35 minute drive to/from Nanaimo Intl Airport (YCD), an hour+ drive to/from Comox Airport (YQQ), or two hour drive from Victoria Intl Airport (YYJ). You are  70 minutes from downtown Nanaimo to/from downtown Vancouver on the new Hullo fast catamaran service, passengers only, no cars. If driving from Vancouver Intl Airport (YVR) we are just over three hours using either Swartz Bay or Horseshoe Bay BC Ferry Terminal. For skiers we are just under a four hour drive to Whistler BC using the Departure Bay BC Ferry Terminal and a little over an hour drive to Mt Washington just north of our house in the Comox Valley. There are multiple float plane and airport flights from Vancouver (YVR) and Seattle (SEA) to Nanaimo Harbour Water Aerodrome (ZNA) and (YCD).