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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Transport Canada[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Winnipeg Airports Authority (DND) | ||||||||||||||
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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″N097°14′24″W / 49.91000°N 97.24000°W /49.91000; -97.24000 | ||||||||||||||
| Public transit access |  Winnipeg TransitD12 D13 224 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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| Sources:Canada Flight Supplement[2] Environment Canada[3] Movements fromStatistics Canada[4] Passenger statistics from Winnipeg Airports Authority[5] | |||||||||||||||
Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (commonly known asWinnipeg International Airport orWinnipeg Airport) (IATA:YWG,ICAO:CYWG) is aninternational airport located inWinnipeg,Manitoba, Canada. It is the seventhbusiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 4,297,478 passengers in 2024,[6] and the 11th busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements in the previous year.[4] Winnipeg International Airport is a hub forCalm Air,Perimeter Airlines, and cargo airlineCargojet, also serving as a focus city forWestJet and an operating base forFlair Airlines. The airport is co-located withCanadian Forces Base Winnipeg, covering a total land area of 1,370 hectares (3,400 acres).[7]
An importanttransportation hub within the province of Manitoba, Winnipeg International Airport serves as the primary airport for a large geographical area that includes parts of neighbouringNorthwestern Ontario andNunavut.[8] The airport is operated by Winnipeg Airports Authority as part of Transport Canada'sNational Airports System[9] and is one of eight Canadian airports that hasU.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, along with seasonal flights to Mexico, and theCaribbean. The airport also serves numerous smallremote communities inNorthern Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and Nunavut through regularly scheduled flights.[10]
The airport opened in 1928 as Stevenson Aerodrome in honour of the noted Manitoba aviator and pioneerbush pilot, CaptainFred J. Stevenson.[11] Stevenson Aerodrome, also known as Stevenson Field, was Canada's first international airport with Northwest Airways (which becameNorthwest Airlines) inaugurating a passenger and mail service between Winnipeg andPembina, North Dakota on February 2, 1931.[11]
By 1935, Northwest Airlines was operating daily service from the airport withHamilton H-47 prop aircraft on a routing of Winnipeg – Pembina, ND –Grand Forks –Fargo –Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN –Milwaukee, WI –Chicago, IL.[12]
TheCity of Winnipeg and the Rural Municipality of St. James agreed to develop Stevenson Field as a modern municipal airport in 1936.[13] In 1938 theManitoba Legislative Assembly passed theSt. James–Winnipeg Airport Commission Act creating a commission of the same name with full control over the operation of the airport.[13] In 1940, during theSecond World War, theGovernment of Canada placed the airport under the direction of theMinister of Transport and theRoyal Canadian Air Force where it remained until 1997.[13]
Also in 1940,Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) was operating daily round trip transcontinental service across Canada via the airport with a routing ofMontreal –Ottawa –North Bay –Kapuskasing – Wagaming –Winnipeg –Regina –Lethbridge –Vancouver flown withLockheed Model 10 Electra twin prop aircraft with connecting service to and fromToronto being offered via North Bay.[14]
In 1962, Stevenson Field was officially renamed Winnipeg International Airport, followed in 1997 by the airport's transfer to the control of the Winnipeg Airports Authority.[13]
The original main terminal building was built in 1964, and was designed by the architectural firm of Green Blankstein Russell and Associates (subsequently GBR Associates and Stantec Limited). It was expanded and renovated in 1984 by the architectural firm of IKOY, and a hotel was built across from the terminal in 1998. The original main terminal building was closed on Sunday October 30, 2011 and has since been demolished.
Winnipeg Airport was briefly served byScandinavian Airlines (SAS) during the mid-1950s on the world's first regularpolar route, which linkedCopenhagen andLos Angeles withDouglas DC-6B propliner flights viaSøndre Strømfjord,Greenland and Winnipeg.[15][16]
Two passenger airlines operating jet aircraft were previously based at the Winnipeg International Airport:Transair (Canada) andGreyhound Air (both now-defunct).[17][18] Transair and Greyhound Air operated scheduled flights across Manitoba, Ontario, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon from its Winnipeg hub in addition to operating charter services from the airport to Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico, Florida, and Hawaii among other destinations in the U.S.[19]
Six airlines were serving the airport with scheduled passenger flights during the 1970s and 1980s.Air Canada,CP Air, the originalFrontier Airlines, Midwest Airlines,Northwest Airlines, and locally basedTransair[20] operated scheduled flights from Winnipeg to destinations includingLondon–Heathrow,Amsterdam,Glasgow,New York–JFK,San Francisco,Honolulu,Denver,Las Vegas,Chicago–O'Hare, andMinneapolis/St. Paul.[21][22]In the early 2000s,CanJet andJetsgo (both now-defunct) operated nonstop service from Winnipeg toToronto Pearson International Airport.[23]
On December 10, 2006, theMinister of Transport,Lawrence Cannon, announced Winnipeg International Airport was to be renamed Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in honour of theinfluential businessman and pioneer of Canadian commercial aviation from Winnipeg.[24]WestJet began seasonal flights to London's Gatwick Airport in May 2016.[25]
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Winnipeg's main airport terminal was designed by Argentine architectCesar Pelli and Stantec.[26] The terminal's design was inspired by the City of Winnipeg's distinctive landscape and the province of Manitoba's vastprairies andsky.[27] It was the first airport terminal in Canada to beLEED-certified for its environmentally friendly concept, design, construction and operation.[28] The terminal was constructed in two phases, with construction beginning in 2007 and ending on October 30, 2011, when it was officially opened to the public.[29][30] Prior to the opening of the current main terminal building, a multi-level access road and four-level, 1,559-stallparkade were both opened in November 2006. All airlines serving Winnipeg International Airport operate at the main terminal building, with the exception of Perimeter Aviation.
Air Canada operates aMaple Leaf Lounge located in the domestic/international departures area,[31] and a "pay-in" lounge, operated by Plaza Premium Lounge, is also located in the domestic/international departures area.[32] FreeWi-Fi is provided by the Winnipeg Airports Authority throughout the entire main terminal building.[33]
The airport offersUnited States border preclearance facilities.
Perimeter Aviation is a regional airline that operates its own small, exclusive terminal building at Winnipeg International Airport to facilitate its passenger, cargo and charter services. Perimeter Aviation does not use the main terminal building due to its varied operations to small remote communities throughoutNorthern Manitoba andNorthwestern Ontario using small propeller aircraft, with which regular airport terminal services (jet bridge,catering, etc.) are unnecessary and can actually be a hindrance to day-to-day operations.
The Perimeter Aviation terminal building is located 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the main terminal building.
A largeCanada Post mail processing facility was opened at the airport site on June 4, 2010.[34] The 23,225-square-metre (249,990 sq ft) facility is located east of the main terminal building, just north of Wellington Avenue. It is responsible for processing all mail and parcels for Manitoba, and some parts of Ontario and Northern Canada.
Three hotels are located on site, adjacent to the main airport terminal.
Richardson International Airport is included in a new 20,000-acre (8,100 ha)dry port created by provincial legislation—CentrePort Canada Act, C.C.S.M. c. C44—that will offer investment opportunities for distribution centres, warehousing and manufacturing.[35]CentrePort Canada will allow companies to take advantage of the cargo capabilities of Richardson International Airport, as well as serviced land, a mid-continent location and highway and rail transport.
On April 14, 2009, Prime MinisterStephen Harper with PremierGary Doer announced at James Richardson that both the Federal and Provincial governments will contributeCA$212.5 million towards a divided four-laneexpressway called CentrePort Canada Way. It is now complete, and links Inkster Boulevard to thePerimeter Highway on the north side of theCP Rail Glenboro subdivision parallel to Saskatchewan Avenue to attract new transportation logistics associated development to the city area west andRosser Municipality northwest of the airport.
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  Winnipeg Destinations from Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Red = Year-round destination Green = Seasonal destination Blue= Future destination |
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 Winnipeg Destinations from Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Red = Year-round destination Green = Seasonal destination Blue= Future destination |
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| Year | Passengers | % change |
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| 2010 | 3,369,974 |  |
| 2011 | 3,389,237 |  0.6% |
| 2012 | 3,538,175 | 4.4% |
| 2013 | 3,484,252 |  -1.5% |
| 2014 | 3,669,797 | 5.3% |
| 2015 | 3,778,035 | 2.9% |
| 2016 | 4,015,200 | 6.9% |
| 2017 | 4,305,744 | 7.2% |
| 2018 | 4,484,343 | 4.5% |
| 2019 | 4,484,249 | 0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,299,225 | 71.1% |
| 2021 | 1,223,054 | 5.9% |
| 2022 | 3,031,113 | 147.8% |
| 2023 | 4,094,793 | 35.1% |
| 2024 | 4,297,478 | 4.9% |
| Rank | Destinations | Flights per week | Carriers |
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| 1 | Toronto–Pearson, Ontario | 93 | Air Canada, Flair, Porter, WestJet |
| 2 | Calgary, Alberta | 77 | Air Canada, Flair, WestJet |
| 3 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 65 | Air Canada, Flair, WestJet |
| 4 | Edmonton, Alberta | 38 | Flair, WestJet |
| 5 | Rankin Inlet, Nunavut | 24 | Calm Air |
| 6 | Montréal, Quebec | 21 | Air Canada |
| 7 | Ottawa, Ontario | 18 | Air Canada, Porter, WestJet |
| 8 | Red Lake, Ontario | 17 | Bearskin Airlines |
| 9 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 16 | WestJet |
| 10 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 14 | WestJet |
| Rank | Airport | Passengers | Carriers |
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| 1 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota | 156,813 | Delta |
| 2 | Atlanta, Georgia | 67,061 | WestJet |
| 3 | Los Angeles, California | 45,753 | WestJet |
| 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 42,211 | WestJet |
| 5 | Cancún, Mexico | 39,592 | Air Canada, WestJet |
| 6 | Chicago, Illinois, | 28,828 | United |
| 7 | Orlando, Florida | 28,522 | WestJet |
| 8 | Denver, Colorado | 28,459 | United |
| 9 | Phoenix, Arizona | 28,066 | WestJet |
| 10 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | 25,123 | WestJet |
Winnipeg International Airport is located at 2000 Wellington Avenue in the City of Winnipeg. Several short and long termparkades are located on site, as well as a curb-side valet parking service.
Winnipeg Transit operates three bus routes that service the airport. A charging port has been added in October 2014 for Winnipeg transit's electric bus program.Greyhound Canada intercity buses used a station at the airport from 2009 to 2018, when service to Western Canada ended. The Brandon Air Shuttle provides shuttle transportation between Winnipeg International Airport and Manitoba's second largest city,Brandon.
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