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Springbank Airport (YBW) Transfers
Private chauffeur transfers at Springbank, Calgary.
Springbank is the Calgary Airport Authority's other airport, west of the city, and it describes itself as a regional hub for aircraft, light jets, helicopters and forest fire fighting operations, supporting business, training and community use.
It is a substantial field rather than an airstrip: more than 30 businesses and 400 aircraft across more than 50 hangars, and several training centres. The forest-fire role is the part that surprises people, and it is a fair signal of what the airport is for - working aviation with real infrastructure behind it, and no scheduled passengers at all.
Meet & Greet
Your chauffeur meets you inside the FBO or private terminal lounge your aircraft is handled at.
60 minutes of waiting
Complimentary on every airport pickup, measured from when your aircraft lands.
Timed to the aircraft
Booked against your operator and tail number rather than a published schedule.
Door-to-door
Direct to your destination, with no stops you did not ask for.
How pickup works at Springbank
A pickup at Springbank is arranged against your aircraft and the operator you are flying with, not a flight number, because nothing here publishes arrivals we could track. Give us the operator, the registration and the expected time, and dispatch confirms exactly where the car will be.
With more than 50 hangars on the field, the operator's name is the single most useful thing you can tell us. It is what turns "somewhere at Springbank" into a place a chauffeur can wait.
Sixty minutes of complimentary waiting from the aircraft's arrival apply here as at any airport pickup, and so does meet and greet. At Springbank that means the chauffeur comes inside the FBO or private terminal lounge your aircraft is handled at and meets you there, rather than standing outside beside the car. On a field with this many hangars it is the difference between being met and being looked for.
Alberta trips are arranged by quote, since online booking requires one end in Ontario.
The included waiting period and the per-minute rate after it are set out in clause 4 of our Terms.
Springbank in brief
- Operator
- The Calgary Airport Authority, which also operates Calgary International.
- Role
- A regional hub for aircraft, light jets, helicopters and forest fire fighting operations, supporting business, training and community use.
- On the field
- More than 30 businesses and 400 aircraft across more than 50 hangars, including several training centres.
- Scheduled airlines
- None.
- Codes
- IATA YBW, ICAO CYBW.
- Distance
- About 20 km from downtown Calgary, straight-line from the airport's official coordinates.
Questions about Springbank
Can a light jet come into Springbank?
Yes - the airport names light jets among the traffic it exists to serve, alongside helicopters and firefighting aircraft. Your operator will confirm the details; what we need from you is the arrival time and the FBO or hangar.
What do you need to arrange the car?
The operator, the aircraft registration and the expected time of arrival. With more than 50 hangars here, the operator name is what tells dispatch where to send the chauffeur.
Is meet and greet available?
Yes. Springbank has no commercial arrivals hall, so it happens where the aircraft is handled: the chauffeur comes into the FBO or private terminal lounge and meets you inside. It is charged as its own line on the fare, as at any airport.
Can I book it online?
No. Online booking needs one end of the trip in Ontario, and an Alberta trip has neither, so a Springbank pickup is arranged by quote: call +1 (888) 627-5313 or request one, and the fare is set in Canadian dollars before the day.
Chauffeur service in Calgary
Springbank serves Calgary, Alberta. A transfer here with neither end in Ontario is arranged by quote; the city page explains how, and covers more than the airport.
Chauffeur service in Calgary →Other airports we serve in Calgary
- Calgary International Airport (YYC) — commercial, about 17 km by road from downtown Calgary
- Okotoks Air Ranch Airport (CFX2) — private and business aviation, about 35 km from downtown Calgary in a straight line