Toronto City Airport

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	CYTZ
IATA code	YTZ
Coordinates	43 ° 37 '39 "  N , 79 ° 23' 46"  W Coordinates: 43 ° 37 '39 "  N , 79 ° 23' 46"  W.
Height above MSL	77 m (253  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	2 km south of Toronto
Local transport	Shuttle ferry
Basic data
opening	1939
operator	PortsToronto
surface	80.9 ha
Passengers	2,724,221 (2016)
Flight movements	124,327 (2016)
Employees	1,960 (2014)
Runways
06/24	878 m × 45 m asphalt
08/26	1219 m × 45 m asphalt
15/33	847 m × 45 m asphalt

The Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (officially Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , formerly Toronto City Center Airport ) is a small commercial airport in Toronto . The airport has three lanes and is located on the westernmost island of the Toronto Islands , a small group of islands directly in front of downtown Toronto. A shuttle ferry transports passengers and vehicles between the airport and the mainland. On July 30, 2015, a pedestrian tunnel was also opened that connects the airport with the mainland.

history

The airport, which opened in 1939, was originally called Port George VI Airfield . During the Second World War , the Royal Canadian Air Force, together with the Norwegian Air Force, used the airport for training purposes. In 1983, the Toronto city government issued stricter guidelines for air traffic at City Airport. For example, the flight of jet-powered aircraft with the exception of MedEvac flights was prohibited. The airport is operated by the Toronto Port Authority .

On November 10, 2009, the airport was officially renamed Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, commemorating Air Marshal William Avery "Billy" Bishop .

Airlines and destinations

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is the home airport of the Canadian airline Porter Airlines .

Airlines	Destinations
Porter Airlines	Boston , Thunder Bay , Halifax , Moncton , Montréal-Trudeau , Mont-Tremblant , Myrtle Beach (seasonal), Newark , Ottawa , Québec , St. John's , Sudbury , Chicago-Midway , Washington DC - Dulles .
Air Canada operated by Sky Regional Airlines	Montréal-Trudeau.

On October 19, 2009, the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) published a report that resulted in other airlines expressing interest in using the airport. The airport operator pointed out that an expansion of traffic at the airport would result in a direct conflict with the rules of use established in 1983, which determine flight movements and noise pollution. However, Air Canada, which used the airport in the past, expressed great interest in wanting to use the airfield more intensively again in the course of 2010. The American airline Continental Airlines announced that it intends to increasingly handle flights between Canada and the USA from this airport. In June 2010, the two airlines received a permit allowing them to use the airport. Both companies have announced that regular flight connections will be established in December 2010.

Web links

Commons : Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History of the Airport. PortsToronto.com , accessed August 15, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} North America Airport Rankings. (No longer available online.) ACI-NA.org , archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on August 15, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Economic Impact. PortsToronto.com , accessed August 15, 2018 . 
4. ↑ The Billy Bishop Airport Tunnel Project ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.