Kelowna (YLW): route 23 Lake Country, running past one in the morning
BC Transit route 23 serves the Kelowna Airport stop with a Lake Country Via Airport headsign, running 05:53 to 01:01. Route 13 links to the university.
- Route 23, Lake Country, is the airport service: about 2365 scheduled calls, running 05:53 to 01:01.
- One of its headsigns reads Lake Country Via Airport, so you can pick the right bus off the front.
- The stops are named Kelowna Airport, plus a pair on the 5600 block of Airport Way about 300 metres out.
- Running until one in the morning is unusual for a Canadian city of this size and covers most late arrivals.
- Route 13, Quail Ridge, runs 07:17 to 21:50 towards UBCO, the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus.
- UBCO is barely a kilometre from the airport, which is why the connection exists at all.
- Route 90, UBCO to Vernon, passes nearby, 07:45 to 20:08, on the regional link north.
- Downtown Kelowna is about 15 km south, along the Okanagan lakeshore.
Route 23
- BC Transit's route 23, Lake Country, is the airport route. Around 2365 scheduled calls in the Kelowna system's published data, running 05:53 to 01:01.
- Its headsigns are Lake Country, Lake Country - Old Vernon Rd and Lake Country Via Airport. The third is the one you want.
- The late finish matters. Kelowna takes evening arrivals from Vancouver and Calgary, and a bus running to one in the morning covers them.
The university connection
- UBCO, the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus, is about a kilometre from the terminal.
- Route 13, Quail Ridge, runs 07:17 to 21:50 between Quail Ridge and UBCO.
- Route 90, UBCO / Vernon, 07:45 to 20:08, is the regional link north to Vernon.
- The stops on Innovation Drive at Quail Ridge, Fleet Court and Spectrum serve the campus and the business park.
Stops at the airport
- Kelowna Airport is the terminal stop.
- The 5600 block of Airport Way carries stops about 290 metres away.
- Old Vernon Road at Teather and at Black is about 800 to 950 metres out, on the highway.
The city
- Downtown Kelowna is about 15 km south down Highway 97, along Okanagan Lake.
- Lake Country is the district to the north, which is what route 23 is named for.
- This is wine country, and most visitors hire a car, but the bus genuinely works for the airport to downtown run.
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