Customs Controlled Areas
Kelowna International Airport

Schedule – Customs Controlled Areas at the Kelowna International Airport

Part A. Interpretation

In this document, the following terms have the meanings assigned to them:

"Administration Office" (« bureau de l'administration »)

means the administration offices/buildings located in the public or restricted areas of the Airport, where professional or clerical duties are performed;

"Air and Ground Traffic Control Tower" (« tour de contrôle de la circulation aérienne et terrestre »)

means all areas within the air and ground traffic control tower building that require special access;

"Aircraft Storage Hangar" (« hangar pour le stockage des aéronefs »)

means a closed structure used to hold aircraft in protective storage;

"Airport" (« aéroport »)

means the Kelowna International Airport in Kelowna, British Columbia;

"Bonded Warehouse" (« entrepôt de stockage »)

means a facility licensed by the Minister under subsection 91(1) of the Customs Tariff;

"Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA)" (« Administration canadienne de la sûreté du transport aérien (ACSTA) »)

means the Crown Corporation charged with screening persons and/or baggage which access aircraft or restricted areas in the Airport;

"CATSA Area" (« zone ACSTA »)

means the area where CATSA screens persons and/or baggage;

"CBSA" (« ASFC »)

means the Canada Border Services Agency;

"CBSA Primary Inspection Line Hall" (« salle de la ligne d'inspection primaire de l'ASFC »)

means the area in the Airport terminal building where CBSA officers conduct primary examinations of travellers arriving in Canada;

"Check-In Area" (« zone d'enregistrement »)

means the area in the Airport terminal building where passengers obtain their boarding passes and may deposit luggage to be stowed in aircraft holds;

"Courier Facility" (« installation de services de messagerie »)

means a facility used by a commercial carrier that is engaged in scheduled international transportation of goods other than goods imported/exported as mail;

"Domestic Only Departure Lounge" (« aire de repos destinée seulement aux départs interieurs »)

means those areas of the Airport past CATSA screening that are used solely by domestic passengers;

"Domestic Carousel Area" (« zone des carrousels de bagages provenant de vols domestiques »)

means the area in the Airport terminal building where travellers retrieve their luggage after deplaning from a domestic flight;

"Employee Amenity" (« installation pour employés »)

means a room within the Airport terminal building identified by the City of Kelowna as the airport operator for the sole use of persons working at the Airport, including washrooms, lunch, locker and shower rooms;

"Fire Station" (« poste d'incendie »)

means the building at the Airport where the emergency fire vehicles are stored, and where the emergency fire services are based;

"Groundhandlers' Building" (« bâtiment des services au sol »)

means the building housing the operations of ground handling companies;

"International Baggage Hall" (« salle des bagages internationaux »)

means the area in the Airport terminal building where travellers retrieve their luggage after deplaning from an international flight;

"Parking Lot" (« parc de stationnement »)

means a place set aside by the City of Kelowna as the airport operator, for the parking of vehicles owned by the public or Airport employees;

"Runway" (« piste »)

means the strip of level paved ground on which aircraft take off and land;

"Secondary Examination Area" (« zone d'examen secondaire »)

means the area in the Airport terminal building where CBSA officers perform secondary examinations on travellers and imported goods;

"Service Provider Building" (« bâtiment des fournisseurs de services »)

means those buildings housing businesses providing services to the air transportation industry and its members;

"Sufferance Warehouse" (« entrepôt d'attente »)

means a facility licensed by the Minister under section 24 of the Customs Act;

"Taxiway" (« voie de circulation »)

means the strip of level paved ground used by aircraft to access runways and other parts of the Airport.

Part B. Designation of Customs Controlled Area

Subject to the specific exclusions set out in Part C of this designation document, the following areas of the Kelowna International Airport in Kelowna, British Columbia, are designated as Customs Controlled Areas within the meaning of the Customs Act:

All areas of the Airport where there is a likelihood that domestic workers or domestic origin travellers will come into contact with international travellers and/or international goods that have not been processed or released (as the case may be) by the CBSA, in addition to the CBSA Primary Inspection Line Hall, the International Baggage Hall, the Secondary Examination Area as well as public hallways and public stairways connecting these areas.

Part C. Exclusions

The following are excluded from the areas described in Part B:

• 1. Administration Offices;
• 2. Air and Ground Traffic Control Tower;
• 3. Aircraft Storage Hangars;
• 4. Bonded Warehouses;
• 5. CATSA Areas;
• 6. Check-In Areas;
• 7. Courier Facilities;
• 8. Domestic Only Departure Lounges;
• 9. Domestic Carousel Areas;
• 10. Employee Amenities;
• 11. Fire Station;
• 12. Groundhandlers' Buildings;
• 13. Parking Lots;
• 14. Runways;
• 15. All or part of Service Provider Buildings not physically located in an area identified as a Customs Controlled Area;
• 16. Sufferance Warehouses; and,
• 17. Taxiways.

Date modified:

2018-07-26