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GEnERAl AvIATIOn
onE oF our corE BusinEssEs
Charters, military transports, corporate fleets,
government flights, surveying and crop spraying,
sightseeing, pilot training, medevac transfers and
more – General Aviation (GA) is one of Edmonton
Airports’ core businesses. We continue to support
this broad range of activity at all four of our airports.
Cooking Lake, Villeneuve, Edmonton City Centre
and Apron II at EIA all serve the diverse GA scene
in the Edmonton area. Besides meeting specialized
needs, GA generates business for private industries
ranging from warehousing and maintenance to fuelling,
catering and aircraft grooming.
Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA) is a GA centre
serving government, corporate aviation, hobbyists,
medevac and flight training activity.
In 2008, The City of Edmonton, owner of Edmonton
City Centre Airport, commenced a review of land use
for the ECCA lands. For as long as the City determines
that ECCA will remain an airport, Edmonton Airports
intends and wishes to continue to manage it as a GA
airport under the terms of the lease. If the owner,
the City of Edmonton, decides to redevelop ECCA
lands, Edmonton Airports will respect its decision.
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EA supports a timely decision on the airport’s future to
provide the certainty ECCA tenants need to conduct their
businesses and to ensure required capital investments are
not squandered.
EIA’s Apron II serves GA at the International Airport
including northern resource crew charters, military activity
and private aircraft.
GA activity on Apron II was steady throughout 2008.
Many of the customers who fly from Apron II appreciate
the convenience and service provided by EIA’s Fixed
Base Operators (FBOs) and air charter companies.
2008 saw continued investment in FBOs and air charter
businesses. The Executive Flight Centre opened a
new aircraft hangar in February 2008, which can
accommodate up to five Dash 8 aircraft. Alta Flight
Services modernized its aircraft, replacing its Dornier
228s with King Air 350s, and expanded its car parking
lot by 290 stalls.
Cooking Lake is the only airport in the region equipped
for both floatplane and wheeled aircraft.
Cooking Lake is the only facility in Alberta with both
a floatplane base and a conventional runway. It’s also