Edmonton International Airport Central Hall - Phase 3

Central Hall opened on schedule for operation on November 15, 2003. It is a 2-level, 17,000 square metre building located between the South and North Terminals.  The upper departures level features a 30 foot high curved ceiling, plenty of natural light, and design features that will speed travelers along their way.   Security for the entire airport is centralized in Central Hall, with six checkpoints designed for fast efficient movement .

The new Commuter Concourse, designed specifically for short-haul regional aircraft juts out from the Central Hall building towards the airside apron area, just 40 metres past centralized security.  It features a large, open hold room with a view of apron operations (aircraft maneuvering area) and escalator access to ground-level passenger corridors leading to 6 gates.  The facility is expandable to ten gates. 

By integrating Central Hall with the existing terminals, the current airline check-in counters are already positioned adjacent to the centralized security area .   Central Hall includes an additional 14 Air Canada positions .

Central Hall's open concept hold room seats 600 people.   An indoor observation area overlooks both the hold room and allows travelers to watch aircraft movements on the airport's two main runways.

A complete compliment of food and beverage services, a Duty Free store, a Bookstore and, specialty retail is located in the facility.   Central Hall's design features incorporate the prairie harvest colour and textural themes, as well as the wing-effect overhead lighting concept, established in the Southeast Terminal Expansion.  Design features incorporated into Central Hall saves considerable money on air conditioning that is required year round in the terminal buildings because of solar heating through large expanses of glass.  Central Hall's basement contains a huge, 3 million liter chilled water storage tank.   The water is cooled at night when utility rates are low, then used for air conditioning during the day when utility rates hit their peak rates.