Edmonton International Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Edmonton Airports | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Edmonton Capital Region, Alberta | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Leduc County, near Leduc, Alberta | ||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,373 ft / 723 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°18′36″N 113°34′46″W / 53.31000°N 113.57944°WCoordinates: 53°18′36″N 113°34′46″W / 53.31000°N 113.57944°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.flyeia.com | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passengers from Edmonton Airports. |
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| Aircraft movements | 168,889 |
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| Passengers | 7,981,074 |
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. 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. It is Canada's largest major airport by total land area, the 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic and by aircraft movements. Operated by Edmonton Airports and located 26 kilometres (16 mi) south southwest of downtown Edmonton in Leduc County on highway 2 opposite of the city of Leduc. It served 7,981,074 passengers in 2015.
Transport Canada selected the current site for Edmonton International Airport and purchased over 7,000 acres (28 km2) of land. When the airport opened on November 15, 1960, its first terminal was an arch hangar. Today, it is in use by Canadian North. 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.
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