page_title: Fort McMurray International Airport
section_title: Public art
hierarchical_section_title: Fort McMurray International Airport / Architecture / Public art
caption_attribution_description: English: "Daedalist" - a suspended sculpture created by David Robinson of Vancouver, one of several art pieces commissioned to the Fort McMurray International Airport.
context_page_description: Fort McMurray International Airport is located 7 nautical miles southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. YMM is the largest airport in northern Alberta. It has daily flights to Edmonton, Calgary, Fort Chipewyan and Toronto through airlines Air Canada, WestJet, McMurray Aviation and Northwestern Air. Sunwing airline used to fly to seasonal vacation destinations in Mexico 2012-2015.
  The airport is managed by the Fort McMurray Airport Authority, a community-based not-for-profit organization that has operated YMM since 2010.
  The airport has seen a significant rise in passengers over the last ten years due to the intense development of the Athabasca oil sands. Flights are frequently booked to capacity because of the high transient worker population and people unwilling to drive on Alberta Highway 63. In 2014, YMM served 1,308,416 passengers, ranking it as the 15th busiest airport in Canada. As a result, a new $258 million airport terminal facility opened in 2014 that can accommodate 1.5 million passengers per year.
context_section_description: YMM has a collection of art by artists locally and across Western Canada that showcases the unique look and character of Fort McMurray and the Wood Buffalo region. These art pieces include:
  the suspended sculpture "Daedalist" by David Robinson of Vancouver
  the photographic collage "Waterways" by Liz Ingram of Edmonton
  the paintings "Lasting Impression" and "Sky Explorer" by Lucas Seaward of Fort McMurray (which uses bitumen as part of the palette)
  the painting  "Sky Dance" by Amy Keller-Rempp of Fort McMurray
  the painting series "Utopia" by Jane Ash Poitras of Fort Chipewyan
  The Northern Lights mural in the arrivals hall features the aurora borealis and boreal forests for the Wood Buffalo region, and unites all the other thematic features of the main terminal.
caption: "Daedalist" by David Robinson, Vancouver
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