Edmonton International Airport
Edmonton International Airport (IATA: YEG, ICAO: CYEG), officially branded YEG Edmonton International Airport since 2022, 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 and operated by Edmonton Airports, it is located 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) south southwest 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.
YEG Edmonton International Airport Aéroport international d'Edmonton YEG | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Edmonton Airports | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Edmonton Metropolitan Region, Alberta | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Leduc County, between Leduc and Edmonton, Alberta | ||||||||||||||
| Focus city for | Flair Airlines, WestJet | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access | 747 Leduc Transit 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement Environment Canada Movements from Statistics Canada Passengers from Edmonton Airports. | |||||||||||||||
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. Total catchment area is 1.8 million residents. It is Canada's largest major airport by total land area, covering just under 28 km2 (7,000 acres), the 5th busiest airport by passenger traffic and 9th busiest by aircraft movements. It served 8,254,121 passengers in 2018. The airport serves as headquarters for two major Canadian airlines, passenger carrier Flair Airlines and cargo carrier Morningstar Air Express.