Edmonton International Airport (EIA/YEG)

[BASE]

^ may have initially been considered temporary but they have made it at least semi-permanent now.

As for the old tower updates that rendering looks pretty sharp. I appreciate that they note that this will "pave the way for future terminal improvements".

 

[Payd1964]

^ may have initially been considered temporary but they have made it at least semi-permanent now.

As for the old tower updates that rendering looks pretty sharp. I appreciate that they note that this will "pave the way for future terminal improvements".

Uber pickup is at Arrivals Paid, outside Door 10. It has been this way for a number of months. It was a savage introduction to Edmonton having to walk through a cold parking garage to the other side. Glad Uber worked out a deal with EIA for the new location . . . $3.25 per ride is worth it. As I live on the deep south side, Taxis don't want my fare . . .

 

[husky]

I agree with the pick up area east of the parkade. It actually works really well as it is much less busy than the front arrivals area. It would be a great addition if the walkway there was more climate controlled in the winter. We got back last week from a trip and met our ride over there and the walk over was jarring but the heated waiting area was nice.

I wonder if the tower rehabilitation will include a rehab of the arrivals level waiting lounge that was there at one point. Maybe use it as a kind of "transit center" of sorts.

 

[JNO1]

So glad EIA decided to renovate the north tower rather than demolish it. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

 

[Payd1964]

I just got notified that on my Delta-Westjet flight returning from South America on March 7 that my leg from ATL to YEG has been switched out to ATL-YYC-YEG - with the dreaded 2:52 layover in Calgary. I try not to hate WS this happens so often that WS has become my airline of last resort when flying internationally. I feel bad for EIA officials, as they have worked so hard trying to get more transborder routes only to have the Trump effect hurt them. Luckily, I can still do one stop with a long layover at IAH with United, or fly the next day with Air Canada via YYZ.

 

[MakeYEGGreatAgain]

Same here....was booking YEG-SXM through ATL and flight is gone.

Will connect through YYZ instead and not give my business to WS through YYC.

 

[Markyeg]

ATL was cut from Feb. 1 - April 25

 

[Windermere]

Monthly passenger stats November 2025​

• Domestic: 431,221 passengers (Year-to-date 5,617,610 passengers)- 2.6% (Year-to-date 6.1%)
• Transborder: 64,620 passengers (Year-to-date 742,733 passengers) -20.0% (Year-to-date -14.0%)
• International: 60,092 passengers (Year-to-date 447,726 passengers) 4.1% (Year-to-date -1.1%)
• Fixed Base Operators (FBO): 48,030 passengers (Year-to-date 649,256 passengers) -24.5% (Year-to-date 1.3%)
• Total: 603,963 passengers (Year-to-date 7,457,325 passengers) -6.3% (Year-to-date 2.8%)

Passenger stats

Explore Edmonton International Airport passenger statistics, trends, and insights for arrivals, departures, and annual traffic at YEG.

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[MakeYEGGreatAgain]

Seems like a sudden drop in November on the domestic front after a pretty solid October!!

 

[Offworld]

Yikes and WOW is Edmonton getting rouge-screwed by AC. I was looking at April flights and on the day in question there were only two mainline AC flights. The majority were Rouge, followed by Jazz and then mainline.

I know AC has a long-established ambivalence toward Edmonton, but why salt their own field by practically pushing people away from their planes? The pitch alone on Rouge is enough to practically break Geneva Conventions.

 

[blue12]

Yikes and WOW is Edmonton getting rouge-screwed by AC. I was looking at April flights and on the day in question there were only two mainline AC flights. The majority were Rouge, followed by Jazz and then mainline.

I know AC has a long-established ambivalence toward Edmonton, but why salt their own field by practically pushing people away from their planes? The pitch alone on Rouge is enough to practically break Geneva Conventions.

It won’t be the Rouge 320/321s, it’ll be on the 737 MAX 8s which have a slightly more comfortable cabin than the current Rouge.

That being said, AC chose to swap 2-3 daily YVR-YEG frequencies over to Rouge for 2026, announced a few weeks ago as a part of their YVR Rouge base additions. YVR-YLW was also switched over 1-2x daily as well as 5 cities in Mexico and 3 in the US.

 

[Markyeg]

Since we’re complaining about YEG getting screwed over, may as well add that WS is axing YEG-SLC for S26.

 

[MacLac]

On SSP it was mentioned that we're S26 - does that mean Spring or Summer? That we're down to 2 weekly until April than back up to 5 weekly for May....not true?

 

[Markyeg]

Summer 26 (May-Oct). It was only seasonal, so we’re just not getting it back next year.

 

[David A]

Since we’re complaining about YEG getting screwed over, may as well add that WS is axing YEG-SLC for S26.

Well we are all used to getting screwed by Air Canada and WestJet over the years. Probably partly why there are now a couple of other airlines here now.

I can sort of understand not being AC's priority as they are more focused on the east, but the other one occasionally says some nice things and then it turns to crap.