Connecting at Calgary airport

Connection time calculator, immigration and security, and how to move between terminals at YYC.

How connections work at YYC

At Calgary airport, passengers connecting between two international flights can usually stay in the transit area without going through immigration. If you connect from an international to a domestic flight, you enter the country here: you go through immigration and collect and re-check your bags.

The airport has 3 terminals or concourses (Domestic terminal (Concourses A, B, C), International terminal (Concourse D, international), International terminal (Concourse E, US flights)). All of them are connected after security, so you do not need to clear security again to change.

Connection time calculator

Is your layover at YYC long enough? Pick your connection and get an estimate with the times of this airport.

Terminals / concourses: Domestic terminal (Concourses A, B, C), International terminal (Concourse D, international), International terminal (Concourse E, US flights)

Getting between them: Walking along the 620 m airside corridor (about 10 minutes) or the free YYC Link electric shuttle on the same route

The domestic and international terminals are joined by a 620-metre airside corridor. Domestic-to-domestic, domestic-to-international and international-to-domestic connections stay in the secure area. Flights to the United States leave from Concourse E, where you clear US preclearance (US customs and immigration) before boarding.

Arriving international passengers clear Canadian customs first and then go back through security for the onward flight. Flights to the US require US preclearance in Concourse E.

  • Under a current congestion measure, you can only enter transborder security and US preclearance two hours before departure: on a long layover before a US flight, wait in Concourse D or the domestic terminal.
  • If you arrive on an international flight, allow extra time for Canadian customs and the new security check before your next flight.

Estimate based on typical times at this airport, not your airline's official minimum connection time. Immigration and security lines change with the time of day and season. On a single ticket, the airline must rebook you if you miss the connection; on separate tickets, it does not.

Sources: layoverindex.com.

Times are estimates: always check with your airline.

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