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Ottawa to Kelowna

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Ottawa to Kelowna. From £264.99, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £264.99, every fee included. Services cover 3,520 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 25 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £264.99, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 25 October 2026

£264.99

  • 265%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £727.49Wed7
  2. about £645.61Thu8
  3. about £632.98Fri9
  4. about £447.47Sat10
  5. about £483.35Sun11
  6. about £423.20Mon12
  7. about £407.03Tue13
  8. about £323.63Wed14
  9. about £451.01Thu15
  10. about £394.89Fri16
  11. about £435.34Sat17
  12. about £342.33Sun18
  13. about £318.57Mon19
  14. about £318.06Tue20
  15. about £323.63Wed21
  16. about £318.57Thu22
  17. about £320.09Fri23
  18. about £365.58Sat24
  19. about £264.99Sun25
  20. about £294.30Mon26
  21. about £288.75Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Kelowna. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Kelowna for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Kelowna railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ottawa to Kelowna

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £199.2890 days
  2. £381.7660 days
  3. £292.2945 days
  4. £238.7130 days
  5. £288.7521 days
  6. £318.0614 days
  7. £407.037 days
  8. £632.983 days
  9. £727.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £199.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 265 percent. The dearest point is £727.49, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£727.49£199.28137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ottawa to Kelowna and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

3 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

3,520 km

3,270 km as the crow flies, 8% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

1,017,449 → 144,576

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,520 km against 3,270 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Edmonton. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Kelowna railway station

Most of the points near Kelowna railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Ottawa to Kelowna

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Ottawa to Kelowna?

Ottawa to Kelowna covers 3,520 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Ottawa to Kelowna?

The cheapest fare from Ottawa to Kelowna is £264.99, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £365.58. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Ottawa to Kelowna?

The cheapest way from Ottawa to Kelowna is by flight, at £264.99 for one passenger on 25 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Ottawa to Kelowna?

Fares from Ottawa to Kelowna bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £199.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 265 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ottawa to Kelowna?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ottawa to Kelowna, at £318.06. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ottawa to Kelowna?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ottawa to Kelowna, at £199.28 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Ottawa to Kelowna?

2 operators sell services from Ottawa to Kelowna across 1 mode: Air Canada, Flair Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Ottawa to Kelowna?

0 percent of the services we sell from Ottawa to Kelowna are direct. The rest connect at Edmonton, with about 75 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Ottawa to Kelowna use?

Services from Ottawa to Kelowna by flight leave from Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport YOW and arrive at Kelowna International Airport YLW. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Ottawa to Kelowna?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Ottawa to Kelowna allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kelowna is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kelowna and across Canada

Day trips that leave Kelowna in the morning and cover a good part of Canada by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Ottawa reaches 40 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 145 to 11,337 km. Kelowna reaches 16 places in 2 countries, from 105 to 3,984 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ottawa

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 13Operators

Arriving in Kelowna

Leaving Kelowna

  • 16Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 9Operators

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