Car Hire Edmonton International Airport

Planning an escape to the beautiful Canadian province of Alberta? The province’s capital Edmonton is regarded as the gateway to the North and Jasper National Park as well as the Canadian Rockies.

Edmonton International Airport is the province’s main airport and a hub for Northern Alberta and Northern The airport is Canada’s fifth-busiest airport – it serves 8.2 million passengers a year with direct flights to 50 destinations around the world.

If you are planning a trip to Alberta, Canada, our friendly Avis team at Edmonton International Airport is on hand to offer advice and provide the perfect rental car for your trip.

You’ll find our Avis counter in the baggage claim area of the terminal building at Edmonton International Airport. Rental cars are parked at the exit just beyond the baggage claim area.

The 31km drive from the Avis car park at Edmonton International Airport to Edmonton takes around 40 min via the Airport Rd, AB2/N and Gateway Boulevard.

This is a city that will appeal to lovers of the arts, culture, fine dining and sport. Home to 50 festivals throughout the year, including the second largest fringe theatre festival in the world after Edinburgh, Edmonton prides itself on being the cool capital of the Rockies.

If you’re in need of some retail therapy on your trip here, you’ll love West Edmonton Mall – remarkably it’s the largest in North America. If you are a sports fan, stop off to see an ice hockey game at the Rexall Centre home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers.

You are spoiled for choice when it comes to planning a road trip from Edmonton with so much to see in the province of Alberta.

If you are having a summer adventure, Elk Island National Park, a 30min drive from the city, is the place to head for kayaking, renting a canoe, spotting buffalo or exploring the walking trails.

To experience Alberta’s winter wonderland, take a drive west from Edmonton to Jasper (3hr 36min, 316.3 km), the world's second largest dark sky preserve in the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

While Alberta’s capital is easy to explore on foot, if you want to explore further afield into the mountains or the lakes, hiring a car is the way to go.

The Avis team at Edmonton International Airport are experts on the Rockies and North and Jasper National Parks and ready to advise you on the best places to go and help make your trip a smooth one from the moment you touch down.

If you have not driven in this part of the world before unlike in the United States across the border, you’ll be driving on the right-hand side of the road. We’d advise familiarising yourself with the road rules for driving in Canada before you travel.