# List of airlines of Alberta

This is a list of airlines of Alberta which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in Alberta.

## Current airlines

| Airline | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Notes |
| Air Spray | | ASB | | Red Deer | Aerial firefighting |
| AirSprint | | ASP | AIRSPRINT | Calgary | Fractional ownership of aircraft |
| Lynx Air | EG | ENJ | Lynx Air | Calgary | Charter airline |
| Kenn Borek Air | 4K | KBA | BOREK AIR | Calgary | Charters, aircraft leasing |
| LR Helicopters | | | | Calgary/Springbank | Charters, flight training |
| McMurray Aviation | | | | Fort McMurray | Charters, flight training |
| Morningstar Air Express | | MAL | MORNINGSTAR | Edmonton | Cargo airline that operates a FedEx Canada contract. Example colours only; aircraft now registered to WestJet. |
| Nor-Alta Aviation | LT | | CANWEST | Fort Vermilion, High Level | Charters and MEDIVAC (air ambulance) |
| Northern Air | | | | Peace River | Charters, scheduled flights and air ambulance |
| R1 Airlines | | TSH | TRANSCANADA | Calgary | Charter airline, aircraft leasing |
| Sunwest Aviation | | CNK | CHINOOK | Calgary | Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance) |
| WestJet | WS | WJA | WESTJET | Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto Pearson | Low-cost carrier, scheduled passenger service. Canada's second largest airline after Air Canada. |
| WestJet Encore | | WEN | ENCORE | Calgary | |

## Defunct airlines

| Airline | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Notes |
| Air Mikisew | V8 | | AURORA | Fort McMurray | 1961 (as Contact Air) - 2011 Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011 |
| Alberta Citylink | | ABK | ALBERTA CITYLINK | Medicine Hat | 1996 - 2004 Owned by Bar XH Air |
| Alta Flights | | ALZ | | Edmonton International | 1986 - 2014 To Sunwest Aviation |
| Bar XH Air | | BXH | PALLISER | Medicine Hat | 1974 - 2010 To Integra Air |
| Canada West Airlines | | | | Edmonton International | 2002 - 2004 |
| Canadian Airlines | CP | CDN | CANADIAN | Calgary | 1987 - 2001 To Air Canada |
| Canadian Regional Airlines | KI | CDR | CANADIAN REGIONAL | Calgary | 1993 - 2000 To Air Canada Jazz |
| Corporate Express | | CPB | PENTA | Calgary | 1975 - 2009 |
| Eldorado Radium Silver Express | | | | Edmonton/Blatchford Field, Port Radium | 1935 - 1970s? To Eldorado Aviation |
| Globemaster Air Cargo | | | | Edmonton/St. Albert | 2003 - 2004 |
| Holidair | | STP | | Edmonton | 1998 - 1999 |
| Integra Air | | BXH | PALLISER | Lethbridge | 1998 - 2018 Former provider of scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Knighthawk Air Express | 4I | KNX | KNIGHT FLIGHT | Calgary | 1993 - 2005 |
| MacKenzie Air Services | | | | Edmonton/Blatchford Field | 1932 - 1942 to Canadian Pacific Airlines |
| Peace Air | | | | Peace River | |
| QuikAir | Q9 | | | Calgary | 2001 - 2006 |
| Skyxpress Airline | | KLO | KLONDIKE | Calgary | 2001 - 2008 |
| Southern Frontier Airlines | | | | Calgary | 1978 - 1978 To Time Air |
| Swanberg Air | | | | Grande Prairie | 2000 - 2011 Ceased due to death of founder Sylvan Swanberg |
| Time Air | KI | TAF | TIME AIR | Lethbridge | 1966 - 1993 To Canadian Regional Airlines |
| Wardair | WD | WDA | WARDAIR | Edmonton International | 1952 - 1990 Started as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946, acquired by Canadian Airlines) |
| Zip | 3J | WZP | ZIPPER | Calgary | 2002 - 2004 Operations return to regular Air Canada routes |