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Overlay of the pre-2011 Edmonton IndyCar track on an airport map. In its final years, before closing in 2013, the airport was mainly used for air charter, general aviation, flight training and medevac (air ambulance). [28] In addition, from 2005 to 2012, the airport was annually converted into a race track for the Edmonton Indy Champ Car race.
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
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.
This is an alphabetical list of abandoned airports in Canada that were at one time important enough to warrant an article. Most of these also appear in Category:Defunct airports in Canada . This list is sorted by province or territory .
Highway 18 is a short main vehicle route in the Cowichan Valley Regional District on Vancouver Island, connecting the city of Duncan on the Trans-Canada Highway with the community of Lake Cowichan, on the shore of Cowichan Lake. [2] The highway first opened to vehicle traffic in 1953, and was re-routed to a straighter and wider alignment in 1970.
The Alberta Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The museum is located on-site at the former Edmonton City Centre (Blatchford Field) Airport on the southwest corner of the field (11410 Kingsway NW). [1] [2] The museum operates daily except for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. [3]
Terminal building in 2024. The closure of the Edmonton City Centre Airport in 2013 stimulated expansion of the Villeneuve Airport as a partial replacement. Its land base grew from 1,400 to 1,555 acres (5.67 to 6.29 km 2), the instrument landing system was upgraded, the number of hangars increased, and one runway was extended to 5,001 ft (1,524 m). [1]
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]