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 (verify); CBSA on request
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- 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.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 5,000 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- 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
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Bombardier Challenger 300 needs 4,810 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Longitude needs 4,810 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 3500 needs 4,835 ft
Other airports for Calgary
- Calgary International Airport CYYC 14,000 ft · 25 min