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.
| Airline | Image | 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 [13] | ||
| 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 [14] | ||
| 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 |
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