Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport

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Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport[1]
Winnipeg International Airport

IATA: YWG – ICAO: CYWG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Transport Canada[2]
Operator Winnipeg Airports Authority
Serves Winnipeg, Manitoba
Elevation AMSL 738 ft / 239 m
Coordinates 49°54′36″N, 097°14′04″W
Website www.waa.ca
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 8,700 2,652 Asphalt
18/36 11,000 3,353 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft Movements 143,060
Number of Passengers 3,387,000
Aircraft statistics from Transport Canada.[3] Passenger statistics from Winnipeg Airports [4]

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (IATA: YWG, ICAO: CYWG) is an airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the seventh busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving just under 3.4 million passengers in 2006[4], and the 11th busiest airport by aircraft movements.[3] It is a WestJet and Air Canada Jazz focus city.

Winnipeg is also Canada's third largest airport by cargo tonnage, with approximately 150,000 metric tonnes of air cargo moving through the airport in 2005. Two of Canada's largest air cargo companies use Winnipeg as a major domestic hub: Purolator and Cargojet. (Smaller cargo, courier and charter operations from Calm Air International, FedEx Express, Perimeter Aviation, NAC Air and UPS also fly out of YWG.) It is one of five airports in Canada designated under the federal government's International Cargo Transshipment Program. Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that has US Border Pre-clearance facilities.

Winnipeg Airport has closed a third runway, which had a length of 1,402m (4,600ft).


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The airport opened in 1928 as Stevenson Aerodrome in honour of the noted Manitoba aviator and pioneer bush pilot, Captain Fred J. Stevenson. Stevenson Aerodrome (Stevenson Field) was Canada's first international airport. In 1958, at the request of the Canadian Department of Transport, Stevenson Field was officially renamed the Winnipeg International Airport.

The existing terminal building was built in 1964, and was designed by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell and Associates in conjunction with IKOY. It was expanded in 1984, and a hotel was built opposite the terminal building in 1998. The terminal building is an example of modernist International Style architecture.

On 10 December 2006, the Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon announced Winnipeg International Airport was to be renamed Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in honour of James Armstrong Richardson, Sr.[5]

A major project involving the construction of a new terminal and parking structure is underway. The new parking complex is opened as of November 2006. A new airport terminal is being developed and should be complete by 2009. The current terminal's disposition is still to be decided whether it will be demolished or converted into a commercial/museum property.

  • Air Canada (Cancun, Calgary, Montego Bay, Punta Cana, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
    • Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton, Las Vegas, London (ON), Montreal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay)
  • Air Transat (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana)
  • Air West Aviation
  • Bearskin Airlines (Flin Flon, Fort Frances, Dryden, Kenora, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, The Pas, Thunder Bay,)
  • Calm Air (Arviat, Baker Lake, Churchill, Flin Flon, Gillam, Rankin Inlet, The Pas, Thompson, Whale Cove, Chesterfield Inlet, Coral Harbour, Repulse Bay)
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Execaire
  • Fast Air
  • First Air (Rankin Inlet)
  • Keystone Air (Dauphin, Swan River)
  • Kivalliq Air (Chesterfield Inlet, Churchill, Coral Harbour, Rankin Inlet, Repulse Bay, Whale Cove)
  • NAC Air (Bearskin Lake, Big Trout Lake, Brochet, Deer Lake (ON), Fort Hope, Fort Severn, Gods Lake Narrows, Gods River, Kasabonika, Lac Brochet, Muskrat Dam, Neskantaga (Landsdown House), Norway House, Oxford House, Pikangikum, Red Lake, Round Lake, Sachigo Lake, Sandy Lake, Shamattawa, Sioux Lookout, Summer Beaver, Tadoule Lake, Thompson, Thunder Bay)
  • Northway Aviation
  • Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
  • Perimeter Aviation (Berens River, Brandon, Cross Lake, Dauphin, God's Lake Narrows, God's River, Island Lake, Norway House, Oxford House, Red Sucker Lake, Shamattawa, South Indian Lake, St. Theresa Pt., Brochet, Lac Brochet, Tadoule Lake, Thompson, York Landing)
  • Skyservice (Bahias de Huatulco, Cancun, Holguin, Mazatlan, Montego Bay, Orlando, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Varadero, Zihuatanejo)
  • Sunwing Airlines
  • United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
  • WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Las Vegas, London (ON), Montreal, Ottawa, Phoenix [seasonal], Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
  • West Wind Aviation (Regina, Saskatoon)
  • Zoom Airlines (London-Gatwick)

The airport is connected to the Winnipeg city centre via Wellington Avenue, which connects to Route 90. Airport users can access the terminal from downtown via Winnipeg Transit bus service (Route 15 Sargent/Mountain).

  1. ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 March 2007 to 0901Z 10 May 2007.
  2. ^ Airport Divestiture Status Report
  3. ^ a b Transport Canada TP 1496 - Preliminary aircraft statistics 2006
  4. ^ a b Winnipeg Airports Authority Inc. Preliminary Fourth Quarter & Annual Results (Unaudited) 30 January 2007
  5. ^ Winnipeg Airport Authority, Press release: "Canada's New Government Renames Winnipeg International Airport in Honour of James Armstrong Richardson" Access date: 14 December 2006.
  6. ^ Winnipeg Sun article


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