New screening area at the Calgary airport has some SERIOUS technology
A new screening area coming to the Calgary International Airport (YYC) is changing the game for travellers, allowing you to pass through without pulling out things like permitted liquids and laptops.
Construction is underway at the YYC Calgary International Airport Domestic Terminal building to consolidate all domestic security checkpoints into a single screening process. The updated infrastructure will eliminate the need to remove laptops and permitted liquids, aerosols and gels from carry-on bags, making the screening process faster, more efficient and convenient.
“This is a game changer,” says Chris Miles, chief operating officer at the Calgary Airport Authority, in a news release. “We’ll bring three separate screening checkpoints into one consolidated location that will move people through faster and allow us to meet and exceed expected passenger growth for years to come.”
Passengers flying to domestic destinations on all airlines from YYC will travel through the new centralized screening area, which is scheduled to open to the public by the end of 2025 with seven preboarding security lanes.
The Calgary Airport Authority
Two more lanes are scheduled to open by early 2027, almost doubling the capacity of passengers moving through security. There were a record 18.9 million passengers overall flying through YYC in 2024, and passenger volumes are expected to grow through the end of this decade and beyond.
The Calgary Airport Authority
Each of the centralized security lanes will be equipped with CATSA+ CT X-Ray screening equipment. The technology — which eliminates the need for passengers to remove large electronics, medical devices, and permitted liquids, aerosols and gels from carry-on luggage — has been trialed in YYC’s International Terminal since 2024.
CATSA+ uses advanced rotatable 3-D imaging to detect prohibited items accurately inside baggage.
“This is state-of-the-art technology,” Miles added. “It reduces delays in screening and lets passengers travel through the checkpoint without having to separate their belongings into multiple bins. YYC is one of the first airports in Canada to install this technology, and bringing it to the Domestic Terminal with centralized screening will build on that future-forward investment.”
The Calgary Airport Authority
The new screening infrastructure has also been designed to follow the latest in universal principles, with a dedicated accessible lane for passengers of all abilities, reducing barriers in travel.
The current capacity for screening will be fully maintained during construction, so passengers won’t experience project-related delays during travel in 2025.