Kelowna International Airport (YLW) Parking

Official YLW rates in Canadian dollars, verified October 28, 2026

Last verified: October 28, 2026, against Kelowna International Airport's official parking and construction pages. This page replaces older figures that no longer match the airport's rates, including a $14 long-term day, a $70 week, a $21 short-term day and a $20 valet fee.

Disclosure: ParkingAccess lists no parking at Kelowna International and earns nothing from this page. It reports what YLW publishes so you can choose a lot before you drive to the airport.

What each YLW parking option costs

• Paying: both lots are open 24 hours, lit and patrolled, with tap to pay at every exit, at the short-term cashier booth and at the pay-on-foot machines in the terminal. The booth takes cash, credit and debit from 5:30 a.m. until half an hour after the last flight; after that the express lane takes cards only.
• Touchless entry: the TIBA Mobile Access app opens the gates in both lots by Bluetooth or QR code and keeps the ticket on your phone.
• Valet, step by step: park in the marked valet spots on the curb directly across from arrivals, take your luggage inside to the valet desk, hand over the keys. On return you pay at the desk and the car is waiting on the curb. YLW asks you to reserve with its online registration form.
• Accessible parking is in the rows closest to the terminal in both lots. YLW also issues a temporary accessible parking permit for use at your destination; pick it up at the valet booth, or call 250-765-5612 (YLW parking).

When the short-term lot fills, and what to do about it

• If you are picking someone up, do not enter the short-term lot at all. YLW no longer offers a free 15-minute period there; the first hour costs $2.25. The designated place to wait is the free Cell Phone Waiting Area at Airport Plaza, beside the Canco gas station. Wait in your vehicle until your passenger says they are at the curb, then drive to the pick-up zone.
• The front curb is for active loading only. YLW's construction page says vehicles will not be allowed to park or wait for passengers along the front curb while the terminal expansion is under way (Construction at YLW).
• If you are flying out and the short-term lot is full, the long-term lot is cheaper anyway ($17.50 against $27 a day) and had hundreds of spaces free on both days we checked.
• From December 18, Drop&Go. When the long-term lot nears capacity, YLW says an attendant will take your car at the lot and park it for you; on return you collect the keys at the valet desk and find the car in a marked stall near the lot entrance. That removes the hunt for a stall on the busiest days.

What this page does not claim: that metered curbside parking has been removed (the old $2 for 30 minutes meter is no longer on YLW's page, but YLW has not said it was removed), and that a new parkade is under construction (YLW's expansion pages mention "new parking options" without a stall count or a date).

Original research: what three and seven days cost

• Valet is a $29.25 question: for a three-day trip valet costs $81.75, within a dollar of the short-term lot in front of the terminal. For a week it is $117.25, still $71.75 less than short-term.
• The Gold Pass break-even: at $27 a day, $1,290 buys about 48 days of short-term parking. Fewer than that in six months and the pass loses money.
• Method: YLW's rates as published on October 28, 2026, times the days, with the weekly rate applied where it is lower and the valet fee counted once.

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