Winnipeg | CentrePort Canada

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Runway lands are airport‑owned land located directly beside an active runway, specifically zoned and prepared for businesses that need to move goods or aircraft straight onto the airfield without using public roads.

Winnipeg is now in a very small group of Canadian airports that can offer:

• Large contiguous airside parcels
• Direct runway/taxiway access
• Shovel‑ready sites (utilities, grading, approvals)
• Integration with a major inland port (CentrePort)
• Government‑backed expansion

Other Airports have some airside land but limited availability. These airports have pockets of airside‑accessible land, but often require servicing, are constrained by legacy layouts, or are reserved for future airport expansion.

Examples:
• Edmonton International (EIA)
• Calgary International (YYC)
• Ottawa International (YOW)
• Halifax Stanfield (YHZ)

These airports typically offer airside development opportunities, but not at the scale or readiness of Winnipeg’s current expansion.

Airports with little or no remaining runway‑adjacent land are older, urban‑constrained airports have almost no developable airside land left:

• Toronto Pearson (YYZ)
• Vancouver International (YVR)
• Montreal Trudeau (YUL)
• Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ)

These airports rely on off‑airport logistics parks and do not offer new tenants direct runway access.

US airport examples of runway‑adjacent developed land include:

• Memphis (FedEx hub)
• Louisville (UPS Worldport)
• Cincinnati (Amazon Air hub)