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Edmonton International Airport (CYEG) is a large, ILS-equipped international airport in Leduc County, some 30 km south of downtown Edmonton, and is the largest airport in Canada by land area. It serves as the principal passenger and cargo gateway for the Edmonton Metropolitan Region and is a hub for Flair Airlines and cargo carrier Morningstar Air Express, offering a sim pilot two long, well-lit hard-surface runways with instrument approaches.
Edmonton International Airport, branded YEG Edmonton International Airport, is the primary air passenger and air cargo facility for the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta. It is operated by Edmonton Airports and spans just under 28 square kilometres, making it the largest airport in Canada by land area. The field serves as headquarters and hub for passenger carrier Flair Airlines and cargo carrier Morningstar Air Express, and hosts a US border preclearance facility, one of only nine in Canada. For a simulator pilot it offers a substantial, professionally controlled international field with long paved runways, full ILS coverage and a busy mix of airline and cargo traffic.
The airport lies in Leduc County, roughly 30 km south of Downtown Edmonton, on Highway 2 opposite the city of Leduc, placing it on the opposite side of the Edmonton area from the former military airfield at RCAF Station Namao.
CYEG has two paved runways. Runway 02/20 is 10,930 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit, with an ILS serving runway 02. Runway 12/30 is 10,172 feet long, also hard-surfaced and lit, with ILS approaches available for both runway 12 and runway 30.
Radio services at CYEG include Tower on 118.3 MHz, which also serves as the airport advisory and approach frequency. Arrival traffic is worked on 120.5 MHz and departures on 133.65 MHz. Ground control operates on 121.7 MHz, clearance delivery on 124.1 MHz, and the ATIS broadcasts on 128 MHz. Flight Service Station traffic is on 122.5 MHz, with additional information frequencies on 122.95 MHz and 123 MHz. The field is equipped with ILS approaches for runways 02, 12 and 30.
Transport Canada selected the present site for Edmonton International Airport on the opposite side of the city from the military airfield at RCAF Station Namao, acquiring over 7,000 acres of land. The airport opened on 15 November 1960, its first terminal an arch hangar still in use today by Summit Air. A dedicated passenger terminal, built in the international style and commissioned with the mural Bush Pilot in Northern Sky by Jack Shadbolt, opened in 1963 and remains in use as the North Terminal. Traffic grew rapidly through the 1970s, reaching about 2 million passengers by 1980, before a decline through the early 1980s and into the mid-1990s attributed to continued use of Edmonton City Centre Airport for short-haul connecting flights and a slowing economy. In 1995, Edmonton voters approved by plebiscite the consolidation of all scheduled jet passenger service at Edmonton International Airport, prompting a $282 million redevelopment project between 1998 and 2005 that added a south terminal, a commuter facility and a doubled apron. A new control and office tower was added in 2009, followed by further terminal expansion in 2013. In May 2016 the airport played a major role in the response to the Fort McMurray wildfire, serving as a hub for aerial firefighting and medical evacuation and as a temporary shelter for evacuees, with its Emergency Operations Centre running continuously for 112 hours and handling over 300 additional daily flights.
Edmonton International Airport remains the principal passenger and cargo gateway for Northern Alberta and Northern Canada, offering scheduled non-stop service to destinations across Canada, the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe. It is the headquarters and operating hub for Flair Airlines and for cargo carrier Morningstar Air Express, and hosts US border preclearance facilities. There has also been planning discussed for a possible third runway and for lengthening runway 12/30 to increase capacity, though these remain proposals rather than completed works.
