Calgary International Airport is a medium-sized airport that serves Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the surrounding region. Its IATA airport code is YYC, and its ICAO airport code is CYYC. The airport is located at latitude 51°06'50"N, longitude 114°01'13"W, and has an elevation of 1084 metres (3557 feet) above mean sea level (AMSL).

Calgary International Airport is the third-busiest airport in Canada (as of December 2004) and the busiest in the province of Alberta, serving 8.8 million passengers in 2003. The airport is a major hub facility for Western Canada and is the home of Westjet Airlines as well as a secondary hub for Air Canada. There is also a secure U.S. Customs section of gates, so that the large number of U.S.-bound passengers get checked before even leaving Calgary.

Cargo facilities

Apron II is the main Cargo facility at the airport which can park up to four Boeing 747s. FedEx currently uses a facility on the south side of the airport but will be moving to Apron VII when the expansion is completed at the end of November 2004. Purolator has a facility in the northwest corner of the field adjacent to Apron VII. Apron VII can hold two Boeing 727s but will be able to park an additional three McDonnell-Douglas MD-11s for FedEx in November 2004.

General aviation

General aviation facilities are located on the south side of the field. These facilities include a Shell Aerocenter, an Esso Avitat, Calgary Flight Training, a customs building, and more.

Runways

• 16-34 12675 × 200 ft (3,863 × 61 m), asphalt (the longest runway in Canadian civil aviation)
• 10-28 8000 × 200 ft (2,438 × 61 m), asphalt
• 07-25 6200 × 150 ft (1,890 × 46 m), asphalt

There is also a plan to build a parallel runway east of the airport (16L-34R).

The length of Runway 16-34 can be attributed to the relatively high elevation of the airport (1084 m) and the need to support the largest passenger aircraft types (aircraft require more distance to takeoff at higher elevations, because of the reduced air density associated with altitude). Runway 16-34 is also listed as being a Space Shuttle emergency landing facility, the only one in Canada.

Construction

The Calgary International Airport is currently undergoing major upgrades and construction. The recent widening of Concourse C officially opened in December 2004. The B/C concourse will also be widened within the next year. The regional wing of the airport has also begun its phase of upgrades.

During the past couple of months the runways and taxiways have been improved and upgraded. Taxiway Hotel now connects concourse D with the main taxiway Charley which improves the traffic flow for Apron I.

Airport frequencies (MHz)

• 127.200 - ATIS
• 121.300 - Clearance Delivery
• 121.900 - Ground
• 118.400 - Tower
• 119.800 - Departures
• 125.900 - Arrivals
• 133.300 - Edmonton Center (Adjacent sector)

Concourses

The terminal has three concourses:

Concourse A

• Air Canada (Canadian destinations: Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver)
• Air Canada Jazz (Castlegar, Cranbrook, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Kamloops, Kelowna, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Regina, Saskatoon, Victoria, Winnipeg)
• Canadian North (Edmonton, Laughlin, Yelloknife)
• Central Mountain Air (Edmonton, Lloydminster, Prince George)
• Peace Air (Grande Prairie, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, Red Deer)

Concourse B and C

• Air Canada (United States and International destinations: Denver, Frankfurt, Houston Bush, Ixtapa, London Heathrow, Los Angeles International, Montego Bay, Phoenix, San Francisco, Varadero [Cuba])
• Thomas Cook Airlines (London Gatwick)
• Air Transat (Cancun, Puerto Vallarta)
• Alaska Airlines (Los Angeles International, Seattle)
• American Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Dallas-Ft. Worth)
• America West Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
• Continental Airlines (Houston Bush, Newark)
• Horizon Air (Seattle)
• Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St.Paul)
• Skyservice (Las Vegas, Maui)
• Skywest dba Delta Connection (Salt Lake City)
• United Airlines (Chicago O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco)
• Westjet (U.S. destinations: Ft. Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando, Palm Springs, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco)

Concourse D

• Air North (Edmonton)
• Hawkair (Fort St. John)
• Skyservice (Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Huatulco, Vancouver)
• Westjet (Canadian destinations: Abbotsford, Comox, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Kelowna, London [Ont.], Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Windsor, Winnipeg)

The following airlines aren't assigned to a particular terminal:

• Martinair
• Monarch Airlines (London Gatwick)
• Mytravel
• QuikAir
• SkyXpress
• LTU
• Excel Airways

Cargo airlines are:

• Cargolux
• UPS
• FedEx
• ABX Air
• Korean Air Cargo
• All Canada Express (ACE)
• CargoJet
• Purolator
• Asiana

External links

• Calgary International Airport Homepage