Edmonton · YEG · the Alberta capital gateway · June 2026
Alberta's capital gateway welcomed 7.9 million passengers in 2024, up nearly six percent with transborder traffic surging, and Blindspot books its airside screens by the hour, matched to how YEG's domestic and transborder banks actually move.
Edmonton International Airport advertising spans from a few cents per play on concourse and gate screens to premium arrivals-hall LED and spectacular digital walls. On Blindspot, Edmonton International Airport screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.44, with no contracts or minimums.
The smart Edmonton International Airport play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the departures bank in the morning, the security and concourse dwell through the day, the arrivals halls when the long-haul flights land.
Billboard ranking points
Scored by Blindspot's location intelligence on visibility, dwell time, and footfall (directional, 1–10). Every one is bookable by the hour on the platform.
The single-terminal check-in hall catches every departing passenger at the counters, the first and longest dwell of the trip.
The security queue holds travelers in a slow, phone-down line with clear overhead sightlines through the choke point.
The gate holdrooms seat boarding passengers 30 to 60 minutes before their flight, a captive business and resource-travel audience.
The transborder and preclearance area holds a fast-growing flow of US-bound passengers with long, focused dwell.
Arriving flyers cluster at the carousels and the rental and shuttle curb, a captive, recently landed audience.
The shops and food court beyond the checkpoint catch relaxed, spending-minded travelers with time on their hands.
The media estate · operator partners
Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Edmonton International Airport's media owners, Pattison Outdoor, Clear Channel Canada, Edmonton Airport media among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.
Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.
Formats
From a single gate screen to a full arrivals-hall takeover, Blindspot puts Edmonton International Airport's digital out-of-home on one map, each screen priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter airside and landside:
Large-format digital across check-in islands and departures, where every traveler dwells before security.
Captive screens along the security and passport queues, minutes of guaranteed attention per passenger.
Concourse and gate-lounge screens reaching seated, relaxed travelers with long airside dwell.
High-dwell arrivals and baggage-claim placements as passengers wait, the airport's longest captive window.
Boarding-bridge and gate-side panels in the final moment before the flight.
Iconic hall and atrium spectaculars for brand-statement reach across the whole terminal.
Location insights
Edmonton International serves the Alberta capital and the gateway to Canada's north and the oil sands, a single terminal running strong domestic banks to Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary plus fast-growing transborder service to the United States and seasonal sun routes. WestJet and Air Canada anchor the schedule, with early-morning and evening departure waves feeding business, energy and resource travel through the week. Summer lifts leisure and the sun destinations climb in winter. The North Saskatchewan valley, the ICE District and West Edmonton Mall define the city it feeds. Buy the banks, not the dead hours.
Ticketing and check-in fill in the early-morning and late-afternoon banks. Book those hours and your frequency against business travelers climbs for the same budget.
Gates and the gate holdrooms hold seated, relaxed travelers for 60–90 minutes, long windows where dwell, not rush, does the work.
Preclearance fills as long-haul flights land in banks, high-value international passengers with time to read. Swap creative to match who just arrived.
Location intelligence summary
Edmonton International Airport doesn't have a rush hour; it has flight banks. Departures peak in the morning, long-haul arrivals land in waves, and between them travelers dwell for 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. The buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the banks when your audience is captive, skip the dead hours.
| Objective | Book these zones | Best hours |
|---|---|---|
| Brand launch / premium | Ticketing + Baggage / Curb | All day · long-haul banks |
| Business travelers | Ticketing, Gates | Weekday 6–10 AM · 4–8 PM |
| Long-dwell layovers | Gates, Preclearance | 10 AM–8 PM |
| International arrivals | Preclearance, Retail | Aligned to long-haul landing banks |
| Duty-free & retail | Ticketing, Gates | Departures peaks |
A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Edmonton International Airport’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.
Security-line passengers read in seconds; gate-side travelers dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.
Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.
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Pricing · updated June 2026
Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.
| Format | Price per play | Typical presence | Why it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-in hall pillars & LED | from ~$0.44 per play | $100 buys hourly check-in slots | every departing traveler through the terminal |
| Gate & holdroom screens | from ~$0.44 per play | $100 buys hourly holdroom slots | seated business and resource-travel attention |
| Transborder & preclearance | from ~$0.42 per play | $100 buys hourly preclearance slots | the fast-growing US-bound flow |
| Baggage claim & arrivals | from ~$0.42 per play | $100 buys belt-side reclaim time | a captive, recently landed audience |
| Check-in-hall spectacular | custom | flagship check-in-hall takeover | dominant share of voice over the departures core |
No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen
Four things move the price on any Edmonton International Airport (YEG) screen: the format (pricing runs higher on check-in-hall spectacular than on check-in hall pillars & LED), the zone (Check-in & departures hall carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.
What a campaign costs
Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.
Concourse test
The gate holdrooms across a morning departure bank
Multi-zone airport push
Check-in, security, the holdrooms, preclearance and arrivals together
YEG flagship takeover
Dominant share of voice across the departures core
FAQ
No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, Pattison Outdoor, Clear Channel Canada among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.
Edmonton International Airport handles roughly 7.9 million passengers a year, a captive, high-income, hard-to-reach audience that dwells 60–90 minutes with phones often stowed. Few channels deliver that quality of attention.
Arrivals halls and baggage reclaim lead for dwell and recall; departures and security queues for guaranteed exposure to every passenger; concourse and gate holdrooms for long, relaxed attention.
Yes. On Blindspot every Edmonton International Airport screen is bookable by the hour with no minimum, so you can buy only the morning departures bank or the long-haul arrivals windows that match your audience.
The airport's media is run by operators such as Pattison Outdoor, Clear Channel Canada; Blindspot aggregates the bookable digital inventory onto one map, priced per play.
Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Approval typically averages around two business days across networks.
A multi-day hourly presence across a high-dwell concourse or arrivals hall, or a concentrated burst on departures and security screens through the busiest morning banks.
How to book
No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.
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Open the map, filter Edmonton International Airport by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.
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Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.
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Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.
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