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Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Aéroport international James Armstrong Richardson de Winnipeg | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Winnipeg Airports Authority (DND) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Winnipeg Metropolitan Region | ||||||||||||||
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| Focus city for | WestJet | ||||||||||||||
| Operating base for | Flair Airlines | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 784 ft / 239 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°54′36″N 097°14′24″W / 49.91000°N 97.24000°W | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access |  Winnipeg Transit 15 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[2] Environment Canada[3] Movements from Statistics Canada[4] Passenger statistics from Winnipeg Airports Authority[5] | |||||||||||||||
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (commonly known as Winnipeg International Airport or Winnipeg Airport) (IATA: YWG, ICAO: CYWG) is an international airport located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the seventh busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 4,094,793 passengers in 2023,[6] and the 11th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements.[4] Winnipeg International Airport is a hub for Calm Air, Perimeter Airlines, and cargo airline Cargojet, also serving as a focus city for WestJet and an operating base for Flair Airlines. The airport is co-located with Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg, covering a total land area of 1,370 hectares (3,400 acres).[7]
An important transportation hub within the province of Manitoba, Winnipeg International Airport serves as the primary airport for a large geographical area that includes parts of neighbouring Northwestern Ontario and Nunavut.[8] The airport is operated by Winnipeg Airports Authority as part of Transport Canada's National Airports System[9] and is one of eight Canadian airports that has U.S. border pre-clearance facilities.
Daily non-stop flights operate from Winnipeg International Airport to destinations across Canada as well as to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The airport also serves numerous small remote communities in Northern Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and Nunavut through regularly scheduled flights.[10]
- ^ "Airport Divestiture Status Report." Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Transport Canada. Retrieved: April 1, 2012.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Synoptic/Metstat Station Information." Archived June 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine weatheroffice.gc.ca. Retrieved: April 1, 2012.
- ^ a b "Aircraft movements, by class of operation and peak hour and peak day of movements, for airports with NAV CANADA towers, monthly". Stats Canada. June 27, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- ^ "Winnipeg Airports Authority reaches new recovery milestone during Q4 2022". Winnipeg Airports Authority. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- ^ "WAA surpasses four million annual passengers for first time since 2019". waa.ca. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Winnepeg Int'l Airport Master Plan (page 80)" (PDF). waa.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Schlesinger, Joel. "Port on the Prairies: Supply-chain economics key to becoming international trade hub." Archived December 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Winnipeg Free Press, May 17, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
- ^ "National Airports Policy." Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Transport Canada. Retrieved: April 1, 2012.
- ^ "Airlines" Archived April 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Winnipeg Airports Authorities. Retrieved April 1, 2012.