Calgary - Getting There By Air
Tel: (403) 735 1372.
Website: www.calgaryairport.com
Calgary International Airport is located 17km (10.5 miles) northeast of the city centre. Calgary International is the busiest airport in Alberta and the fourth busiest in Canada, and is the transport hub for southern Alberta. It handles over 11 million passengers every year and features the largest civil aviation runway in Canada. It is served by some two dozen scheduled and charter airlines, providing service to over 80 Canadian and international destinations. The airport terminal has been undergoing expansions to keep pace with the city's rapid population growth over the past five years, but is still playing catch-up.
Approximate flight times to Calgary: From London is 8 hours 30 minutes; from New York is 4 hours 50 minutes (plus transfer); from Los Angeles is 3 hours; from Toronto is 4 hours and from Sydney is 17 hours (plus transfer).
Airport facilities: These include duty-free shops, banks, ATMs, bureaux de change, baggage storage, mobile phone hire, an electronic hotel finder (French and English), an oxygen bar, medical clinic, post office, restaurant, food court, bars, visitor service centre and car hire from Alamo, Avis, Budget, Hertz, National and Thrifty.
Business facilities: These include credit-card operated Internet and e-mail services. Some business facilities are also available in airline executive lounges.
Transport to the city: The Calgary Transit (tel: (403) 262 1000; website: www.calgarytransit.com) bus service (bus 57) connects to the C-Train at Whitehorn station for the city centre. A variety of other shuttle services are also available. Airport Shuttle Express (tel: (403) 509 4799 or 1 888 438 2992; website: www.airportshuttleexpress.com) and the Airporter, operated by Cardinal Coach Lines (tel: (403) 531 3940; website: www.cardinal-cal.com), both service the city centre. Sundog Tour Company (tel: (780) 852 4056 or 1 888 786 3641; website: www.sundogtours.com) connects airport passengers to city centre hotels and the Greyhound Bus Terminal, and on to Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Edmonton. Brewster (tel: (403) 762 6700 or 1 800 661 1152; website: www.brewster.ca) and Banff Airporter (tel: (403) 762 3330 or 1 888 449 2901; website: www.banffairporter.com) both service Banff. Taxis are available at metered rates, with journeys taking about 20 minutes to Downtown.
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