Toronto City Centre Airport
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Toronto City Centre Airport

The Toronto Island Airport also known as Toronto City Centre Airport bills itself as an ideal alternative to the ultra-busy Pearson International for business travel.

The Toronto Island Airport is situated to provide quick and convenient access to the downtown and surrounding area on public transit. The Toronto Island Airport is minutes away from first-class hotels, the Hummingbird Centre, Roy Thomson Hall, SkyDome, Air Canada Centre the CN Tower, Hockey Hall of Fame, and Harbourfront.

At the Toronto Island Airport regional and charter airlines offer flights to destinations as far afield as mid-western and northeastern U.S., and northern Ontario and Quebec with minimal delays or customs hassle. Located on the western section of the Toronto Islands, the Toronto Island Airport also known as TCCA is just minutes from downtown. The Toronto Island Airport Ferry leaves regularly from the dock at the foot of Bathurst Street for the short trip to the airport terminals.

The Toronto Island Airport is a bonanza for the Toronto Tourism industry. Flights from Montreal, New York and other major cities bring businessmen and tourists alike right to the picturesque skyline of downtown Toronto.

The Toronto Island Airport is ideally situated to provide quick access to all of Metropolitan Toronto's surrounding areas through the transportation links of Via Rail, GO Trains, and the subway and bus system.

The TCCA presently accommodates commuter airlines and is popular as a training base for civilian pilots. It ranks yearly among Canada's busiest airfields. The record for aircraft movements --240,339-- was set in 1967. In recent times the airport has experienced annual movements of 100,000 to 160,000.

The Airport is ideally situated to provide quick access to all of Metropolitan Toronto's surrounding area through the transportation links of Via Rail, GO Trains, and the subway and bus system. The Airport is located just minutes away from first-class hotels, entertainment facilities such as the Hummingbird Centre, Roy Thompson Hall; sports arenas such as Toronto's famous Skydome, Air Canada Centre, Raptor's Stadium; Toronto's greatest shopping districts of Yorkville and the Eaton Centre complex, and other famous landmarks such as the CN Tower, Hockey Hall of Fame, as well as Toronto's cultural community at Harbourfront.

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Airport Facts

Toronto/City Centre Airport, (ICAO CYTZ, IATA YTZ), in Toronto, Ontario, is a regional airport located on the Toronto Islands.

Opened in 1939 as the Port George VI Airfield, it became generally known as the Island Airport. At opening it was intended to be Toronto's principal airport; a secondary airport was built in Malton (now part of Mississauga) for use in case of inclement weather. However, these roles quickly became reversed, and the Malton Airport became the main airport, a role in which it continues today as Toronto Pearson International Airport. In 1994, the name was officially changed to Toronto City Centre Airport.

The original 1939 wooden frame terminal building is still present and used although not as a commercial passenger terminal. The only major change to the structure was a change to sloping glass in the control tower to facilitate night operations.

Airport Data

• ICAO airport code: CYTZ
  
• IATA airport code: YTZ
  
• Runway 1 (08/26): 1,219 m x 46 m (4,000 ft x 150 ft)
  
• Runway 2 (06/24): 878 m x 46 m (2,880 ft x 150 ft)
  
• Runway 3 (15/33): 847 m x 46 m (2,780 ft x 150 ft)
  
• Seaplane ramp
  
• Coordinates: N43 37 39 W79 23 46 11W; UTC -5(4)
  
• Elevation: 77 m (251 ft)
  
• Aeronautical Charts: VTA, A5000, F-21, LO6, T2, CAP