Edmonton International Airport

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Edmonton International Airport[1]

IATA: YEG – ICAO: CYEG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Transport Canada[2]
Operator Edmonton Regional Airports Authority
Serves Edmonton, Alberta
Location Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta
Elevation AMSL 2,373 ft / 723 m
Coordinates 53°18′35″N 113°34′47″W / 53.30972, -113.57972
Website www.edmontonairports.com
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 11,000 3,353 Asphalt
12/30 10,200 3,109 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft Movements 124,910
Number of Passengers 5,211,911
Movements from Transport Canada.[3] Passengers from Edmonton Airports.[4]

Edmonton International Airport (IATA: YEG, ICAO: CYEG) is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in Edmonton, Alberta as well as a major hub facility for Northern Alberta and Northern Canada. The airport is experiencing the fastest rate of growth in passenger traffic of any major airport in the nation.[5] It is Canada's 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic and one of the top 15 Canadian airports by aircraft movements[3]. Located approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Edmonton's central business district, it served over 5.2 million passengers in 2006[4] and is operated by the Edmonton Airports Authority. It is WestJet's third busiest hub[6], as well as a focus city for Air Canada Jazz.

Edmonton International Airport is located within the Edmonton Capital Region, close to the towns of Devon and Beaumont, the city of Leduc, and adjacent to the Nisku industrial park. It is immediately west of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, south of Highway 19, and 1.6 kilometres north of Highway 39. Within this immediate radius of the terminal there are many full service hotels and offsite parking lots complete with terminal shuttle service to offer a full range of services to the travelling public.

Edmonton International Airport is one of eight Canadian Airports that has US Border Pre-clearance facilities, where travelers clear US Customs at the airport prior to boarding flights bound for any airport in the United States.

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While the Edmonton Industrial Airport (later Edmonton Municipal Airport, and now Edmonton City Centre Airport) was originally the main airport for Edmonton and area, it was becoming apparent by the mid-1950s that the downtown airport would not be able to handle jet aircraft, which would have required much longer runways and a larger terminal building. Thus, Transport Canada selected the current site for Edmonton International Airport and bought over 7000 acres of land.

Originally constructed and opened in 1960, the airport's first terminal was an arch hangar still used by L-3 Communications and Spar Aviation. In 1963, the current original terminal was opened, still used to this day as the North Terminal. An original artwork, fired by Alberta Natural Gas, adorned the departures area exterior. During the 1970s, the airport underwent rapid passenger traffic growth as the city of Edmonton grew, and was serving over 2 million passengers by 1980.

As Edmonton City Centre Airport was still being used as an airport mainly for short-haul flights within Alberta and British Columbia, the international airport's passenger traffic actually declined from the early 1980s until 1995, as nonstop flights became less available. Over concerns about aircraft noise from Edmonton City Centre Airport and declining airline service from Edmonton arising from the two-airport system, over 77% voted in a referendum in 1995 to shift most airline passenger service over to the international airport. This created a jump in passenger traffic at the international airport and triggered an immediate need to expand it.

The international airport underwent a $350 million CAD renovation and expansion program from 1996-2004, including the construction of a new south terminal, a multi-level parking facility, central hall connecting the north and south terminals, commuter facility and a doubling of the apron.

Edmonton International Airport's passenger traffic has grown tremendously in recent years.[7] With the significant economic and population growth of Edmonton and area, Edmonton International Airport has been at or near the top of the list of Canada's fastest growing major airports in terms of passenger traffic, with passenger traffic increasing by 5% in 2004, 11% in 2005, 16% in 2006 and 16% for the first 11 months of 2007 versus the comparable period for 2006.

Edmonton Airport 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Passenger Traffic 3,940,416 3,773,800 3,882,497 4,081,565 4,511,451 5,211,911

Air Canada and other airlines have increased service to Edmonton. Since 2004, nonstop flights to destinations such as Halifax, Kelowna, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Montego Bay, Cancun, Punta Cana, and London-Heathrow have been added, although some are on a seasonal basis only.

 This article or section contains information about a planned or expected expansion of an existing airport.
It may contain information of a speculative nature and the content may change dramatically as the construction and/or completion of the airport expansion approaches, and as more information becomes available on it.

A $1 billion expansion plan has recently been approved for the airport as of October, 2007. Phase One of this revised expansion plan will involve a 253,000 square metre apron expansion to accommodate the south terminal expansion, beginning in 2008. Phase Two involves a large hammerhead-shaped south terminal extension with 13 new gates, boosting the number of gates at the airport to 30 from the current 17. Both of the first two phases are expected to be complete in 2010. Phase Three will see a new concourse linking the "hammerhead" terminal to the existing south terminal, and this is expected to be complete by 2012. The airport is growing faster than originally predicted and is now expected to handle 9 million passengers by 2012, up from the 7.5 million passengers originally predicted for that same year.[8] [9]

The parkade is currently undergoing an expansion to include an additional 1,000 stalls. Apron expansion to the north and setting up of new de-icing pads are underway as well.[10] The airport in its current state was built to comfortably accommodate 5.5 million passengers per year, and up to about 7 million passengers at the most if necessary. This figure of 5.5 million was originally projected for 2015 at the time of construction of the south terminal in 1998-2000. However, this figure has already been exceeded.

A Courtyard by Marriott hotel has been proposed to be built by the original terminal[11], and although construction of it has been delayed, construction of the hotel is now expected to begin in 2008.[12] Additionally, the ERAA (Edmonton Regional Airports Authority) has decided that Edmonton must become an A380-compatible airport if it wants to see service from the growing Asia-Pacific and mid-Eastern markets. Negotiations are underway to bring YEG's taxiways up to the minimum required width for the super-jumbo. There are also hopes of turning Edmonton into an international freight hub given its proximity to numerous intermodal facilities, carriers showing interest in this idea are Global Supply Systems, Jade Cargo, and Shanghai Airlines Cargo.[citation needed]

  • Air Transat (Cancún, Frankfurt, London-Gatwick, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Varadero)
  • Central Mountain Air (Calgary, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson, High Level, Lloydminster, Peace River, Rainbow Lake)
  • MyTravel Airways (London-Gatwick)
  • Skyservice (Acapulco, Bahias de Huatulco, Cancún, Cozumel, La Romana, Liberia, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Samana, Varadero)
  • Sunwing Airlines (Cancún, Puerto Vallarta, Santo Domingo, Varadero)
  • WestJet (Abbotsford, Calgary, Comox, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Halifax [seasonal], Hamilton, Kelowna, Las Vegas, Mazatlan [seasonal], Montréal [seasonal], Palm Springs [seasonal], Phoenix [seasonal], Puerto Vallarta [seasonal], Regina, San Jose del Cabo [seasonal], Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg)

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 25 October 2007 to 0901Z 20 December 2007.
  2. ^ Airport Divestiture Status Report
  3. ^ a b Transport Canada TP 1496 - Preliminary aircraft statistics 2006
  4. ^ a b Enplaned and Deplaned Passengers - Edmonton International Airport
  5. ^ http://corporate.edmontonairports.com/news/185
  6. ^ http://corporate.edmontonairports.com/news/185
  7. ^ Passenger Stats 2001 - 2007
  8. ^ Billion-dollar expansion set to take off at International
  9. ^ http://corporate.edmontonairports.com/expansion_redevelopment 2007 - 2012 Expansion Project
  10. ^ http://corporate.edmontonairports.com/expansion_redevelopment 2007 - 2012 Expansion Project
  11. ^ Agreement inked to build 184-room hotel at Edmonton International Airport
  12. ^ http://corporate.edmontonairports.com/expansion_redevelopment 2007 - 2012 Expansion Project

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