Airport Improvement Fee
When you purchase your airline ticket, an Airport Improvement Fee (AIF) is included in the fee. Here’s what it’s for.
Airport Improvement Fees (AIF) at YYC
Calgary Airports is proud to operate safe, secure, and efficient airports and promote economic development for the community we serve. Because we operate independently of government funding, we rely upon fees paid by passengers to help improve and maintain the infrastructure at YYC.
As our region continues to grow, and with it the demand for air travel, we need to ensure we can keep pace. In order to fund projects that maintain our infrastructure, expand capacity, and improve the passenger experience, we need to adjust the AIF.
Starting January 1, 2026, the AIF for most departing passengers from YYC will increase from $35 to $40*.
*plus applicable taxes
Guests and AIFs
The Airport Improvement Fee (AIF) is used for paying for improvements and expansions of YYC Calgary International Airport, including the associated debt. These are necessary to keep pace with the air transportation needs of our growing city and province. Although The Calgary Airport Authority pays rent to the Government of Canada, the AIF is not sent to any level of government.
An AIF is included, along with other fees and charges, when you purchase an air travel ticket from airlines or their agents. Guests will not be required to pay through a separate collection process at the airport. The AIF is $35 per guest on all flights departing from YYC Calgary International Airport.
The following guests are not required to pay the AIF:
- A guest continuing a journey less than four hours after arrival at YYC Calgary International Airport for Domestic Canada and Transborder itineraries;
- A guest continuing a journey less than 24 hours after arrival at YYC Calgary International Airport for international itineraries (a guest will be considered to be “continuing” a journey even though multiple air carriers may participate in the itinerary on air carrier ticket(s);
- Airline employees travelling on business; and
- Infants under two years of age for whom no ticket was purchased (even though a no cost ticket may have been issued in the name of the infant).