| Airlines Serving Airport |
| Air Canada |
| Air Canada Jazz |
| Air North, Yukon's Airline |
| Air Transit |
| America West Airlines |
| Canadian North |
| Central Mountain Air |
| Continental Airlines |
| First Air |
| Horizon Air |
| Jetsgo |
| Martin air |
| My Travel |
| Northwest Airlines |
| Northwestern Air Lease |
| Sky service |
| United Airlines |
| West Jet |
| Zooml |
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Edmonton International Airport [YEG]
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Airport Information
Edmonton International Airport is the fifth busiest airport in Canada, and in 2001 3.9 million passengers used the airport. Edmonton International Airport, located 12 km south of the city (30 km south of downtown), near Leduc and Nisku, is the primary hub for scheduled, commercial passenger and cargo aviation, as well as general and corporate aviation activity. Edmonton International Airport is conveniently situated adjacent to the major highway linking Edmonton and Calgary; near the Yellow head Trans Canada Highway which connects Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Vancouver; and near Via Rail's Transcontinental "Canadian" route.
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Edmonton Airports Contacts
Mailing Address
Edmonton International Airport
P.O. Box 9860
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 2T2
Phone: (780) 890-8900
Fax: (780) 890-8329
Information Booth
Toll Free: 1(800) 268-7134
Lost & Found
Toll Free: 1(800) 268-7134
E-mail: info@edmontonairports.com
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Ground Transportation for Edmonton International Airport [YEG]
For airport transfers via Shared Shuttle Vans, Charter/Private Vans, Sedans, Luxury Stretch Limousines, or Coaches, contact Suvana Airport Transfers at 1 877 478 8262(USA toll free) or 1 267 315 4122(international callers) or visit www.suvana.com to make confirmed reservations for superior transportation at discounted rates.
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City Information
Edmonton is nestled in the northern prairie, about 400 km east of the Rocky Mountains. The city is in Mountain Standard Time, two hours earlier than Toronto and New York. Edmonton has over 648,284 people, and Greater Edmonton has about 800,000 and is the seventh largest metropolitan area in Canada, and the largest between Vancouver and Toronto. Edmonton is the operations centre for the large oil and gas fields to the north, the east, and just to the south of the city.
Alberta is the most westerly of Canada's three Prairie Provinces, and joined Canada as a province in 1905. Alberta has 2.5 million residents its 661,185 square kilometers (264,474 square miles). The province is about the same area as Texas or twice the size of Japan. The major industries in Edmonton reflect that of the whole province. Oil & gas is the top job-creating industry, followed by agriculture and tourism.
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City Attractions
Shaw Conference Centre
780/421-9797
this unique structure has been built into the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. Its terraced levels are reached by glass-enclosed escalators, which afford great views of the River Valley.
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Muttart Conservatory
780/496-8755
the four glass pyramid greenhouses that rise up from Edmonton's river valley are home to one of North America's most important botanical facilities.
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City Hall
780/496-8200
City Hall is an architectural showcase which contains a grand stairway, an exhibition space, and a 200-ft tower with a 23-bell carillon.
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Old Strathcona Historic Area
780/433-5866
Old Stretching is an attractive shopping district with antiques shops, boutiques, music and book stores, theaters, museums, and over seventy restaurants and coffeehouses. The Old Strathcona Farmer's Market has fresh produce and crafts.
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Rutherford House Provincial Historic Site
780/427-3995
built in Jacobean Revival-style, the 1911 home of Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, has been restored. Costumed interpreters reenact life in 1915.
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Stanley Milner Library
780/423-2331
The Edmonton Public Library features fine books and art exhibits, along with many activities in the Children's Department.
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Edmonton Art Gallery
780/422-6223
the collection includes more than 4,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs by national and international artists. The museum also has a children's gallery.
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Provincial Museum Of Alberta
780/453-9100
This innovative natural-history museum includes an Aboriginal Peoples Gallery that covers 11,000 years and 500 generations of native history and displays an impressive collection of artifacts. The Natural History Gallery contains minerals and gems, a "bug room", dinosaur fossils, saber-toothed tigers artifacts, and Canada's only complete Columbian mammoth skeleton.
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Odyssium
780/452-9100
The Ziegler Star Theatre has the largest planetarium dome in North America and presents laser and star shows hourly. Galleries hold scientific and technological exhibitions, a Challenger Learning Centre/Space Mission, and an amateur ham radio station; there is also an IMAX theater.
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Sir Winston Churchill Square
Sir Winston Churchill Square is the focus of the Arts District, a six-block area that incorporates many of Edmonton's major institutions.
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West Edmonton Mall
780/444-5300
Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest mall, Alberta's most popular tourist attraction extends over 5.2 million square ft. The more than 800 stores and services include 11 department stores, 20 movie theaters, and more than 100 places to eat. The mall contains many of the world's largest indoor attractions, including an amusement park with a roller coaster; an indoor water park; recreation room with billiard tables, bowling lanes, and the latest interactive video games; an NHL-size ice-skating rink; four submarines in an indoor artificial lake; a dolphin show; a Las Vegas-style casino; a miniature golf; and the Fantasyland Hotel.
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Ukrainian Museum of Canada
(780) 424-7580
The museum features traditional Ukrainian cultural items including costumes, hand-painted Easter eggs, dolls, tapestries and paintings.
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Valley Zoo
(780) 496-6912
This unique zoo combines the fun of nursery rhyme characters with the beauty and excitement of wild animals, with over 350 domestic, exotic and endangered species.
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Fort Edmonton Park
780 496-8787
Canada's largest living history park, Fort Edmonton Park features costumed interpreters, a replica 1846 fort, and three recreated historical streets from 1885, 1905, and 1920. Steam train and streetcar rides are included in admission price.
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