Nanaimo (YCD)
Nanaimo Airport handled 339,392 passengers in 2025, down 0.7% on a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada.
Flights (arrivals + departures) over time
Data Integrity
The most recent periods19 periods
| Period | Flights (arrivals + departures) 2025 | Flights (arrivals + departures) 2026 | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,348 | 1,374 | ▲ 1.9% |
| February | 909 | 1,278 | ▲ 40.6% |
| March | 1,194 | 1,471 | ▲ 23.2% |
| April | 1,862 | 1,840 | ▼ 1.2% |
| May | 1,936 | 2,274 | ▲ 17.5% |
| June | 2,191 | 2,234 | ▲ 2.0% |
| July | 2,693 | 2,516 | ▼ 6.6% |
| August | 2,518 | – | – |
| September | 2,175 | – | – |
| October | 1,759 | – | in progress |
| November | 1,463 | – | – |
| December | 1,056 | – | – |
| Year to date (Jan–Jul) | 12,133 | 12,987 | ▲ 7.0% |
Passengers over time
Full source coverage · 6 of 11 periods have data
The most recent periods6 periods
| Period | Passengers | Change vs last year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 339,392 | −0.7% |
| 2024 | 341,735 | −5.4% |
| 2023 | 361,140 | −14.8% |
| 2022 | 423,689 | +147.1% |
| 2021 | 171,459 | +55.8% |
| 2015 | 110,063 |
Tonnes of cargo over time
Series ends 2009.
Data Integrity
Short series — Nanaimo Airport has only 1 years so far. Enough to show the level now, not enough to read a trend.
Seasonality · flights (arrivals + departures) by month
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,141 | 1,387 | 1,583 | 1,799 | 1,955 | 1,884 | 2,133 | 2,110 | 1,847 | 1,570 | 1,171 | 1,037 |
| 2025 | 1,348 | 909 | 1,194 | 1,862 | 1,936 | 2,191 | 2,693 | 2,518 | 2,175 | 1,759 | 1,463 | 1,056 |
| 2026 | 1,374 | 1,278 | 1,471 | 1,840 | 2,274 | 2,234 | 2,516 |
Series depth 7 years from 2019
Environment
Airport Carbon Accreditation
Level 2 Nanaimo Airport holds Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 2 (status checked October 2026), according to the programme's public list.
A certification of how the airport operator manages its own carbon emissions (levels 1–5, "+" = with offsetting). It is not a measure of how much the airport or its flights emit.Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACI)