Edmonton International Airport

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is the fifth-busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic and the largest major airport in Canada by land area, occupying roughly 7,000 ha (17,000 acres) — more than any other Canadian airport. Serving the Edmonton metropolitan area of 1.5 million and a vast northern catchment that extends through the Alberta oil sands, Northwest Territories and Yukon, YEG handles more than 8 million passengers a year and is the largest cargo airport in Alberta. It is operated by the not-for-profit Edmonton Regional Airports Authority. YEG sits in Leduc County about 30 km (19 mi) south of downtown Edmonton, at an elevation of 2,373 ft (723 m) — an Alberta prairie plateau that imposes notable performance considerations for hot-and-high summer operations. Two parallel asphalt runways, 02/20 at 11,000 ft (3,353 m) and 12/30 at 10,200 ft (3,109 m), support widebody operations including the Boeing 747 and 777, and a third east-west runway remains in the airport's master plan. The single integrated terminal houses more than 30 gates across multiple piers; the Airport City development around the terminal is one of the largest airport-adjacent commercial estates in North America. Twenty-five airlines link YEG to 56 nonstop destinations, with Air Canada, WestJet, Flair and Porter providing the densest domestic networks, and international service to London Heathrow (Air Canada), Amsterdam (KLM), Frankfurt (Condor seasonally), Reykjavík (Icelandair seasonally), Las Vegas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cancún, Puerto Vallarta and a range of Caribbean resorts. YEG's combined role as Alberta's northern energy-sector aviation gateway, a major sub-Arctic cargo transit node and a significant Canadian leisure airport make it strategically important far out of proportion to its national ranking (2025).