Winnipeg Intl. Airport - Spotting Guide

Winnipeg Intl. Airport – Spotting Guide

August 21, 2018 - last modified on October 21, 2022

Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International airport, is the main airport of the Province of Manitoba, Canada with a bunch of interesting and unique traffic as the newcomer Canadian Swoop or the local resident C-130 and Dash-8 in various variants of RCAF. YWG is located on the west, not far from the city centre in a very nice residential area and is also home of the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.

If you are looking for a busy airport this isn’t the best one, but if you are in Winnipeg (in spring or summer!) spending some hours at the airport is a wise choice. You can see Perimeter, Calm Air, Air Canada, Westjet, Flair and even the new LCC Swoop, plus a lot of aircraft and helicopter business and private traffic. A welcome add-on to that is the local RCAF’s Air Base with its C-130s and Dash-8s operating from the airport and often running take-off and landing training.

General Information
Terminal	There are two terminals. One is the main terminal and one is used by Perimeter Aviation, a regional carrier.
Runway	The airport has two runway, 13/31 and 18/36

Morning Location:

Afternoon Location:

WHERE	Morning: it is along Ferry Rd corner St Matthews Ave, south of the terminal complex. Parking is possible in St Matthews Ave. Afternoon: Drive from the morning spot south and turn right into Silver Ave. There is a sports park called” St. James”. After you have passed that turn right into a dirt path and drive up until the perimeter fence.

WHAT	Arrivals on RWY31 only. There are some ramps at both spots where you find some nice parked stuff.

TIME	All day, just switch to the afternoon side once the sun moved over.

MISC.	You are in a industrial zone and not much is nearby. Some shadow spending trees are there.

FOCAL LENGTH	Metroliner = 220mm; E190 = 100mm