Southern Interior Flight Centre:
Southern Interior Flight Centre (SIFC) is a Canadian aviation training school in Kelowna in southern British Columbia, approximately 270 km north-east of Vancouver. Southern Interior Flight Centre provides safe, effective, 'real world' aviation training, while setting high standards to ensure the integrity of the school and its graduates is maintained throughout the aviation industry. Our pilot licence and rating programs are exciting opportunities for you to chase your dreams and become a member of the elite flying community. Industry-experienced leadership and instruction ensure you not only learn the basics, but also the 'Real World' of aviation.
Kelowna is at the centre of the Okanagan Valley, surrounded by farms, orchards, lakes, hills, mountains and plateaus. The different geographical areas provide for some of the most unique training available in North America. Our students spend time flying in mountain valleys, visiting the Rocky Mountains, travelling out over the Canadian Prairies and exploring the coast of British Columbia running along the Pacific Ocean.
Airport Variety:
Kelowna is home to the Kelowna International Airport. The airport is busy enough to challenge our students and let them become used to a controlled airport with many different operations and aircraft, but quiet enough to prevent long training delays.
Just to the north is a completely uncontrolled airport in the city of Vernon, a partially controlled airport to the south in Penticton, and many other small strips in the area which allow for exposure to every level of controlled and uncontrolled environment a pilot might encounter in his or her career.