There are also special shorter versions of the tour available for pre-school aged students from three to five years.

Tour Itinerary

The elementary school program follows a day in the life of YQQ, starting with a tour where the first stop is meeting airline staff and discussing how passengers check into flights. The tour includes a lesson on how baggage is screened by security staff. The interactive tour utilizes a special demonstration suitcase full of items that allows students see how baggage screeners utilize the x-ray screening equipment.

Students will also learn how baggage is collected and loaded in and out of an aircraft. They will receive a special escorted tour on the “airside” of YQQ operations to learn about how aircraft and passengers are handled once they arrive at the terminal building. There is plenty of opportunity for questions and at the conclusion of the tour students will receive a special souvenir from the airport.

Booking a Tour

Elementary and pre-school officials that are interested in booking a tour for their students, or obtaining more information about the program, can email YQQ Administration or phone 250-890-0829 ext. 254.