Halifax International Airport

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Halifax International Airport
IATA: YHZ - ICAO: CYHZ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA)
Serves		Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Elevation AMSL		477 ft (145 m)
Coordinates		44°52′51″N, 063°30′31″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05/23	8,800	2,682	Asphalt/Concrete
14/32	7,700	2,347	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Number of Passengers			3,229,111
Aircraft Movements			86,393

The airport terminal soon after construction. The modern building was one of the first in Nova Scotia to incorporate large glass curtain walls into its design [1].

Halifax International Airport (IATA: YHZ, ICAO: CYHZ) (also known as HIA) is an airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, Canada that serves the Halifax Regional Municipality and central Nova Scotia as well as nearby areas of the Maritime provinces. It is the seventh busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 3.2 million passengers in 2005, and the 19th busiest by aircraft movements. Since 2000 it has been operated by the local not-for-profit private organization, Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA). The airport is headquarters to the airlines Air Canada Jazz and Canjet.

In 2004 the airport handled a total of 89,845 landings and departures with 3,242,389 passengers.

[edit] History

[edit] Pre 1960

See also: Saunders Park

An airfield on the Halifax Peninsula operated as the city's main airport until 1942, when it closed. CFB Shearwater was utilised as Halifax's primary airport until June 1960, when the new Kelly Lake airport (HIA) was opened.

The airport was moved outside of the city to nearby Enfield to try to cut back on the number of days fog would play into factor for the take-off and landing of planes.

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[edit] Operation Yellow Ribbon

Halifax International Airport during Operation Yellow Ribbon

On September 11, 2001, Halifax International Airport was part of Operation Yellow Ribbon, as it took 44 flights—more flights than any other Canadian airport involved in the operation—carrying about 7,300 passengers—more passengers than any other Canadian airport involved in the operation other than Vancouver, which registered 8,500. Much of this was because flights that were coming from Europe were told to avoid the major airports in Central Canada, like Lester B. Pearson in Toronto and Montréal-Dorval. [2]

To honour the people of Gander and Halifax for their support during the operation, Lufthansa named a new Airbus A340-300 "Gander-Halifax" on May 16, 2002. That airplane is listed with the registration D-AIFC ([3]), and is the first and sole aircraft of the whole fleet with a city name outside from Germany.

[edit] Awards

Halifax International Airport fared well in the 2005 AETRA survey for passenger satisfaction, produced by IATA and Airports Council International. Halifax International Airport was ranked the best airport in the Americas for the second year in a row, as well as the best airport in the less than 5 million passengers a year category for the third year in a row, and best domestic service for the second year in a row.

[edit] Airport

[edit] Terminal and renovations

The airport terminal building at the Halifax International Airport was originally opened in September, 1960. It was originally designed to serve around 100,000 passengers annually, and it currently serves around 3.2 million. The growth experienced in the decades since the airport's construction necessitated constant renovations, and some residents of the Halifax RM jokingly refer to it as the airport that's never completed.

In 2005 the terminal was renamed in honour of Robert L. Stanfield, the former Premier of Nova Scotia. There is a plaque noting this in a museum-like portion of the public observation floor.

Since 1998, Halifax International Airport has been undergoing an extensive renovation program. The next phase of this program was announced in September 2004. The major multi-year expansion project will include a rehabilitation of the run-ways, new terminal expansions, new parking lots, a new hotel, and internal beautifications including an observation tower. The project will cost over $90 million. The Airport has already completed the observation tower and some of the internal beautifications but the parking lot, terminal expansion and runways rehabilitation are yet to be done. The runway construction is causing delays due to the fact it is harder for planes to take off and land during this work. The work should be completed around 2008.

In December 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection approved Halifax International for U.S. border preclearance. It took effect in late 2006. HIA was previously the busiest airport in Canada without U.S. Customs preclearance.

[edit] Aerotech Business Park

The Halifax International Airport is located adjacent to the Aerotech Business Park, a municipally-run business park originally catering towards aviation companies. The zoning has since been changed to allow for other types of companies to locate there. The two largest tenants are Pratt & Whitney Canada and Northrop Grumman.

[edit] Alternate space shuttle landing site

Halifax International Airport is one of a handful of sites along eastern North America where the space shuttle could land if something went wrong during liftoff. Astronauts have training on a simulator. [4]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

• Air Canada (Bermuda, Boston, Calgary, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cozumel, Edmonton, Holguin, London-Heathrow, Montego Bay, Montréal, Orlando, Ottawa, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Saint John, St. John's, Sydney (NS), Toronto-Pearson, Varadero)
  • Air Canada Jazz (Boston, Charlottetown, Deer Lake, Goose Bay, Montréal, Ottawa, Saint John, St. John's, Sydney (NS))
• Air Georgian regional hub (Sydney (NS))
• Air Saint-Pierre (Saint-Pierre/Miquelon)
• Air Transat (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Frankfurt, London-Gatwick, Munich, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Varadero)
• American Airlines
  • American Eagle (New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia [starts December 14, 2006])

Diagram of airport

• CanJet (Cancun, La Romana, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Varadero)[5]
• Delta Air Lines
  • Delta Connection operated by Comair (Boston)
• Condor Airlines (Frankfurt) Seasonal
• Continental Airlines (Newark)
  • Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Newark)
• Icelandair (Keflavík) [starts spring 2007]
• Maritime Air Charter
• Northwest Airlines
  • Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit) Seasonal
• Prince Edward Air (Charlottetown)
• Provincial Airlines (Deer Lake, Gander)
• Skyservice (Cancun, Cayo Coco, Holguin, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Varadero)
• Sunwing Airlines (London (ON), Punta Cana, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver, Varadero)
• Thomas Cook Airlines (London-Gatwick) Seasonal
• United Airlines (Washington-Dulles)
• WestJet (Calgary [seasonal], Edmonton [seasonal], Hamilton, Orlando [seasonal], St. John's, Tampa [seasonal], Toronto-Pearson)
• Zoom Airlines (Glasgow, London-Gatwick, Punta Cana, Varadero)

[edit] Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum

The nearby Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, includes both military and civil aviation exhibits .

[edit] See also

• Halifax/Shearwater Airport
• Swissair Flight 111

[edit] References

• Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 23 November 2006 to 0901Z 18 January 2007.

[edit] External links

• Halifax International Airport Homepage
  • FlyHalifax.com
• 2004 AETRA survey results