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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
IATA: none ICAO: CZVL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Edmonton Airports
Serves	Edmonton Metropolitan Region
Location	Sturgeon County, near Villeneuve, Alberta
Opened	1976 (1976)
Time zone	MST (UTC−07:00)
• Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL	2,256 ft / 688 m
Coordinates	53°40′06″N 113°51′08″W
Website	www.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 movements 72,669
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Movements from Statistics Canada[2]

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.^[when?] 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 gave 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[8] gave the show producer the J.A.D. McCurdy Award[9] in recognition of outstanding and praiseworthy achievement by a Canadian in the field of civil aviation.

See also

• List of airports in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region

References

External links

• Villeneuve page at Edmonton Airports website
• Place to Fly on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory

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