Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport

Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport or Villeneuve Airport (ICAO: CZVL) is located 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Villeneuve in Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada.

Edmonton/Villeneuve Airport

Villeneuve Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorEdmonton Airports
ServesEdmonton Metropolitan Region
LocationSturgeon County, near Villeneuve, Alberta
Opened1976 (1976)
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL2,256 ft / 688 m
Coordinates53°40′06″N 113°51′08″W
Websitewww.edmontonairports.com
Map
CZVL
Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 5,001 1,524 Asphalt
16/34 3,496 1,066 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft movements72,669

History

The airport opened in 1976, and was built by Transport Canada as a flight training facility. In 2000 the airport was purchased by Edmonton Airports.[3]

Expansion

The closure of the Edmonton City Centre Airport has stimulated expansion of the Villeneuve Airport as a partial replacement. Its land base is growing from 1,400 to 1,555 acres (5.67 to 6.29 km2), the instrument landing system is being upgraded, the number of hangars is increasing from 15 to 21, and one runway has been extended to 5,001 ft (1,524 m).[1] Villeneuve will serve as an alternate to the Edmonton International Airport for medevac flights during stormy weather.[4][5]

Alberta Aviation Museum presence

Due to space constraints at the former City Centre Airport site, the Alberta Aviation Museum's Boeing 737-200 in Pacific Western Airlines (PWA) livery C-GIPW (Fleet #745) was restored to operational capability and, on 29 November 2013, was flown to Villeneuve.[6] The 737 can be used by security agencies for training, movie productions, and aircraft pulls.

Edmonton Airshow

The award-winning Edmonton Airshow[7] has operated from the Villeneuve Airport for four years in a row. The airshow keeps growing, now attracting up to 40,000 visitors a year. The shows remains fresh with the acts changing up year after year. Static displays and food services are growing. Edmonton Economic Development Corporation award the airshow the 2017 Outstanding Event award at the Edmonton Events Award Gala for the 10,000+ category, beating out Professional Bull Riding, the Canadian Finals Rodeo, and the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. In 2019 the Royal Canadian Air Force Association awarded the show Producer the J.A.D. McCurdy Award [8] in recognition of outstanding and praiseworthy achievement by a Canadian in the field of civil aviation.

See also

References
  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  2. Total aircraft movements by class of operation — NAV CANADA towers
  3. "History: Villeneuve - The Newest Airport". FlyEIA. Edmonton Airports. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. "Villeneuve Airport ready to take off". St. Albert Leader. October 16, 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  5. Cummings, Jeff (October 10, 2013). "Villeneuve airport offers a new hope for old City Centre Airport tenants". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  6. 737 takes off from City Centre Airport, lands safely at new home
  7. Edmonton Airshow
  8. J.A.D. McCurdy Award
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