Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA), (IATA: YXD, ICAO: CYXD) also called Blatchford Field as well as Edmonton … See more

The airport has a rich aviation history, being the first licensed airfield in Canada (1926). Characters such as Wop May, a World War I fighter ace and bush pilot, helped pioneer aviation in Alberta and Northern Canada, further soli… See more

The airport served as a military airbase during World War II, when it was a major stop-over on the Northwest Staging Route and hosted two British Commonwealth Air Training Plan schools.
No. 2 Air O… See more

A weather station was established in 1937. Over the years since then, its site witnessed increasing influence by the urban heat island effect.
By the mid-1970s, "Edmonton Municipal A." (as it was li… See more

In 1950, the airport was a stop on an international route operated by Northwest Airlines between the U.S. and Asia. According to the September 24, 1950, Northwest Airlines system timetable, the air carrier was … See more

In its final years, before closing in 2013, the airport was mainly used for air charter, general aviation, flight training and medevac (air ambulance).
In addition, from 2005 to 2012, the airport was annual… See more

The fate of the Edmonton City Centre Airport (ECCA) was fiercely debated for decades, beginning in the 1950s.
To accommodate demands for ever-increasing range, new generations of jet aircraft bec… See more