Winnipeg International Airport (IATA: YWG, ICAO: CYWG) is an airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the eighth busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, serving 3.2 million passengers in 2005, and the tenth busiest airport by aircraft movements. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Runway 13R/31L of El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, D.C. Aerial picture of a runway of Chennai International Airport, Tamil Nadu A runway is a strip of land on an airport, on which aircraft can take off and land. ... A foot (plural: feet) is any of several old units of distance or length, measuring around a quarter to a third of a meter. ... The metre, or meter (US), is a measure of length. ... An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter alphabetic code designating many airports around the world. ... The ICAO airport code (IPA pronunciation: ) is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English and French, per mandate of the Constitution Act 1982 Flower Prairie Crocus Tree White Spruce Bird Great Grey Owl Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 14... Canadas busiest airport by aircraft movements and number of passengers served is Toronto Pearson International Airport, which is also the only Canadian airport ranked in the top 30 airports in the world (by number of passengers). ...

Winnipeg is also Canada's third largest airport by cargo tonnage, with approximately 150,000 metric tonnes of air cargo moving through the airport in 2005. Two of Canada's largest air cargo companies use Winnipeg as a major domestic hub: Purolator and cargojet. It is one of five airports in Canada designated under the federal government's International Cargo Transshipment Program. Purolator Logo Purolator Courier is a Canadian courier service owned primarily by Canada Post. ... Cargojet Airways is a cargo airline based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. ...

Opening in 1928, it was Canada's first international airport. A major project involving the construction of a new terminal and parking structure is underway. It is scheduled to be completed by 2009. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Airport of Entry (AoE) is an airport that provides customs and immigration services for incoming flights. ...

The airport is connected to the Winnipeg city centre via Wellington Avenue, which connects to Route 90. Airport users can access the terminal from downtown via Winnipeg Transit bus service (Route 15 Sargent/Mountain). Winnipeg International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that has US Border Pre-clearance facilities. Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... Winnipeg Transit is the public transit agency in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ... The United States maintains border preclearance facilities at a number of ports and airports in foreign countries. ...

Airlines

• NovaJet(Worldwide Executive Aircraft Charter)
• Air Canada (Cancun, Montego Bay, Montréal, Ottawa, Punta Cana, Toronto, Vancouver)
  • Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton, Las Vegas, London (ON), Montréal, Ottawa, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay)
• Air Transat (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana)
  • Air Transat operated by WestJet (Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, Havana, Acapulco)
• Air West Aviation
• Bearskin Airlines (Churchill, Flin Flon, Fort Francis, Kenora, Rankin Inlet, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, The Pas, Thunder Bay, Whale Cove, Windsor)
• Calm Air (Arviat, Baker Lake, Churchill, Flin Flon, Gillam, Rankin Inlet, The Pas, Thompson, Whale Cove)
• Delta Air Lines
  • Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City [starts January 8, 2007])
• Execaire
• Fast Air
• First Air (Rankin Inlet)
• Keystone Air
• Kivalliq Air
• Northway Aviation
• Northwest Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
  • Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
• Perimeter Aviation
• Skyservice (Bahias de Huatulco, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Holguin, Las Vegas, Mazatlan, Orlando, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Varadero, Zihuatanejo)
• United Airlines (Chicago-O'Hare, Denver)
  • United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver)
• Westjet (Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, Las Vegas, London (ON), Montréal, Ottawa, Phoenix, Regina, Saskatoon, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vancouver)
• West Wind Aviation
• Zoom Airlines (London-Gatwick)

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See also

• Winnipeg/Lyncrest Airport
• Winnipeg/St. Andrews Airport
• Starbuck Airport

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References

• Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 3 August 2006 to 0901Z 28 September 2006.

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External links

• Winnipeg International Airport
• foundlocally.com: Winnipeg's Airport, YWG