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Edmonton Airports operates the Edmonton International Airport (EIA) and the Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport. [4] The EIA is owned by Transport Canada, leased by Edmonton Airports, and part of the National Airports System. [5] It includes a planned inland port logistics support facility in support of the Port Alberta initiative. [6]
The airport generates $9.85 million of economic value to the region each year. [12] There are approximately 33 direct jobs spread across various small aviation businesses on the field. Two Transport Canada approved flight training schools operate at the airport and graduate 60-75 licensed pilots each year.
The 1963 airside terminal with an Air Canada DC-9-30 at a jet bridge gate (1979) Transport Canada selected the current site for Edmonton International Airport, on the opposite side of the city from the military airport at RCAF Station Namao, and purchased over 28 km 2 (7,000 acres) of land.
As defined by Transport Canada, an international airport: . means any airport designated by the Contracting State, in whose territory it is situated, as an airport of entry and departure for international commercial air traffic, where the formalities incident to customs, immigration, public health, animal and plant quarantine and similar procedures are carried out.
Transport in Edmonton is fairly typical for a Canadian city of its size, involving air, rail, road and public transit. With very few natural barriers to growth and largely flat to gently rolling terrain bisected by a deep river valley, the city of Edmonton has expanded to cover an area of nearly 768 km 2 (297 sq mi), of which only two-thirds is built-up, while the metropolitan area covers ...
This is a list of airports that serve the Edmonton Metropolitan Region in Alberta, Canada. [1] [2] Airport names in italics are part of the National Airports System. [3] Communities in parentheses indicates the airport is not in a community. Location of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region in Alberta
Port Alberta is a joint venture between Edmonton Global and Edmonton International Airport (EIA) based in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region in Alberta, Canada. Port Alberta provides transportation, logistics and supply chain solutions to connect Alberta's economy to worldwide markets. [1] Its office is located in Edmonton.
Edmonton International Airport: Starting at the Century Park Transit Centre, route 747 travels to the Edmonton International Airport via 23 Avenue and Highway 2 (Calgary Trail). The route stops on the arrivals level of the airport and stops at Premium Outlet Collection EIA before returning to Century Park.