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🎉 ONE YEAR OF CONNECTING THE KOOTENAYS TO THE OKANAGAN! ✈️💙

Time flies when you’re connecting communities!

We’re thrilled to celebrate ONE YEAR of non-stop service between Cranbrook (YXC) and Kelowna (YLW) with our wonderful partners at Pacific Coastal Airlines!

And what better way to celebrate than with a little something for YOU?

🎁 Enjoy 20% OFF your next flight!

✈️ Promo Code: YXC1YEAR

📅 Book by: November 3, 2026, at 11:59 PM PT

🧳 Travel between: January 6 – September 28, 2027

Terms and conditions apply.

A big thank you to Pacific Coastal Airlines for being a valued part of our YXC family, and to our passengers for supporting this important connection! 💙

Here’s to many more years of flying together! 🥂✈️

Anywhere from here… including Kelowna! 💙

#FlyYXC #PacificCoastalAirlines #AnywhereFromHere #visitcranbrook #kootenayrockies

Flying out tomorrow afternoon? Keep an eye out for this pawsome duo! 🐾✈️

Gary and Bodie are familiar faces on the Therapeutic Paws of Canada circuit, bringing comfort and smiles to schools, care homes and the hospital. We’re so lucky to have them—and our other wonderful TPOC teams—share a little of that magic at YXC. ❤️

Spot a TPOC team during your visit? Snap a pic and tag @fly.yxc or email it to [email protected] for a chance to be featured here! 📸

Thank you, Gary and Bodie, and all our Therapeutic Paws of Canada ambassadors. Our gates are always open to you! 🐶✈️🐕‍🦺🦮🥰

A fresh look. A friendlier experience. Coming soon to flyyxc.com. ✈️

As YXC grows and evolves, we’re refreshing our website to make it easier to navigate and find the information you need—whether you’re planning a trip, welcoming someone home or exploring what our airport has to offer.

We want our Kootenay community and travellers from near and far to feel connected to YXC, with clear, accessible information and a warm welcome before they even walk through our doors.

A heartfelt thank-you to the local faces featured in this sneak peek. You’ve helped bring our community spirit to life!

And to everyone visiting our website as we make this transition: thank you for your patience. We’re excited to share what’s coming.

YXC — Anywhere from here… #flyyxc #myyxc #visitcranbrook #kootenayrockies #kootenayrockiestourism

Our hearts are with Wainwright. 🇨🇦

All of us at Canadian Rockies International Airport extend our deepest condolences to the families, friends and fellow service members grieving the lives lost in the tragedy at CFB Wainwright, Alberta.

We are thinking of those injured, their loved ones, and the entire Canadian Armed Forces community as they navigate this heartbreaking time.

To the military and civilian first responders, air ambulance crews and healthcare teams caring for those affected—thank you for your courage and compassion.

From our community to yours, we stand with you in sorrow and support. 🫡💜 #canadianarmedforces

🍂✈️ Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at YXC! 🦃🍁

Wherever your travels take you this Thanksgiving weekend — whether you’re heading home, visiting loved ones, or enjoying a little adventure — we hope you’re surrounded by all the things that make life worth being grateful for. ❤️

From our little corner of the beautiful East Kootenay to wherever you call home, we’re wishing you safe travels, warm reunions, full hearts, and plenty of reasons to give thanks.

Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at Canadian Rockies International Airport! 🍁✈️

#HappyThanksgiving #EastKootenay #visitcranbrook #gratefulforthejourney

✨ Well… that’s pretty smooth. ✨

If you’ve been to Canadian Rockies International Airport lately, you may have noticed things are looking a whole lot fresher out front at YXC!

A big thank you to Terus Construction Cranbrook for the excellent work on our parking lot repaving project. From start to finish, their team kept things moving efficiently and delivered a finished product we’re extremely happy with.

We also want to extend a sincere thank you to our passengers and visitors for your patience while the work was underway. Construction and airport travel aren’t always the easiest combination, and we truly appreciated everyone rolling with the temporary changes.

The lines are painted, the pavement is smooth, and we’re officially calling this project complete. 🙌

Here’s hoping it stays looking this good for a very, very long time. 😉

Great work, Terus — and thank you, YXC travellers! ✈️

Stay tuned…there’s more to come! ✨

#FlyYXC #visitcranbrook #Supportinglocal #TerusConstruction #myyxc

🦇 A Little Visitor at YXC!

We had a tiny and rather unexpected guest hanging out on the side of the YXC terminal yesterday. This little bat had chosen a very exposed spot for his daytime snooze — and seemed completely unbothered by the airport activity around him. 😄

Our Finance Manager, concerned that our new tenant might need a little assistance, reached out to Bat Conservation International / Bat BC resources and learned some pretty fascinating things about these misunderstood little creatures.

🦇 Bats will occasionally roost in unusual, exposed places while resting between nighttime adventures.
🦇 They may stay remarkably still during daylight hours — which doesn’t necessarily mean anything is wrong.
🦇 BC is home to numerous species of bats, and they play an important role in our ecosystem by eating huge numbers of insects each night.
🦇 The best thing we can usually do for a resting bat is give it plenty of space, keep people and pets away, and let it decide when it’s ready to move along.

And apparently, ours was ready.

When we checked his little concrete Airbnb this morning, he was gone. ❤️

We’re hoping that sometime after dark he stretched those wings, took flight from YXC and found his way back to wherever he calls home.

Safe travels, little buddy. No landing fee this time. 😉🦇✈️

❤️ Thinking of Our Province

As British Columbia faces a state of emergency, we are incredibly grateful that here in Cranbrook, our local wildfire situation remains controlled.

We also recognize how fortunate we are.

Across other parts of our province, families and communities are facing evacuations, threatened and lost homes and properties, displaced or missing animals, and so much uncertainty.

Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected — those waiting for news, those forced to leave their homes, and those watching and hoping from afar.

And to the incredible firefighters, first responders, emergency personnel, volunteers and support crews working tirelessly across B.C.: thank you. Your courage, dedication and long hours do not go unnoticed.

From all of us at YXC, we are thinking of our neighbours across British Columbia and hoping for safety, rain, and calmer days ahead. ❤️ #bcstrong #bcwildfires

The cavalry has arrived. ✈️🔥

You may have spotted these unmistakable yellow-and-blue aircraft at YXC. These are Alberta Wildfire CL-215T water bombers, temporarily operating from Canadian Rockies International Airport to support wildfire suppression efforts in the region.

Purpose-built for firefighting, these amphibious aircraft can scoop thousands of litres of water from nearby lakes in just seconds before returning to the fire line. Their ability to make rapid, repeated drops makes them an invaluable tool in slowing the spread of wildfires and protecting communities.

We’re proud to support the crews working tirelessly on the front lines and to provide a base of operations here at YXC.

If you see these aircraft coming and going, give them plenty of space and join us in wishing all wildfire personnel a safe and successful mission. 🚒🌲💛✈️ #thankafirefighter #bcwildfires #visitcranbrook #albertafirefighters photo credit: @thesociallydistantchef