Winnipeg International Airport
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| Winnipeg International Airport | |||
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| IATA: YWG - ICAO: CYWG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Winnipeg Airports Authority | ||
| Serves | Winnipeg, Manitoba | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 783 ft (239 m) | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 13/31 | 8,700 | 2,652 | Asphalt |
| 18/36 | 11,000 | 3,353 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2005) | |||
| Number of Passengers | 3,227,447 | ||
| Aircraft Movements | 136,936 | ||
Winnipeg International Airport (IATA: YWG, ICAO: CYWG) is an airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the eighth busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 3.2 million passengers in 2005, and the tenth busiest airport by aircraft movements.
Winnipeg is also Canada's third largest airport by cargo tonnage, with approximately 150,000 metric tonnes of air cargo moving through the airport in 2005. Two of Canada's largest air cargo companies use Winnipeg as a major domestic hub: Purolator and cargojet. It is one of five airports in Canada designated under the federal government's International Cargo Transshipment Program.
The airport opened in 1928 as Stevenson Aerodrome in honor the noted Manitoba aviator and pioneer bush pilot, Captain Fred J. Stevenson. Stevenson Aerodrome was Canada's first international airport. In 1958, at the request of the Canadian Department of Transport, Stevenson Field was officially renamed as the Winnipeg International Airport. A major project involving the construction of a new terminal and parking structure is underway. It is scheduled to be completed by 2009.
The airport is connected to the Winnipeg city centre via Wellington Avenue, which connects to Route 90. Airport users can access the terminal from downtown via Winnipeg Transit bus service (Route 15 Sargent/Mountain). Winnipeg International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that has US Border Pre-clearance facilities.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Canada (Cancun, Montego Bay, Montréal, Ottawa, Punta Cana, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
- Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton, Las Vegas, London (ON), Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay)
- Air Transat (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana)
- Air West Aviation
- Bearskin Airlines (Churchill, Flin Flon, Fort Frances, Dryden, Kenora, Rankin Inlet, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, The Pas, Thunder Bay, Whale Cove, Windsor)
- Calm Air (Arviat, Baker Lake, Churchill, Flin Flon, Gillam, Rankin Inlet, The Pas, Thompson, Whale Cove)
- Delta Air Lines
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City [starts January 8, 2007])
- Execaire
- Fast Air
- First Air (Rankin Inlet)
- Keystone Air
- Kivalliq Air
- Northway Aviation
- Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- Perimeter Aviation
- Skyservice (Bahias de Huatulco, Cancun, Holguin, Mazatlan, Montego Bay, Orlando, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Varadero, Zihuatanejo)
- United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver)
- WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Las Vegas, London (ON), Montréal, Ottawa, Phoenix [seasonal], Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
- West Wind Aviation
- Zoom Airlines (London-Gatwick)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 23 November 2006 to 0901Z 18 January 2007.
[edit] External links
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