Airports in Alberta
Alberta province has 11 airports with scheduled commercial flights. However, air traffic is centered around Calgary Airport and Edmonton Airport, two busiest Alberta airports.
Air Canada and WestJet handle a significant percentage of passengers from these airports.
Below we have included a map of airports in Alberta province, with their exact locations.
List of airports
Calgary International Airport – IATA Code – YYC (~ 18 M passengers)
Calgary Airport, which is located about 16 km from downtown Calgary, is the 4th largest of Canadian airports, the airport serves as a hub for WestJet and Air Canada. In total there are more than 20 airlines operating flights to and from the airport.
The majority of flights from the airport are domestic, with Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto as the 3 most frequent destinations.
The airport also has a substantial number of international departures with the US being the number one Int. destination.
Edmonton International Airport – IATA Code – YEG (~ 8 M passengers)
Edmonton Airport is located by Leduc city about 27 km south of Edmonton downtown.
About 20 airlines operate flights to and from the airport, the majority of flights are to domestic destinations.
The international network includes flights to US cities, several seasonal destinations in the Caribbean cities as well as a few European cities.
The airport is well connected to downtown Edmonton by various shuttle services, and also has bus connections to other cities like Lake Deer and Calgary.
Fort McMurray International Airport – IATA Code – YMM ( ~ 0.6 M passengers)
The airport is located 16 km southeast of Fort McMurray, the airport currently only serves as a domestic airport with scheduled flights to Calgary, Edmonton and Fort Chipewyan.
These flights are operated by the following airlines Air Canada, Air Canada Express, McMurray Aviation, Northwestern Air and WestJet Encore.
Smaller airports in Alberta
In addition to the major airports in Alberta, there is a number of smaller airports having one or a few domestic connections operated by airline companies like WestJet Link (Pacific Coastal Airlines), Central Mountain Air, Northwestern Air, Northern Air, McMurray Aviation, Air Canada Express, WestJet Encore.
Some of these airports are severed with a regular commercial-sized plane in other with small jet and propeller planes.
Whitecourt Airport – IATA Code – YZU
- Nearby city(s): Whitecourt (7 km)
- Airline(s): Northern Air
Medicine Hat Airport – IATA Code – YXH
- Nearby city(s): Medicine Hat (4 km), Redcliff (10 km)
- Airline(s): Air Canada Express, WestJet Link
Grande Prairie Airport – IATA Code – YQU
- Nearby city(s): Grande Prairie (6 km)
- Airline(s): Air Canada Express, WestJet Encore
Lethbridge Airport – IATA Code – YQL ( ~ 0.1 M passengers)
- Nearby city(s): Lethbridge (7 km), Coalhurst (18 km), Coaldale (20 km), Taber (55 km)
- Airline(s): WestJet Link
Fort Chipewyan Airport – IATA Code – YPY
- Nearby city(s): Fort Chipewyan (6 km)
- Airline(s): McMurray Aviation, Northwestern Air
Peace River Airport – IATA Code – YPE
- Also called: Grimshaw Airport
- Nearby city(s): Peace River (7.5 km), Grimshaw (15 km)
- Airline(s): Northern Air
High Level Airport – IATA Code – YOJ
- Nearby city(s): High Level (13.5 km)
- Airline(s): Central Mountain Air, Northwestern Air
Lloydminster Airport – IATA Code – YLL
- Nearby city(s): Lloydminster (9 km)
- Airline(s): WestJet Link
Airports in neighboring provinces
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