Edmonton International Airport

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Edmonton International Airport
YEG Logo2.svg
YEG departure area.jpg
The check-in area of the South Terminal
IATA: YEG – ICAO: CYEG
– WMO: 71123
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Transport Canada[1]
Operator Edmonton Airports
Serves Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta
Location Leduc County, near Leduc, Alberta
Elevation AMSL 2,373 ft / 723 m
Coordinates 53°18′36″N 113°34′46″W / 53.31000°N 113.57944°W / 53.31000; -113.57944Coordinates: 53°18′36″N 113°34′46″W / 53.31000°N 113.57944°W / 53.31000; -113.57944
Website www.flyeia.com
Map
CYEG is located in Alberta
CYEG
Location within Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 10,995 3,351 Asphalt
12/30 10,200 3,109 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft movements 136,871
Passengers (2012) 6,676,445
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[2]
Environment Canada[3]
Movements from Statistics Canada[4]
Passengers from Edmonton Airports.[5]

Edmonton International Airport (IATA: YEG, ICAO: CYEG) is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in the Edmonton region of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a hub facility for Northern Alberta and Northern Canada, providing regularly scheduled nonstop flights to over fifty communities in Canada, the United States, Latin America and Europe. It is one of Canada's largest airports by total land area,[6] the 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic, and the 10th busiest by aircraft movements.[4][5] Operated by Edmonton Airports and located 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) south southwest[2] of downtown Edmonton, in Leduc County, and adjacent to the City of Leduc, it served over 6.6 million passengers in 2012.[5]

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Airline usage [edit]

WestJet aircraft at Edmonton International Airport, as seen from the North Terminal

Edmonton International Airport is one of WestJet's largest focus cities: the airline flies to 27 destinations with 46 daily departures, non-stop, from Edmonton. WestJet is the largest carrier at Edmonton International Airport, holding more than 50% of the market share.[7] Edmonton is also a focus city for flag carrier Air Canada and Air Canada Express, which, combined, operate to 12 destinations.

Canadian North and First Air connect their northern networks through Edmonton.[8][9]

Edmonton International Airport offers US Border Pre-clearance facilities.[10]

History [edit]

Transport Canada selected the current site for Edmonton International Airport and purchased over 7,000 acres (28 km2) of land. When the airport opened in 1960,[11] its first terminal was an arch hangar. Today, it is in use by L-3 Communications. In 1963, a passenger terminal, built in the international style, was opened. It remains in use as the North Terminal. Artwork, fired by Alberta Natural Gas, adorned the departures area exterior. A large mural, commissioned by the Canadian government in 1963 for CAD$18,000 titled "Bush Pilot in Northern Sky" by Jack Shadbolt, remains to this day. An appraisal in 2005 indicated that the mural was worth $750,000, and a restoration of the mural was undertaken in 2007.

During the 1970s, the airport experienced a rapid growth in traffic as the city of Edmonton grew, and served approximately 2 million passengers by 1980. However, from the early 1980s until 1995, traffic declined. This decline was attributed to the continued usage of Edmonton City Centre Airport as well as to a slowing economy. Edmonton City Centre did not have the facilities to accept large aircraft, and airlines used City Centre to fly short-haul flights to hubs in other cities.

Growth returned in 1995. In a municipal plebiscite in that year, 77% of voting Edmontonians voted to consolidate all scheduled jet passenger service at Edmonton International Airport.[12]

In 1998, the airport underwent a $282 million "1998–2005 Redevelopment Project".[13] The three-phase project included the construction of a south terminal and central hall concept, a commuter facility, doubling of the apron, and a multi-storey parkade. This redevelopment project expanded the passenger capacity to 5.5 million.

By 2005, the expansion project was completed. However continued passenger growth triggered planning for another expansion.[14]

In 2008, additional parking opened as a first phase of this second major expansion. Construction on this expansion continues to date.

In March 2010, the airport launched a campaign aimed at "repatriating" travellers who drive to the southern Alberta city of Calgary to catch their flights, rather than using Edmonton International. The campaign, poorly received in Calgary,[15] uses television and radio ads featuring "addicts" recovering from their "Calgary habit", and advises Edmontonians that, "When you head south, so does your air service".[16][17]

The airport hopes the campaign will help reduce the estimated 750,000 Edmontonions who drive to Calgary's larger airport, and therefore support more air service at Edmonton.[18]

In Edmonton, citizens and businesses are upset that Calgary has more flights, despite the populations of the two centres being nearly equal.[19] Calgary's larger airport is attributed to active hubbing by airlines like Air Canada and its Star Alliance partners, and WestJet.[20][21]

US Quick Connect [edit]

Passengers from domestic flights connecting in Edmonton to a US destination use EIA's Quick Connect, which relieves passengers from having to claim and recheck baggage during the connection, and the passenger remains post-security the entire trip.

Expansion [edit]

The new terminal as of January 2010
The new terminal almost a year and a half later in May 2011

An expansion programme initiated in October 2007 is nearing completion. The expansion increased the number of gates available for aircraft, improved apron capacity, and significantly increased the number of food and beverage options available in the terminal for passenger use. It also implemented incremental improvements like improving de-icing capacity and implementing common use systems for airlines. As of late 2012, much of the new expansion has come online nearly doubling the size of the airport's departure area. A new international arrivals area staffed by Canada Customs is now fully operational as well. Construction of a new iconic control tower is also well underway.

Construction of an eight-storey, 210-room Renaissance hotel adjacent to the north terminal began in the summer of 2011 and is expected to open in 2013.[22][23][24]

Edmonton International is an Airbus A380-compatible airport. Taxiway widening and other improvements have been undertaken.[citation needed]

Airlines and destinations [edit]

Scheduled airlines and destinations [edit]

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The Edmonton International Airport provided scheduled flights to a number of destinations.[25][26]

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Air Canada London-Heathrow, Montréal-Trudeau, Ottawa, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver
 South
Air Canada Express
operated by Jazz		 Calgary, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Yellowknife North
Air North Whitehorse North
Air Transat Seasonal: Cancún, Huatulco, London-Gatwick, Montego Bay, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Varadero South
Alaska Airlines
operated by Horizon Air		 Seattle/Tacoma US
Canadian North Yellowknife[8] North
Central Mountain Air Calgary, Fort St. John, High Level, Rainbow Lake North
Delta Connection
operated by Compass Airlines		 Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul US
Delta Connection
operated by Pinnacle Airlines		 Seasonal: Minneapolis/St. Paul US
First Air Yellowknife South
Northwestern Air Fort McMurray, Fort Smith, Hay River North
United Airlines Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
Seasonal: Denver (begins June 6, 2013)		 US
United Express
operated by Shuttle America		 Chicago-O'Hare, Denver US
United Express
operated by SkyWest Airlines		 San Francisco
Seasonal: Chicago-O'Hare, Denver		 US
US Airways Phoenix US
WestJet Abbotsford, Calgary, Cancún, Comox, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie (ends September 13, 2013), Kelowna, Las Vegas, Los Angeles , Puerto Vallarta, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, Yellowknife
Seasonal: Halifax, Hamilton, Mazatlan, Montréal-Trudeau, Orlando, Ottawa, Palm Springs, Phoenix, San José del Cabo		 North, South, US
WestJet
operated by Thomas Cook		 Seasonal: Kahului US
WestJet
operated by WestJet Encore		 Calgary (begins August 15, 2013), Grande Prairie (begins August 15, 2013) North

Charter airlines and destinations [edit]

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Sunwing Airlines Seasonal: Cancún, Huatulco, Las Vegas, Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Montego Bay, Puerto Vallarta, Abel Santa Maria, Varadero North, South

Other operations [edit]

Central Hall, the concourse that connects the north and south terminals
The WestJet baggage drop and (in background) check-in counters for CanJet, Sunwing, and Air Transat in the North Terminal
These counters, currently run by Air Transat and CanJet, were once operated by WestJet and before that, Canadian Airlines
The Departures Lounge of the South Terminal, as seen from the Observation Deck in Central Hall
Another view of the check-in area of the South Terminal

The following airlines operate out of private facilities:

Airlines Destinations
Alta Flights Private charters
ConnectAir Calgary, Fort Nelson
Enerjet Firebag
Flair Airlines Albian Sands
Integra Air Lethbridge
Morningstar Partners Private charters
Kenn Borek Air Private charters
Nolinor Aviation Firebag
North Cariboo Air Private charters
Regional 1 Private charters
Shell Canada Aviation[27] Albian Sands
Suncor Energy Firebag, Fort St. John
Sunwest Aviation Private charters

Cargo [edit]

Airlines Destinations
Ameriflight
Antonov Airlines
Astar Air Cargo operated by Nolinor
Atlas Air
Aviacon Zitotrans
Canadian North Cargo
Cargojet Airways Winnipeg
Carson Air
DHL Express
FedEx Express
FedEx Feeder operated by Morningstar Air Express
First Air Cargo
Polar Air Cargo
Purolator Courier operated by Kelowna Flightcraft
UPS Airlines
Volga-Dnepr

Top routes [edit]

Busiest Non-Stop International Routes from Edmonton (May 2011 - April 2012) (Excluding Caribbean and Mexico routes)[28][29]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Las Vegas 178,706 WestJet
2 Phoenix 169,042 US Airways, WestJet
3 Seattle/Tacoma 117,449 Alaska
4 Denver 114,802 United Express
5 Minneapolis/St. Paul 114,334 Delta Connection
6 Houston-Intercontinental 106,283 United
7 London-Heathrow 100,318 Air Canada
8 Chicago-O'Hare 88,361 United Express
9 San Francisco 81,668 United Express
10 Los Angeles 78,110 WestJet

Ground transport [edit]

Public transit [edit]

Edmonton Transit System (ETS) provides express service between the Edmonton International Airport and the Century Park LRT Station, facilitating connections to the region's wider transit system. Route 747 runs hourly between 4:10 a.m. and 12:00 a.m., with increased service during peak times. A one-way fare is C$5.00.[30][31]

Airport shuttle [edit]

The SkyShuttle services the airport and selected stops in the city of Edmonton typically adjacent to major hotels. This service must be pre-booked by phone or online. The fare for this route is C$18.00 one way per adult as of 2012.[32]

Operating conditions [edit]

Map of Edmonton International Airport prior to expansion

Weather [edit]

Summer highs can reach 35.3 °C (95.5 °F), while winter lows have reached −48.3 °C (−54.9 °F), creating one of the widest temperature swings of a major airport in Canada. Humidity however, is typically low in all seasons.[33]

Other [edit]

EIA has a wide catchment range encompassing Central and Northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, and Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Total catchment area is 1.8 million residents.[34]

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 km (0.99 mi) 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 traveling public.[35][36][37][38]

Regional air traffic control [edit]

The Edmonton Area Control Centre (ICAO: CZEG) operated by Nav Canada is located at the airport. It is responsible for all aircraft movements over Alberta (including Calgary) and most of northern Canada, including the high Arctic.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Airport Divestiture Status Report - Transport Canada. Tc.gc.ca (2011-01-12). Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  2. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 2 May 2013 to 0901Z 27 June 2013
  3. ^ Meteorological data
  4. ^ a b Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers. Statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved on 2011-05-28.
  5. ^ a b c "EIA Passenger Statistics 2012". Edmonton Airports. January 11, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2013. 
  6. ^ Welcome to Edmonton Airports Corporate Information Site
  7. ^ Passenger numbers stable in Canada in Q1; Ottawa only top 10 airport growing at more than 5%; Demand up at Air Canada and WestJet. anna.aero. Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  8. ^ a b Canadian North Flight Schedule and Interactive Flight Map.
  9. ^ First Air route map
  10. ^ "Preclearance Locations". U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 
  11. ^ EIA History – Edmonton International Airport. Corporate.flyeia.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  12. ^ "Edmonton City Centre Airport to Continue Serving Capital Region". Edmonton Airports. November 18, 2003. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 
  13. ^ "Continuous passenger growth spurs facilities review at Edmonton International Airport". Edmonton Airports. April 21, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 
  14. ^ "Edmonton Airports - Air Terminal Project (2005 - 1998)". Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 
  15. ^ [1][dead link]
  16. ^ Edmonton International Airport – Edmonton International Airport. Stopyourcalgaryhabit.ca (2011-02-28). Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  17. ^ FlyEIA's channel at YouTube
  18. ^ [2][dead link]
  19. ^ EIA staging an intervention on March 1! – Page 3 – Connect2Edmonton. Connect2edmonton.ca. Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  20. ^ Stop the Calgary Habit $4000 trip winner announced! – Edmonton International Airport. Flyeia.com (2011-02-28). Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  21. ^ Edmonton International Airport launches intervention campaign – Edmonton International Airport. Corporate.flyeia.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  22. ^ "Construction begins on Courtyard by Marriott hotel at EIA". Edmonton Airports. June 15, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2012. 
  23. ^ "Marriott to open Alberta’s first Renaissance Hotel at Edmonton airport". Metro Edmonton. November 23, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012. 
  24. ^ "Newly expanded terminal opens to record-breaking US growth". Edmonton Airports. February 11, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012. 
  25. ^ "Arrivals". Edmonton Airports. Retrieved February 9, 2013. 
  26. ^ "Departures". Edmonton Airports. Retrieved February 9, 2013. 
  27. ^ Shell Aviation – Shell Aviation. Shell.com. Retrieved on 2011-04-23.
  28. ^ U.S. International Air Passenger and Freight Statistics Report
  29. ^ UK Airport Statistics
  30. ^ "Route 747". City of Edmonton. Retrieved May 30, 2012. 
  31. ^ "Bus service to airport starts Sunday". CBC.ca. April 26, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012. 
  32. ^ "Rates - Edmonton Skyshuttle". Edmonton Skyshuttle. Edmonton Taxi Service Group. Retrieved December 23, 2012. 
  33. ^ "Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000, Edmonton International Airport". Environment Canada. November 29, 2012. Retrieved December 23, 2012. 
  34. ^ Edmonton International Airport Market Profile[dead link]
  35. ^ [3][dead link]
  36. ^ Leduc County map[dead link]
  37. ^ "Maps - Edmonton International Airport". Edmonton Airports. Retrieved January 26, 2012. 
  38. ^ Ground Transportation – Edmonton International Airport. Flyeia.com (2011-02-28). Retrieved on 2011-04-23.

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