Fort McMurray Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Fort McMurray Airport
IATA = YMM
ICAO = CYMM
type = Public
owner =
operator = Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
city-served =
location = Fort McMurray, Alberta
elevation-f = 1,211
elevation-m = 369
coordinates = coord|56|39|12|N|111|13|24|W|type:airport|display=inline
website =
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 7,500
r1-length-m = 2,306
r1-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft Movements
stat1-data = 68,924
footnotes = Sources: Canada Flight SupplementCFS]
Statistics from Transport Canada. [http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report/TP577/pdf/TP577_07.pdf Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report 2007] ]

Fort McMurray Airport Airport codes|YMM|CYMM is located convert|7|NM|abbr=on|lk=in southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It has seen a rise in business over the last 10 years due to an economic boom in the Athabasca Oil Sands, which are north of Fort McMurray. Now the fifth largest city in Alberta, the population of Fort McMurray has grown at 8.5% per year from 1999 to 2006, to 64,441. Official forecasts indicate that the city will reach a population of 100,000 by 2012. The majority of the rise in population comes from migrant workers, and the city's remoteness means air travel is used frequently.

The airport is planning an expansion as it's seeing eight times the traffic it was designed to handle 560,000 people and 70,000 takeoffs and landings a year. The expansion plan includes a new terminal and a second runway, along with more gates and stores, tripling its current size. [ [http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=regional/alberta&articleID=2885892 2nd runway to ease overloaded Fort McMurray Airport] ]

The airport is the busiest in Canada without air traffic control, having a Flight Service Station. Overall, with 68,924 aircraft movements it is busier than several international airports such as Regina International Airport or Gander International Airport

Airlines and destinations

cheduled

* Air Canada (Toronto-Pearson)
** Air Canada Jazz (Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver (starting January 5) [http://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1610022704&view=13213-0&Start=0] )
* Air Mikisew (Edmonton-City Centre, Fort Chipewyan)
* Corporate Express (Calgary)
* Integra Air (Edmonton, Lethbridge)
* Northwestern Air (Red Deer)
* Transwest Air (Prince Albert, Saskatoon)
* WestJet (Calgary, Edmonton)

Charter

* Air Mikisew
* CanJet
* McMurray Aviation

ee also

*Fort McMurray Water Aerodrome
*Fort McMurray/Mildred Lake Airport

References

External links

* [http://www.fortmcmurrayairport.com/ Fort McMurray Airport]