--- title: "Vancouver to West Kelowna – 3 ways by plane, car, taxi | Mixroutes" description: "Vancouver to West Kelowna is 264 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vancouver-to-west-kelowna" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vancouver-to-west-kelowna.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Vancouver to West Kelowna [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vancouver&to=West+Kelowna) [West Kelowna to Vancouver](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/west-kelowna-to-vancouver) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 264 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 1\ 3 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 264 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best 1h 15m quicker than driving for C$110 more; for most people the time is worth more. - [**Fly** best 3h 40m C$130–200 Estimated YVR → YLW · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vancouver&to=West+Kelowna) - [**Drive** 4h 54m C$47–65 Estimated 381 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vancouver&to=West+Kelowna) - [**Taxi** 4h 54m C$315–470 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Vancouver&to=West+Kelowna) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [08:10 → 11:50 3h 40m · direct C$130–200](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Vancouver&to=West+Kelowna&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=fly) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Vancouver to West Kelowna? The fastest way is by plane: about 3h 40m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 264 km. What is the cheapest way from Vancouver to West Kelowna? Fly is the cheapest, from C$130. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Vancouver to West Kelowna? About 1h 2m in the air (YVR → YLW), about 3h 40m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run C$130–200; live prices are on Flights70. How far is West Kelowna from Vancouver by road? About 381 km, roughly 4h 54m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around C$47–65; tolls and parking are extra. ## In West Kelowna City in British Columbia, Canada West Kelowna, formerly known as Westside and colloquially known as Westbank, is a city in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley on the west shore of Okanagan Lake. The city encompasses several neighbourhoods, including Casa Loma, Gellatly, Glenrosa, Lakeview Heights, Shannon Lake, Smith Creek, Rose Valley, Westbank, and West Kelowna Estates. As of 2021, West Kelowna had an estimated population of 36,078. [The West Kelowna guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/west-kelowna) Worth your time - Gellatly Bay Park Features swimming platforms and has some beach areas. - Mount Boucherie A focal point of the community and an extinct volcano. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in West Kelowna Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/vancouver-to-west-kelowna, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt