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[10] [39] The Calgary Airport Authority, incorporated in July 1990 is a non-share capital, not-for-profit corporation formed under the authority of Alberta's Regional Airports Authorities Act. [40] The Calgary Airport Authority signed a long-term 60-year lease with an additional 20-year option, which was subsequently exercised in 2011. [40]
At the personal request of then-mayor of Calgary, Ralph Klein, Walsh led the establishment of the Calgary Parks Foundation. He was also a member of the original Calgary Airports Authority team, and eventually chair of the Authority. That in turn led to membership on the Canadian Airports Council and Airports Council International.
The Canadian Airports Council (CAC) is the Canadian trade association for Canada's airports. It is a division of Airports Council International-North America. [1]Formed in 1992, as the devolution of airports to local control was beginning under Canada's National Airports Policy, the CAC has 54 airport operator members that represent more than 100 airports across Canada. [2]
Calgary/Springbank Airport or Springbank Airport (ICAO: CYBW) is an airport located in the Rocky View County community of Springbank, Alberta, an area to the west of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. [ 1 ] The Springbank Airport acts as a general aviation reliever for Calgary's main airport, Calgary International , the 5th busiest airport in Canada ...
Calgary International is the busiest airport in Alberta and the fourth-busiest in Canada by passenger traffic, as the region's petroleum and tourism industries (and its proximity to Banff National Park) have helped foster growth, and offers nonstop flights to an array of destinations in North and Central America, Europe, and Asia.
The airport offers flights to Edmonton, Calgary, and Fort Chipewyan through airlines such as Air Canada, WestJet, McMurray Aviation, and Northwestern Air. [5] The Fort McMurray Airport Authority was established in 2010 to manage the airport and ensure its efficient operation.
In Canada, the National Airport System (French: Réseau national d’aéroports, NAS) is a group of major airports defined in the National Airports Policy published in 1994. It was intended to include all airports with an annual traffic of 200,000 passengers or more, as well as airports serving the national , provincial and territorial capitals.
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.