Edmonton City Centre Airport
Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA), (IATA: YXD, ICAO: CYXD) also called Blatchford Field as well as Edmonton Municipal Airport, was an airport within the city of Edmonton, in Alberta, Canada.
Edmonton City Centre Airport Blatchford Field | |||||||||||||||
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City Centre Airport control tower in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Edmonton Airports | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Blatchford, Edmonton | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1927 | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | November 30, 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | MST (UTC−07:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,202 ft / 671 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°34′19″N 113°31′10″W | ||||||||||||||
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YXD Location within Edmonton | |||||||||||||||
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It was bordered by Yellowhead Trail to the north, Kingsway to the south, 121 Street to the west, and the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and Jefferson armouries to the east. It encompassed approximately 144 acres (58 ha) of land just north of the city centre of Edmonton.
The airport was originally called Blatchford Field, named for former mayor Kenneth Alexander Blatchford. It later was known as the Edmonton Municipal Airport, then as Edmonton Industrial Airport, and then Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA), finally ending as Blatchford Field at Edmonton City Centre Airport. Over the years, the three letter code "YXD" continued to be used for the airport by all of the airlines serving the airfield.
The airport was closed in November 2013, and as of 2018, the land is being redeveloped by the City of Edmonton as a planned community called Blatchford.