Jhunter199 wrote:http://theprovince.com/business/by-the-numbers-kelowna-airport-cracks-top-10-busiest-in-canada
Perhaps you are looking at number of aircraft annually where Kelowna isn't even on most top 20 lists,
but if your going by annual passengers they are in the 9-11 range the last few years.
Or maybe I wasn't going back far enough Kelowna was the 10th busiest airport 8 years ago in 2010, but since then it's been the 11th to 13th busiest. The article you posted explicitly states that Kelowna was the 10th busiest in 2013, and that's simply not true.
2016 numbers (number of passengers):
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 44,335,198
2) Vancouver International Airport = 22,288,926
3) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 16,589,067
4) Calgary International Airport = 15,680,616
5) Edmonton International Airport = 7,523,864
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,743,091
7) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 4,015,200
8) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,908,799
9) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport = 2,700,000
10) Victoria International Airport = 1,856,421
11) Kelowna International Airport = 1,732,113
2015:
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 41,036,847
2) Vancouver International Airport = 20,315,978
3) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 15,517,382
4) Calgary International Airport = 15,475,759
5) Edmonton International Airport = 7,981,076
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,656,360
7) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,702,705
8) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 3,778,035
9) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport = 2,500,000
10) Victoria International Airport = 1,710,825
11) Kelowna International Airport = 1,593,606
2014:
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 38,571,961
2) Vancouver International Airport = 19,358,203
3) Calgary International Airport = 15,261,108
4) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 14,840,067
5) Edmonton International Airport = 8,240,161
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,616,448
7) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 3,669,797
8) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,663,039
9) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport = 2,400,000
10) Victoria International Airport = 1,650,904
11) Kelowna International Airport = 1,602,899
2013:
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 36,109,469
2) Vancouver International Airport = 17,971,883
3) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 14,095,182
4) Calgary International Airport = 14,316,074
5) Edmonton International Airport = 6,983,229
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,578,591
7) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,585,864
8) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 3,483,898
9) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport = 2,300,000
10) Victoria International Airport = 1,556,960
11) Kelowna International Airport = 1,503,288
2012:
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 34,912,029
2) Vancouver International Airport = 17,596,901
3) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 13,809,820
4) Calgary International Airport = 13,641,339
5) Edmonton International Airport = 6,676,857
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,685,956
7) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,605,701
8) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 3,538,175
9) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport = 2,300,000
10) Victoria International Airport = 1,506,212
11) St. John's International Airport = 1,450,000
12) Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport = 1,342,840
13) Kelowna International Airport = 1,440,952
2011:
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 33,435,277
2) Vancouver International Airport = 17,032,780
3) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 13,668,829
4) Calgary International Airport = 12,770,988
5) Edmonton International Airport = 6,277,137
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,624,626
7) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,594,164
8) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 3,389,237
9) Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport = 1,550,000
10) Victoria International Airport = 1,499,792
11) Kelowna International Airport = 1,390,187
2010:
1) Toronto Pearson International Airport = 31,936,098
2) Vancouver International Airport = 16,778,774
3) Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport = 12,971,229
4) Calgary International Airport = 12,630,695
5) Edmonton International Airport = 6,089,099
6) Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport = 4,473,894
7) Halifax Stanfield International Airport = 3,508,153
8) Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport = 3,369,974
9) Victoria International Airport = 1,514,713
10) Kelowna International Airport = 1,391,807