Springbank Airport CYBW / YBW
Calgary's GA reliever west of the city, 30 minutes from Downtown and on the road to Canmore and Banff. CBSA by prior arrangement; the 5,000 ft runway and elevation limit it to light jets and turboprops.
5,000 ft
Longest runway
30 min
Drive to Calgary
1
FBOs / handlers
3,940 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 07:00–23:00 (Confirm with the airport); CBSA on request
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel type
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 30 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops and light/midsize jets on a 5,000 ft runway at 3,940 ft elevation.
- Website
- www.yyc.com/springbank
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Springbank Airport FBO (Calgary Airport Authority)
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Compare published takeoff distances
Initial comparison of published takeoff distances and runway length (5,000 ft). Confirm aircraft suitability and current restrictions with the operator.
Within the screening threshold
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 4,717 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G280 4,750 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 50 4,700 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
Above the screening threshold
- Gulfstream Aerospace G300 needs 4,780 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 300 needs 4,810 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Longitude needs 4,810 ft
Other airports for Calgary
- Calgary International Airport CYYC 14,000 ft · 25 min
What it costs to fly here privately
Sources and credits
- Springbank Airport · ArDavP · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons