Air Vice Marshal Sir Raymond Collishaw International Airport

From Dominion of British Columbia
AVM Sir Raymond Collishaw International Airport
IATA code XDC
ICAO code BCDC
MTC Location ID -
Address 3350 Skemcis Way
Nanaimo NA10 1RC
Hub for Vancouver Island Air

Air Vice Marshal Sir Raymond Collishaw International Airport is an airport in Cassidy, Nanaimo, British Columbia.

History

Originally called Nanaimo–Cassidy Field International Airport, in 1999 it was given its current name in honour of Nanaimo-born First World War fighter ace Sir Raymond Collishaw, who later also served as second-in-command of the Royal BC Air Force, and from 1966 to 1972 as Minister of Defence under Prime Minister W. A. C. Bennett.

Description

The airport is served by Collishaw Station with trains of both the Nanaimo Metro and BC Rail stopping here. From the railway station there is an underground pedestrian tunnel to the airport terminal, equipped with moving walkways.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airline Service area Destination Aircraft
Air BC Domestic Vancouver An-158, RJ85, Superjet 100
Air Canada Continental Calgary A220-200
Edmonton A220-200
Toronto–Pearson B737 MAX 8
Hawkair Domestic Ganiks Laxha Fokker 50
Mackenzie Fokker 50
Horizon Air Continental Portland, OR DHC-8-400
Seattle DHC-8-400
Island Express Air Domestic Abbotsford DHC-8-103
Alert Bay Twin Otter
North Cariboo Air Domestic Williams Lake eOtter, Skylark
Northern Thunderbird Air Domestic Mackenzie Q400, Q400NG
Prince Rupert Q400, Q400NG
San Juan Airlines Continental Bellingham EMB-110
Vancouver Island Air Domestic Boundary Bay Su-80
Campbell River Su-80
Comox Twin Otter
Courtenay Turbo Beaver, Twin Otter
Quatsino Su-80
Squamish Su-80
Tisquit Twin Otter
Tofino Su-80
WestJet Continental Calgary B737-700