Most travelers will arrive in Penticton by automobile. Highway 97 is the major north-south route through the city. Travel times are about 4 hours from Vancouver, 8 hours from Calgary and 5 hours from Seattle or Spokane. Penticton is a 40 minute drive south from Kelowna. The US/Canada border crossing to the south on Highway 97 is open 24 hours a day; other border crossings in this region are closed overnight.
Penticton has a small airport (http://www.cyyf.org) with domestic flights from Vancouver. US and some international flights will land in Kelowna, 60 kilometers to the north. Most international flights will land in Vancouver where an alternate mode of transportation will be needed to make it to Penticton. There are no scheduled commercial flights between Kelowna and Penticton, however, you may charter a flight with Carson Air or Southern Skies.
Air Canada's Jazz
provides air service to Vancouver. (http://www.flyjazz.ca).Southern Skies Aviation
provides aircraft charters for transportation and sightseeing. Penticton Airport, +1 250 492-0074, (http://www.southernskies.ca).Greyhound operates coach service with connections from all other British Columbia cities. The local depot is at 307 Ellis St, +1 250 493-4101.
