Edmonton International Airport

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YEG Edmonton International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTransport Canada
OperatorEdmonton Airports
ServesEdmonton Metropolitan Region
LocationLeduc County, between Leduc and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
OpenedNovember 15, 1960; 64 years ago (1960-11-15)
Focus city forWestJet
Operating base for
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL2,373 ft / 723 m
Coordinates53°18′36″N 113°34′46″W / 53.31000°N 113.57944°W / 53.31000; -113.57944
Public transit accessEdmonton Transit System Bus interchange  747 
Leduc Transit Bus interchange  10 
Websitewww.flyeia.com
Map
CYEG is located in Alberta
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Location in Alberta
CYEG is located in Canada
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CYEG (Canada)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
02/20 10,995 3,351 Asphalt
12/30 10,200 3,109 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft movements118,000
Total passengers7,499,163
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1]
Environment Canada[2]
Movements from Statistics Canada[3]
Passengers from Edmonton Airports.[4]

Edmonton International Airport (IATA: YEG, ICAO: CYEG), officially branded YEG Edmonton International Airport since 2022,[5] is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of the Canadian province of Alberta. Designated as an international airport by Transport Canada[6] and operated by Edmonton Airports, it is located 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) south southwest[1] of Downtown Edmonton in Leduc County on Highway 2 opposite of the city of Leduc. The airport offers scheduled non-stop flights to major cities in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe.

It is a hub facility for Northern Alberta and Northern Canada. The airport has a catchment area encompassing Central and Northern Alberta, northern British Columbia, and Yukon, the Northwest Territories and western Nunavut. The total catchment area is 1.8 million residents.[7] It is Canada's largest major airport by total land area, covering just under 28 km2 (7,000 acres),[8][9] the 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic and 9th busiest by aircraft movements.[3][4] It served 8,254,121 passengers in 2018.[10][11] The airport serves as headquarters for two major Canadian airlines, passenger carrier Flair Airlines[12] and cargo carrier Morningstar Air Express.[13]

  1. ^ a b Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data - Climate - Environment Canada". June 25, 2016. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Aircraft movements, by class of operation and peak hour and peak day of movements, for airports with NAV CANADA towers, monthly". Stats Canada. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Edmonton International Airport Traffic Statistics 2015-2016" (PDF). flyeia.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 24, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Edmonton International Airport officially rebrands from EIA to YEG". August 29, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Canada, Transport (August 22, 2023). "Advisory Circular (AC) No. 302-032". 00000000 00000000. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "Edmonton International Airport Market Profile" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 11, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  8. ^ "Facts and Statistics". EIA. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  9. ^ "Welcome to Edmonton Airports Corporate Information Site". EIA. 2014. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
  10. ^ "Passenger Statistics 2018". Edmonton Airports. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  11. ^ "Passenger Statistics 2017". Edmonton Airports. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  12. ^ "Flair Airlines - Best prices on flights in Canada".
  13. ^ "About Morningstar – Morningstar Air Express Inc".