Calgary International Airport - New Terminal, Runway, Control Tower

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

A question: going to Sydney NSW with a connection in Vancouver. Do I go to the domestic wing?

If that's AC33 I'd bet a dollar it's gate 52, which kinda swings domestic/international... but yes the international gates.

[rotten42]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Is that recently? I have never had more than a very small wait flying back into Houston internationally. But I don't travel to Mexico much.

That was last December and last March...both times it was bad.

[Fuzz]

Pearson has a really crappy walk from that remote terminal 3 thing Westjet flies to. I hate Pearson.

Originally Posted by Acey

If that's AC33 I'd bet a dollar it's gate 52, which kinda swings domestic/international... but yes the international gates.

I think the YVR-SYD is 33 but the YYC-YVR is 231.

[TheAlpineOracle]

Originally Posted by Acey

I'm here pretty much everyday and the temperature and humidity are fine.

There is no 3 km walk anywhere in the airport.

I've already addressed the issues with the swing gates. I don't know what CHI is, but ORD has potentially way more walking than YYC could ever dream of, depending on where you're going.

We mostly hate IFP too, but let's at least be somewhat accurate with the hate.

I stopped reading when you said the temperatures were fine. The cooling system is non-existent. It’s never actually been properly installed. Workers have been lodging complaints because its pretty much torture to be a server there in the summer with all the glass windows. It’s like ants under a magnifying glass. I really hope they figure it out by this summer because that’s just downright embarrassing to me as a Calgarian. I’ve had multiple clients who’ve flown to Calgary for meetings complain about almost melting at the airport on their way back home which I always thought was strange since most are from Texas and California.

Last summer when I went to Vegas I sweat through my shirt and the waitress at that Belgian Beer Place was legit sweating on to our table. She’s the one who told me the air condition was not setup and I later confirmed that with other sources because I actually couldn’t believe this issue would exist at a brand new terminal. I point blank asked this question to YYC in their Facebook page and each time the question was ignored despite them replying to every other question/comment.

[Acey]

Personal preference, I guess. I'm aware of the issues. I guess I don't sweat that much. Int'l level is obviously cooler than transborder upstairs... but out on the ends of the piers it's definitely fine. The trouble area is pretty confined... and most of that is pretty hyperbolic as usual and actually not even true upon second read. To each his own.

There is on-going HVAC related litigation, YYC says. Talk to Jenna over there if you want somebody that won't dodge questions.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by Puxlut

I think the YVR-SYD is 33 but the YYC-YVR is 231.

If you're asking where you'll arrive, it's on a domestic gate. You'll have to make your way over to either the swing gates which are pretty close by or down the international pier where the Australia flight could depart from. Not really hard to navigate YVR.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle

I stopped reading when you said the temperatures were fine. The cooling system is non-existent. It’s never actually been properly installed. Workers have been lodging complaints because its pretty much torture to be a server there in the summer with all the glass windows. It’s like ants under a magnifying glass. I really hope they figure it out by this summer because that’s just downright embarrassing to me as a Calgarian. I’ve had multiple clients who’ve flown to Calgary for meetings complain about almost melting at the airport on their way back home which I always thought was strange since most are from Texas and California.

Last summer when I went to Vegas I sweat through my shirt and the waitress at that Belgian Beer Place was legit sweating on to our table. She’s the one who told me the air condition was not setup and I later confirmed that with other sources because I actually couldn’t believe this issue would exist at a brand new terminal. I point blank asked this question to YYC in their Facebook page and each time the question was ignored despite them replying to every other question/comment.

They do a mean mushroom burger though. Highly recommend.

Originally Posted by Acey

Personal preference, I guess. I'm aware of the issues. I guess I don't sweat that much. Int'l level is obviously cooler than transborder upstairs... but out on the ends of the piers it's definitely fine. The trouble area is pretty confined... and most of that is pretty hyperbolic as usual. To each his own.

You say you aren't an apologist, but you're making every excuse and minimizing the problems. It's a brand new terminal with apparent state of the art design. These problems should not exist.



And you are objectively wrong about the ends of the tiers. I flew to Germany several weeks back out of the last gate in the int'l wing and it was sweltering.



The US gates are really bad, and the end is worse. The last set of gates, 90-94 (I believe), are raised up and it's like a sauna.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

You say you aren't an apologist, but you're making every excuse and minimizing the problems. It's a brand new terminal with apparent state of the art design. These problems should not exist.

It's 2 separate issues, do you not agree? For one, it's not a state of the art design and any claim as such is obviously for marketing - it's a design built to minimize towing distances of airplanes for WestJet. Is dysfunctional HVAC a fault of the design? To me that sounds like incompetent people installing the HVAC. The long walk to gate 73 sounds more like a fault of design.

Originally Posted by CroFlames

The US gates are really bad, and the end is worse. The last set of gates, 90-94 (I believe), are raised up and it's like a sauna.

I don't find it hot at all around 90/91. I guess I'll literally take a thermometer up there since you claim that it's objectively way hotter than 21-24 which I guarantee are hotter. It's not even close.

[GordonBlue]

how does the renovated Edmonton airport compare to the Calgary airport?
has anyone used both enough recently to offer a comparison?

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by gordonblue

how does the renovated edmonton airport compare to the calgary airport?
Has anyone used both enough recently to offer a comparison?

yeg = ng

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

yeg = ng

We've gone through YEG twice in the last year. Once coming in from a US flight and once flying domestically to Ottawa. I would say the domestic part is about the same. They have one central area for food and shops and some of the gates are pretty far from the main hub. Clearing customs in YEG was brutally slow though. It was much slower than YYC and after clearing customs we were going on to YYC and were spit out into the pre security area so we had to clear security again.

[SportsJunky]

I fly in and out of YEG a couple of times per month. The security lines are much better(faster) than Calgary imo. As far as airports go, it’s not terrible.

[Weitz]

Customs at YYC was major packed and slow moving last night around 9:30. Worst I’ve seen it actually. Usually it’s not too bad.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by GordonBlue

how does the renovated Edmonton airport compare to the Calgary airport?
has anyone used both enough recently to offer a comparison?

New section south of gate 50 is better by simple virtue of being a smaller airport that handles half the pax YYC does. Everything takes less time because of no trisector gates (i.e. separation of outbound domestic/int'l pax)

Old north terminal that hasn't been redone is drab and terrible.

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Pearson has a really crappy walk from that remote terminal 3 thing Westjet flies to. I hate Pearson.

Pearson Terminal 3 is the worst. There's literally nowhere to eat unless you like Subway or Smashburger and definitely nowhere to sit down and eat and maybe enjoy a beverage (Fionn MacCools is brutal and those remote terminal bars are just awful).

And don't even get me started about gates B1-B5. I have no idea what's going on there, but to have to walk 10 minutes to an area that has zero places to eat and not even any washrooms?? I really expect more out of an airport in Canada's largest city.

[Fuzz]

The do have washrooms there, but ya, not much else:



What's my gate #? Oh, B1c. Where TF is that? Let's see how un-intuitive we can make this...

[Hockey Fan #751]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

The do have washrooms there, but ya, not much else:



What's my gate #? Oh, B1c. Where TF is that? Let's see how un-intuitive we can make this...

Oh, you're right. Maybe when I went they were closed. Before we went to that underground connection area over to those gates with the moving sidewalks there was a sign that said "this is the last stop for washrooms" or something like that.

[temple5]

Its been a while since I last travelled to the US. I got an email from Westjet indicating a few things like tablet cases need to be removed etc because of increased security procedures.

Am I allowed to bring an apple, orange or banana etc on board to eat during the flight or will they be confiscated?

I read something about if its clearly marked product of Canada or in commercial packaging then its ok.

Thanks,

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by temple5

Its been a while since I last travelled to the US. I got an email from Westjet indicating a few things like tablet cases need to be removed etc because of increased security procedures.

Am I allowed to bring an apple, orange or banana etc on board to eat during the flight or will they be confiscated?

I read something about if its clearly marked product of Canada or in commercial packaging then its ok.

Thanks,

You can bring fruits onto a flight no problem, however, depending on the type of fruit, US customs may confiscate that.

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