This information is user-submitted and has not been verified for accuracy by COPA or anyone else. COPA does not accept any responsibility for this user-submitted information. Pilots are urged to verify its accuracy prior to relying on this information.

Below is a listing of the current information.

Return to airport listing.

Help us keep our airport information up-to-date. If you see some incorrect data, please update it now.

Airport Name Calgary / Springbank
Airport Category Certified Airport
Nearest Community Cochrane/Calgary, 80 km to Banff
Province: ALBERTA
Coordinates
Latitude (N): 51 06 11
Longitude (W): 114 22 28
Listed in Canada Flight Supplement Yes
Airport ident. CYBW
Appears on a VFR Navigation Chart Yes
Airport Elevation 3937
Magnetic Variation 17E
  Runway (Main): Runway (2): Runway (3): Runway (4):
Number: 07-25 16-34
Length: 3423 5000
Width: 100 98
Surface asphalt
Night Flying Yes
Maintained Year Round Yes
Radio Communications Inner Tower 120.7 Outer Tower 118.2 Gnd 121.8 ATIS 127.9
Telephone on the Airport Yes
Customs Airport Entry Yes
CANPASS No
Fees on Private Aircraft
Landing $: 0.00
Terminal $: 0.00
Parking $: 0.00
Airport Fuel Tax (litre) $: 0.00
Comments About Fees: Landing fees - No landing fees for piston aircraft, $8.95 for turbine aircraft only

Parking Fees: negotiable with fuel purchase at an FBO. Also negotiable with a flight school.

Terminal fees: none

Cab fare to City: $30-$40. To YYC airport $69 associated cab 403 299-1111
Fuel Prices
100LL $: 1.49
Mogas $: 0.00
Jet Fuel $: 0.00
Date of Fuel Prices 2010-05-18
Fuel Price Comments Price at the Calgary Flying Club. Non member price. Members receive $0.10 discount. Prices change regularly, call ahead to find out current price.
Fuel/Dealers
*(include Telephone Numbers)		 100LL, Jet-B Available

Springbank Aero Services (ESSO), Tel.: 403-247-8833/275-0273
Some tie-downs available with fuel purchase, rental cars available and staff very helpful.
Fuel: 100LL Oil: 20W50;15W50
Tiedown available

Calgary Flying Club
Tel.: 403-288-8831 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              403-288-8831      end_of_the_skype_highlighting www.calgaryflyingclub.com
Fuel Hours 0730-1830, 7 days a week. Tie down for $15/night.
Airport Management Calgary Airport Authority Tel: 403-286-1494
Airport Web Site http://www.ybw.ca/
Airport E-mail
Other General Aviation Services on the Airport
 Fuel sales, flight training, aircraft maintenance, aircraft parking, and hangar storage space. Flight service kiosk, aircraft sales, aircraft tiedowns available, hotel reservations can be made for you, passenger lounge, car rentals, catering and charters.

Springbank also provides a base for both private and commercial light aircraft operations including pilot training, charter services and recreational flying.

Mustang Maintenance and Repairs 403 286-1129 - Jim Thomas, tiedowns and maint. Well established and very helpful.

Budget rental car at building next to Mustang.
Hotels/Motels with pick up at Airport
*(include Telephone Numbers)
Bed & Breakfasts with pick up at Airport 
*(include Telephone Numbers) 		Tie Down Bed & Breakfast, E-mail: tiedown@telusplanet.net; Web site: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/tiedown/

See also http://www.bedsandbreakfasts.ca/calgary_area.htm
Restaurants on the airport or nearby 
*(include Telephone Numbers) 		CAVOK Grill at the Calgary Flying Club - open 7 days/week (variable hours) with excellent food and a great viewing deck and patio to watch airplanes. Sue and Bill are your Hosts.
Camping Airport grounds: No
Washrooms Yes
Nearest COPA Flight CALGARY ULTRALIGHT, Flight 114, Garrett Komm, 14919 Mt McKenzie Dr SE, Calgary, AB, T2Z 2M6 kommair@telusplanet.net; http://www.cufc.ca Tel: (403)257-3127
Other Local Aviation Associations & Telephone Numbers 1/ Calgary Flying Club, Tel.: 403-288-8831; http://www.calgaryflyingclub.com
E-mail: fly@calgaryflyingclub.com

2/ Springbank Airports Business & Pilots Association, Web site: http://www.sabpa.com

3/ The Calgary COPA Flight, Flight 14, Chad Conrad, 201 804 3 Ave SW, Calgary, AB, T2P 0G9 captain@copaflight14.com
Remarks RH circuits on 16 and 25

Airport is the major training hub for the Calgary area, as such it hosts a large number of aircraft movements, especially during day light hours on weekends. Familiarity with the VFR arrival and departure procedure http://sabpa.com/docs/060216BrochureFinal.pdf is highly recommended, as is prior review of the Canada Flight Supplement or Edmonton Terminal chart.

NOTE: This airport has Customs Airport of Entry service, but it is not a CANPASS airport. AOE service is available May 1 - October 31 , 7 days a week 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. November 1 - March 31, 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. See http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel/canpass/air/entry_byregion-e.html#prairie for details.

NOTE: Some of the photos from the top of this page are several years old. Runway 16/34 has since been lengthened to 5000ft.

A Hi-Res Google satellite photo can be found at http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=N+51+06+11+W+114+22+28&btnG=Search&ll=51.103037,-114.374456&spn=0.012234,0.042572&t=k Note: As of August 2009, this Google image is 5+ years old.

Driving directions from downtown Calgary: http://local.google.com/maps?q=from%3A+804+3+Ave+SW,+Calgary,+AB,+Canada+to%3A+%2B51%C2%B0+6'+8.36%22,+-114%C2%B0+22'+25.65%22+(51.102323,+-114.373791)&f=d&hl=en

Wikipedia Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary/Springbank_Airport
Local Tourism Contacts & Telephone Numbers nothing here really
Local Activities, Sights & Events of Interest to Visitors 1/ Banff National Park, Web site: http://www.worldweb.com/ParksCanada-Banff/

2/ Calaway Park, Web site: http://www.calawaypark.com

3/ City of Calgary tourism web site: http://www.tourismcalgary.com/

4/ Calgary Stampede: http://calgarystampede.com/
Updated most recently by:
Submitters E-mail:
Date Submitted On: 2010-05-22

Help us keep our airport information up-to-date. If you see some incorrect data, please update it now.