Toronto Pearson International Airport

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Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport Lester B. Pearson International Airport
IATA: YYZ – ICAO: CYYZ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Transport Canada
Operator		Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)
Serves		Toronto, Ontario
Location		Mississauga
Elevation AMSL		569 ft / 173 m
Coordinates		43°40′38″N 079°37′50″W / 43.67722°N 79.63056°W / 43.67722; -79.63056 (Toronto Pearson International Airport)Coordinates: 43°40′38″N 079°37′50″W / 43.67722°N 79.63056°W / 43.67722; -79.63056 (Toronto Pearson International Airport)
Website		www.gtaa.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
05/23	11,120	3,389	Asphalt/Concrete
15L/33R	11,050	3,368	Asphalt
06L/24R	9,697	2,956	Asphalt
15R/33L	9,088	2,770	Asphalt
06R/24L	9,000	2,743	Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Number of Passengers			32,334,831
Aircraft Movements			429,262
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement[1] Transport Canada[2] Statistics from Transport Canada.[3] Passengers from GTAA[4]

Toronto Pearson International Airport, also known as Lester B. Pearson International Airport or simply Toronto Pearson (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), is an international airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 km (17 mi) northwest of Downtown Toronto in the city of Mississauga. It is the busiest airport in Canada^[3][4] and is a hub of flag carrier Air Canada and is also a hub for Air Canada Jazz. The airport is operated by Greater Toronto Airports Authority as part of Transport Canada's National Airports System.^[5] It is one of eight Canadian airports with facilities for United States border preclearance.

Toronto Pearson handled 32.3 million passengers^[4] and 429,262 aircraft movements^[3] in 2008. It was the 22nd busiest airport by aircraft movements in 2008 with 429,829 flights.^[6] In 2006, the airport was selected as the best global airport by the UK based Institute of Transport Management.^[7]

Contents 1 History 1.1 Malton Airport (1937-1960) 1.2 Toronto International Airport (1960-1984) 1.3 Toronto Pearson International Airport (1984-present) 2 Infrastructure and services 2.1 LINK Train 2.2 Support 2.3 Cargo operations 2.3.1 Tenants using the Cargo West Facilities 2.3.2 Tenants using the Cargo Area 5/VISTA Cargo Centres 2.3.3 Tenants using the cargo area north of the aviation facilities 2.4 TBA usage tenants 2.5 North Business Aviation Area 2.6 Other airport tenants 2.7 Passenger terminals 2.7.1 Terminal 1 2.7.2 Infield Terminal (IFT) 2.7.3 East Holdroom 2.7.4 Terminal 3 3 Airlines and destinations 3.1 Terminal 1 3.2 Terminal 3 4 Access 4.1 Car 4.2 Bus 4.3 Toronto Airport Express 4.4 Taxis/limousines 4.5 Union-Pearson Rail Link 5 Major incidents 5.1 Accidents 5.2 Notable visitors and miscellanea 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Malton Airport (1937-1960)

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The airport was created from nine farmland properties that were purchased by the Toronto Harbour Commission in 1937. It first opened in 1939 as Malton Airport, named for its location near Malton, bounded by Derry Road to the north, Airport Road (6th Line) to the east, Elmbank Side Road to the south and Torbram Road (5th Line) to the west.

The first terminal was built in 1938 and consisted of a standard frame terminal building from a converted farm house. The original airport covered 420 acres (1.7 km²) with full lighting, radio, weather reporting equipment, two hard surface runways and one grass landing strip.

Malton Airport was sold to the City of Toronto in 1940 and was used as a military training airport. An air traffic control centre was added in 1942 and the airport served as a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility during World War II.

A second terminal, similar to the existing structure at the Toronto City Centre Airport, was built along Airport Road in 1949 to replace the first terminal (converted farm house). It was able to handle 400,000 passengers a year, and had an observation deck on the roof. Further expansion of the airport saw the expropriation of land to the south of Elmbank Side Road and westwards past Torbram to Dixie Road. The airport's growth eventually lead to the disappearance of much of the town, Elmbank. The runways for Malton consisted of 14/32, a 11,050 ft (3,368 m) runway used for test flights for the CF-105 Arrow (Avro Arrow) fighter from the Avro Canada plant and now exists only as a taxiway to 05/23; 14/32, a 11,475 ft (3,498 m) north-south runway (replaced by 15L/33R); and 10/28, a 7,425 ft (2,263 m) northwest-southeast runway which now exists only as a taxiway.

Transport Canada obtained control of Malton Airport in 1958, and the airport was renamed Toronto International Airport in 1960.

[edit] Toronto International Airport (1960-1984)

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The second terminal was demolished in the late 1960s to make way for the Terminal 1 (T1) building. The original T1 (also called Aeroquay One) had a square central structure topped by a parking garage with about eight levels and ringed by a two-storey passenger concourse leading to the gates. It was designed by John B. Parkin and construction took place between 1957 and 1964.

In 1972, the Canadian government expropriated land east of Toronto for a second major airport, Pickering Airport, to relieve congestion at Toronto International. The project was postponed in 1975, partly due to opposition by community activists and environmentalists. However, the government retained ownership of the expropriated land.

Considered state-of-the-art in the 1960s, Terminal 1 became overloaded by the early 1970s, resulting in the building of another terminal. Terminal 2, originally intended as a freight terminal, opened on June 15, 1972. However, the failed development of the Pickering Airport forced the airport to modify Terminal 2's plan into a two floor, 26-gate passenger terminal. Initially, it was served only by charter airlines, but became the hub for all Air Canada passenger flights on April 29, 1973. A tunnel with moving sidewalks at the northwest corner of Terminal 2 connected it with Terminal 1.

The site of Terminal 2 was to have been the location for the planned Aeroquays Two and Three, duplicates of the design of the original Terminal 1 (Aeroquay One), but their inefficiency in handling wide-body passenger aircraft by the late 1960s forced the airport to abandon the circular terminal concept.

Terminal 2 was designed for three airlines: American, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), and Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air). In the later development stages, it became apparent that it would not be viable in this form, the major complaint being the lack of indoor parking and the lack of windows. As AA, BA (formerly BOAC) and CP opted out of T2, Air Canada, as the government airline, was forced to move its operations there against its will. Initially, it was operated as three separate areas, befitting the three airlines for which it was designed: furthest west, (designed for CP) the Domestic zone; at the centre (designed for BA), International; furthest east, (for AA) Transborder. In the late 1970s, T2 was redesigned again; this iteration lasting until the acquisition of Canadian Airlines in 2000. The western zone remained Domestic, but was now colour coded red. In the middle, a separate Rapidair area was created for flights to Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport and Montreal-Dorval International Airport; it was red as well. East of that was the Transborder area, coloured white. A new section was added on the east end for International flights and was coded blue. An airside corridor along the southern edge of T2 was added, giving access to and from Canada Customs; this made it possible for aircraft arriving in one zone to depart with passengers from another zone without regating the aircraft.

[edit] Toronto Pearson International Airport (1984-present)

The airport was renamed to Toronto Pearson International Airport in 1984, in honour of Lester B. Pearson, the 14th Prime Minister of Canada and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Operationally, the airport is often referred to as Toronto Pearson. Terminal 3 opened in 1991, to offset traffic from Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Before its opening, Terminal 3 was the designation for the CP Air hangar at the airport during 1971 to handle the increased volume at Terminal 1.

There is one infield terminal located near the cargo tentants, however, it is not used for by any airline or cargo airline

As part of the National Airports Policy, management responsibilities of the Toronto Pearson were transferred from Transport Canada to the Greater Toronto Airports Authority in 1996. The C$4.4 billion Airport Development Program commenced with focus on terminal development, airside development, infield development, utilities and airport support facilities over a 10-year period. Work began to replace Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 with a new Terminal 1, which along with a Terminal 3 would become the two passenger terminal facilities at Toronto Pearson.

To ensure the ability of Toronto Pearson to accommodate its growing aircraft volume, substantial redevelopment of the airside and infield systems took place. Cargo facilities were added in the centre of the airport between the parallel north-south runways, to increase capabilities and to offset the loss of the cargo facilities that were removed for the new terminal.^[8] Two new runways were built to increase the number of aircraft that Toronto Pearson can process. A north-south runway, 15R/33L, was added and completed in 1997. Another east-west runway, 06R/24L, was completed in 2002.^[9]

After the September 11 attacks, Toronto Pearson was part of Operation Yellow Ribbon, as it received 19 of the diverted flights that were coming into the United States, even though Transport Canada and NAV CANADA instructed pilots to avoid the airport as a security measure.

The new Terminal 1 opened on April 6, 2004. Previously, Terminal 2 had a facility for United States border preclearance and handled both domestic and international transborder traffic. Domestic traffic was moved to the new Terminal 1 when it became operational, leaving Terminal 2 to handle transborder United States traffic for Air Canada and their Star Alliance partner United Airlines.

Terminal 2 saw its last day in operation as a passenger terminal on January 29, 2007 and airlines moved to the newly completed Pier F at Terminal 1 the following day. Demolition of Terminal 2 began in April 2007 and is expected to continue until November 2008.^[10] Terminal 1 was designed in a way that will allow for future expansion. Future projections see Toronto Pearson handling 55 million passengers annually by 2020^{[citation needed]}, and Terminal 3 will also be expanded as needed to service the passengers.

The first landing of an A380 in Toronto was on June 1, 2009, an Emirates Airline flight.^[11]

Traffic flow is steady at Pearson throughout the year, but during the day, peak passenger, cargo and aircraft movements are between 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Infrastructure and services

[edit] LINK Train

LINK Train
Terminal 1 Terminal 3 GTAA Parking Authority

In July 2006, the automated LINK Train people mover was opened, with two 6-car trains running between Terminals 1 and 3 and the 6A Station, where a reduced rate and airport staff parking lot exists between Airport Road and Viscount Road. A new parking garage (currently being constructed at 6B parking lot), opposite the 6A Station (linked via a bridge that crosses Viscount Road), will open in December 2009 and will have a maximum capacity of 8,500 vehicles. This will be a mixed use building (long term parking, employee parking and rental car operations). Unfortunately, since early April 2009, it has been down. Some^[who?] say that it is down due to mechanical issues, others^[who?] say that it is down for an extension to the (soon to be built) southernmost pier of Terminal one.

[edit] Support

• Main control tower - 200 ft (61 m) was completed in 2000 and replaced the old tower (now demolished).
• Deicing Centre 1998
• Central Heating Plant
• Central Utilities Plant
  • Terminal 3 Switching Station
  • Bramalea Transformer station
• Carlingview Stormwater Control Facility
• Etobicoke Stormwater Management Facility 2000
• Moore Creek Stormwater Control Facility

[edit] Cargo operations

There are two main cargo facilities at Pearson.^[12]

The Cargo West Facilities are located between runways 15L/33R and 15R/33L, and the Cargo Area 5 or VISTA Cargo Centres Incorporated are located north of Terminal 3.

Also, FedEx Express Canada Cargo occupy facilities at west side of airport near runway 05/23. An additional separate cargo area is located north of the aviation facilities.

[edit] Tenants using the Cargo West Facilities

Air Canada Cargo American Airlines BAX Global Korean Air

Canada Border Services Agency Worldwide Flight Services Incorporated

[edit] Tenants using the Cargo Area 5/VISTA Cargo Centres

Air Canada ACE Freight Air France Cargo Airline Cargo Sales Air Time Express Alitalia All Trade Shipping American Aviation Parts & Service Airport Terminal Services Caribbean Airlines Canada Border Services Agency Canada Post Cargo Sales Resources Cargo Zone CAS Cargo and Travel Cathay Pacific DHL Express El Al EVA Air Excel Cargo Exp-Air Cargo Freight Systems Incorporated Air India Handlex Incorporated International Cargo

International Fastline Fowarding Japan Airlines KLM LAN Chile LOT Polish Airlines Lufthansa Cargo Martinair Cargo Mayfield Cargo Northern Europe-Finnair Northwest Airlines Onward Transportation Orbit Brokers Pine Tree Express Platnium Air Cargo Prestige International Secure Maple Freight Swiss International Airlines Swissport TBI U Freight International United Parcel Service and UPS SCS Varig Logistics VCC Cargo Services

[edit] Tenants using the cargo area north of the aviation facilities

• Shell Aerocentre Hangars and Flight Lounge
• All Cargo Airlines Limited
• Air 500

[edit] TBA usage tenants

• Cargolux ^[13]

[edit] North Business Aviation Area

Next to the cargo terminals off Derry Road is refer to as the North Business Aviation Area. It is home to several tenants:

• Skycharter - private charter operator since 1968
• Hydro One (formerly Ontario Hydro) Helicopters - used for repair and maintenance work of hydro towers
• World Aviation Centre - now home to Landmark Aviation

[edit] Other airport tenants

• Peel Regional Police is the primary general police service at the airport. Airport Division is located on 2951 Convair Drive, on the south side of the airport near the Facilities Building along Highway 401.
• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police maintain a Toronto Airport Detachment to provide federal police services. The Canada Border Services Agency as well as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service maintain extensive operations at the airport.
• The Greater Toronto Airports Authority administration offices are located on the south side of the airport. They were re-located when the original office was torn down to make way for the new Terminal 1's parking facilities.
• Esso Avitat
• Skyservice

[edit] Passenger terminals

Toronto Pearson International Airport currently has two operating terminals: Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. T1 opened on April 6, 2004. The old Terminal 1, which closed simultaneously, was demolished to make room for additional gates at Pier E. Pier F at Terminal 1, which has an enlarged end called "Hammerhead F", opened on January 30, 2007 to replace Terminal 2. This pier is for international traffic and adds 7 million passengers per year to the airport's total capacity. Redevelopment of the airport was a logistical challenge as the existing terminals remained operational throughout construction and demolition.

Toronto Pearson International Airport is one of eight Canadian airports that has United States border preclearance facilities. US Border Pre-clearance is located in both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

[edit] Terminal 1

Terminal 1 is designed to handle domestic, international and transborder flights in one facility. The Terminal features three piers: Piers D and E with 38 gates (opened November 1, 2005) and Pier F with 23 gates (opened January 30, 2007). Pier F serves transborder and international flights, replacing Terminal 2 and the Infield Terminal (IFT). A Pier G is slated to be built in the future if demand warrants.^[14]

The terminal was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill International Ltd., Adamson Associates Architects, and Moshe Safdie and Associates. It is one of the largest terminal buildings in the world, and holds the largest parking garage in North America.

[edit] Infield Terminal (IFT)

Constructed during 2001/02, and opened on April 6, 2003, the IFT was built to handle traffic displaced during the Terminal 1 development. The IFT has 11 gates (521 to 531), and is currently not in use. It will be reactivated once passenger demand rises to a point where Terminal 1 needs to be expanded again. It is frequently used as a location for film and television shoots.

[edit] East Holdroom

The east holdroom, also referred to as the "east beach," was added in 1990 and originally served as a satellite terminal for the former Terminal 2, handling mostly short-haul transborder flights for Air Ontario and later, Air Canada Jazz. Although it can only accommodate approximately twelve turbo-prop aircraft, the east holdroom has been designated all of Terminal 2's former gate numbers (200-299) and will remain in operation until further expansion of Terminal 1. The east holdroom was originally accessed by a shuttle bus from Terminal 2, but is now accessed by a shuttle bus from Terminal 1 after clearing the US Border Preclearance facility.

[edit] Terminal 3

Terminal 3, which opened on Thursday February 21, 1991, was built to offset traffic from the old Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Terminal 3 was initially advertised as "Trillium Terminal 3" and "The Trillium Terminal". It was built as a private venture and was a state of the art terminal containing, among other things, a US customs pre-clearance facility. A parking garage and a hotel (formerly Swissôtel, now Sheraton) is located across from the terminal. A bridge walkway conveniently connects the terminal to the hotel and parking garage. In 1997 the GTAA purchased Terminal 3, shortly thereafter implementing a C$350 million expansion.^{[citation needed]}

The GTAA Terminal 3 Redevelopment Team (T3RD) was formed to oversee the terminal expansion.^[15] In 2004, the Pier C Expansion opened. In June 2006, the East Processor Extension (EPE) started operations. With a soaring, undulating roofline, the EPE added 40 new check-in counters, new retail space, more secure 'hold-screening' for baggage and a huge picture window offering one of the most convenient apron viewing locations at the airport. Improved Canadian Border services and a more open arrivals hall were included in Phase I of the expansion. Phase II of the EPE has been completed in 2007 and includes larger security screening areas and additional international baggage claim areas. Due for completion by late 2007 is the West Processor Expansion Shell with complete outfitting to be complete by early 2008.^[16]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Terminal 1

All Star Alliance airlines serving Toronto Pearson International Airport operate out of Terminal 1, however the terminal is not exclusive to Star Alliance airlines.

Terminal 1 has 58 gates: 101, 103, 105, 107-112, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 131-145, 151, 153, 155, 157, 160-163, 164A-164B, 165, 166A-166B, 167-181, 191, 193.

Airlines	Destinations
Air Canada	Antigua, Aruba, Barbados, Beijing-Capital, Bermuda, Bogotá, Boston, Buenos Aires-Ezeiza, Calgary, Cancún, Caracas, Cayo Coco/Cayo Guillermo, Chicago-O'Hare, Cozumel, Dallas/Fort Worth, Deer Lake, Denver, Dublin [seasonal], Edmonton, Fort Lauderdale, Fort McMurray, Fort Myers, Frankfurt, Geneva, Grand Cayman, Grenada, Halifax, Havana, Holguin, Hong Kong, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Kelowna, Kingston, Las Vegas, Liberia (Costa Rica) [seasonal], Lima, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles, Madrid [seasonal], Mexico City, Miami, Montego Bay, Montréal, Munich, Nassau, New York-LaGuardia, Newark, Orlando, Ottawa, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Providenciales, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Regina, Rome-Fiumicino , San Francisco, Samana [seasonal], San José de Costa Rica, San José del Cabo, San Juan [seasonal], Santa Clara (Cuba), Santiago de Chile, São Paulo-Guarulhos, Sarasota/Bradenton [seasonal], Saskatoon, Seattle/Tacoma, Seoul-Incheon [seasonal], Shanghai-Pudong, St. John's (NL), St. Maarten [seasonal], St. Lucia, Sydney (AUS), Tampa, Tel Aviv, Tokyo-Narita, Vancouver, Varadero, Victoria, Washington-Reagan, West Palm Beach [seasonal], Winnipeg, Zürich
Air Canada operated by Air Canada Jazz	Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Charlottetown, Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Columbus (OH), Detroit, Fredericton, Hartford/Springfield, Houston-Intercontinental, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Kingston (ON), London (ON), Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Moncton, Montréal-Trudeau, Nashville, Newark, North Bay, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Quebec City, Raleigh/Durham, Richmond (VA), Saint John (NB), Sault Ste. Marie, St. Louis, Sudbury, Sydney (NS), Thunder Bay, Timmins, Windsor, Winnipeg
Air Canada operated by Air Georgian	Albany, Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Dayton (OH), Grand Rapids (MI), Harrisburg, Hartford/Springfield, Kingston (ON), Manchester (NH), Providence, Rochester (NY), Sarnia, Westchester (NY)
Air India	Amritsar, London-Heathrow
Air Jamaica	Kingston
Alitalia	Rome-Fiumicino
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
Emirates Airline	Dubai
Etihad Airways	Abu Dhabi
Icelandair	Reykjavik-Keflavik
Jet Airways	Brussels, Delhi
LOT Polish Airlines	Warsaw
Lufthansa	Düsseldorf [seasonal], Frankfurt
Mexicana de Aviación	Mexico City
Sunwing Airlines	Acapulco, Barbados, Cancun, Cozumel, Cayo Coco, Camaguey, Fort Lauderdale, Gander (NL), Halifax, Holguin, Huatulco, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Las Vegas, La Romana, Liberia (Costa Rica), Manzanillo de Cuba, Montego Bay, Orlando, Panama City, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, San Juan, Santiago de Cuba, Santo Domingo, St. John's (NL), St. Lucia, St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Stephenville, Vancouver, Varadero [all seasonal]
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk
United Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, San Francisco
United Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines	Washington-Dulles
United Express operated by Shuttle America	Denver, Washington-Dulles
US Airways	Charlotte, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Phoenix
US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin	Philadelphia
US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines	Charlotte

[edit] Terminal 3

Most SkyTeam and Oneworld alliance airlines operate out of Terminal 3, along with most other airlines which are not affiliated with airline alliances. Continental Airlines will move from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1 on October 25, 2009.

Terminal 3 has 39 gates: A1-A6, B7-B22, C24-C41

Airlines	Destinations
Aeroméxico	Mexico City
Aerosvit Airlines	Kiev-Boryspil
Air France	Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air Transat	Cancún, Camaguey, Cayo Coco, Faro, Fort Lauderdale, Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK), Montego Bay, Montréal-Trudeau, Orlando, Porto, Punta Cana Summer Seasonal: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Birmingham (UK), Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Frankfurt, Grenada [begins 22 July], Hamburg, Lisbon, London-Heathrow, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Marseilles, Munich, Newcastle, Nice, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Ponta Delgada, Rome-Fiumicino, Shannon, Terceira, Venice-Marco Polo, Vienna Winter Seasonal: Manzanillo, Panama City, Porlamar, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, St. Maarten, San Andres, San José de Costa Rica, San Salvador, Santa Clara,Shannon, St Lucia, Varadero
American Airlines	Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-LaGuardia
American Eagle	Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia
British Airways	London-Heathrow
CanJet	Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cienfuegos, Holguin, Nassau, Punta Cana, Samana, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero
Caribbean Airlines	Port of Spain
Cathay Pacific	Hong Kong
Continental Airlines	Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
Continental Connection operated by CommutAir	Cleveland
Continental Connection operated by Colgan Air	Newark
Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines	Cleveland
Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines	Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark
Cubana de Aviación	Cayo Coco, Camaguey, Cienfuegos, Havana, Holguin, Santa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Varadero
Czech Airlines	Prague [ends 9 October] [17]
Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines	Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Delta Connection operated by Comair	Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK
El Al	Tel Aviv
Finnair	Helsinki [seasonal]
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter	Kelowna
KLM	Amsterdam
Korean Air	Seoul-Incheon
LAN Airlines	New York-JFK, Santiago de Chile
Northwest Airlines	Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Northwest Airlink operated by Compass Airlines	Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines	Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Olympic Airlines	Athens
Pakistan International Airlines	Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore
SATA International	Faro, Lisbon, Ponta Delgada, Porto, Terceira
Skyservice	Year-round: Aruba, Barbados, Belfast-International, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort Lauderdale, Georgetown, Grenada, Holguin, Las Vegas, Montego Bay, Nassau, Orlando, Port of Spain, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, San José del Cabo, Varadero Summer Seasonal: Belgrade, Calgary, Dublin, Edmonton, Gander, Kingston, Lajes, Lamezia Terme, Lisbon, Pescara, Ponta Delgada, Porto, Rome-Fiumicino, Santo Domingo, St. Johns, St. Petersburg, Stephenville, Vancouver, Varadero Winter Seasonal: Acapulco, Arrecife, Bahias de Huatulco, Belize City, Camaguey, Cienfuegos, Cozumel, Faro, Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, La Ceiba, Curaçao, La Romana, Liberia (Costa Rica), Roatan, Manzanillo, Margarita, Mazatlan, Merida, Miami, Samana, Santa Clara/Cayo Santa Maria, Santiago de Cuba, San Pedro Sula, St. John's, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Petersburg, Zagreb
Lacsa	San Salvador
Thomas Cook Airlines	Glasgow-International, London-Gatwick, Manchester (UK) [seasonal], Birmingham (UK) [seasonal], Newcastle [seasonal]
Transaero	Moscow-Domodedovo [seasonal]
Travelspan	Georgetown
WestJet	Atlantic City [seasonal; begins 22 October], Barbados [seasonal], Calgary, Cancún [seasonal; begins 7 December], Cayo Coco [seasonal; starts November 4], Cozumel [seasonal; starts December 10], Charlottetown, Deer Lake [seasonal], Edmonton, Freeport [seasonal; starts November 2], Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort McMurray [seasonal], Halifax, Holguin [seasonal; starts November 2], Kelowna, La Romana [seasonal], Las Vegas, Miami [seasonal; begins October 21], Moncton, Montego Bay, Montréal-Trudeau, Nassau, Orlando, Ottawa, Providenciales [seasonal; starts November 4], Puerto Plata [seasonal], Punta Cana, Quebec City, Regina, Saint John [seasonal], Saskatoon, St. John's (NL), St. Lucia [seasonal], St. Martin [seasonal; starts November 1], Sydney (NS) [seasonal], Tampa, Thunder Bay, Vancouver, Varadero [seasonal; starts November 1], Victoria [seasonal], Winnipeg[18]

[edit] Access

[edit] Car

The airport is accessible from Highway 427 (just north of the Highway 401 interchange) or from Highway 409, a spur off Highway 401 leading directly into the airport. Airport Road to the east is another access road to the airport.

[edit] Bus

Bus services connecting Toronto to Pearson Airport include Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) routes, The 192 Airport Rocket route provides all-day accessible express bus service between Kipling Station on the Bloor-Danforth Subway Line and Pearson Airport. The 58A Malton route provides all-day bus service between Lawrence West Station on the Spadina Subway Line and Pearson Airport. This route also continues beyond the airport to Malton. The following two routes are available between the (approximate) hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily. The 300A Bloor-Danforth route provides overnight bus service along Danforth Avenue and Bloor Street to Toronto Pearson. The 307 Eglinton West route provides overnight bus service between Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue and Toronto Pearson. GO Transit operates a semi-express bus from York Mills and Yorkdale stations. In May 2008, GO transit added service from Richmond Hill and Square One to Pearson. There is a privately operated "Airport Express" (Pacific Western) bus serving various major downtown hotels. Mississauga Transit operates the 7 bus from its City Centre Transit Terminal at Square One Shopping Centre, likewise continuing on to Malton.

Can-ar Coach Service also runs buses to the airport. For more information, see Greyhound Canada.

[edit] Toronto Airport Express

In Toronto, Pacific Western Transportation operates airport shuttle buses between downtown locations and Pearson Airport under the Toronto Airport Express brand.^[19]

[edit] Taxis/limousines

Toronto Pearson International Airport has pick-up locations for taxis, limos, out-of-town bus and/or shuttle services, offering transportation to downtown Toronto, cities throughout Ontario, and into Detroit. Taxis are licensed by the City of Mississauga, separately from the City of Toronto. Taxis licensed in Toronto can deliver to Pearson, but only airport-licensed taxis and limos can pickup at Pearson legally.

[edit] Union-Pearson Rail Link

Although the airport is near an existing railway line, it is not currently served by trains. On November 13, 2003, Union Pearson AirLink Group, a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, was selected to finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain a rail link connecting Toronto Pearson with Toronto's Union Station, with a planned travel time of about twenty minutes. The service is expected to eliminate 1.5 million car trips annually. The project, whose cost is estimated at $300–500 million, remains controversial due to opposition from neighbourhoods along the route.

The project will depend on the results of an environmental assessment and decisions from the Government of Canada.

[edit] Major incidents

[edit] Accidents

• The airport's deadliest accident took place on July 5, 1970, when Air Canada Flight 621, a DC-8 jet, was flying on a Montreal-Toronto-Los Angeles route. The spoilers were inadvertently deployed before the plane attempted landing, forcing the pilots to abort landing and takeoff. Damage to the aircraft caused during the failed landing attempt caused the plane to break up in the air during the go-around, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew on board when it crashed in a field southwest of Brampton. Controversy remains over the cleanup effort following the crash, as both plane wreckage debris and human remains from the crash are still found on the site.^[20]
• On June 26, 1978, Air Canada Flight 189 to Winnipeg overran the runway during an aborted takeoff, and crashed into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of 107 passengers on board the DC-9 were killed.
• On August 2, 2005, Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340-300 inbound from Paris, appeared to successfully land on runway 24L in a severe thunderstorm, but then failed to stop and ran off the runway into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. The rear third of the plane burst into flames. The flames had engulfed the whole plane by 18:00 except the cockpit and the wings. There were 43 injuries, none serious, and no fatalities.

The following accidents and incidents involved aircraft destined for or that had departed from Toronto Pearson:

• 1983: Air Canada Flight 797, on a Dallas-Toronto-Montreal route, had an in-flight fire and landed in Cincinnati; half of the occupants died, including famed Canadian folksinger, Stan Rogers.
• 1985: A bomb was loaded onto Air India Flight 181, which departed from Toronto Pearson International Airport and arrived at Montréal-Mirabel International Airport. Air India Flight 182, using the same aircraft and carrying passengers who were on Flight 181, was scheduled to fly on the Montréal-London-Delhi-Bombay route. The Boeing 747-200B exploded over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cork, Ireland killing all 307 passengers and 22 crew.
• 2008: Air Canada Flight 190, flying from Victoria to Toronto experienced severe turbulence over the Rocky Mountains, injuring up to 10 passengers, and was forced to make an emergency landing in Calgary.
• 2008 December: An Air Canada Jazz Dash-8 drove off a taxiway and came to rest in a grassy area at the end of the runway. The plane was en-route to Sudbury, Ontario. No injuries were reported and passengers were re-routed on another flight shortly after the incident. Snowy conditions were reported at the time of the incident.

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• In 1969, American guitarist Jimi Hendrix was arrested at the airport for possession of hashish and heroin. Hendrix was acquitted after he argued in his trial defense that without him knowing, a fan slipped it into his bag.
• In 1977, a photograph focusing on the original Terminal 1, entitled "Toronto (Airport)" by George Hunter, was one of 116 images included on the golden record of the two Voyager spacecraft.^[21][22]
• In 1981, the Canadian rock group Rush recorded the Grammy Award nominated instrumental titled "YYZ" in tribute to the airport. The song opens with the Morse code for the VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) located at the airport and features sonically the atmosphere of travel at Toronto Pearson. From the hustle and bustle of people moving, airplanes taking off, waiting for arrivals and takeoffs, the frantic pace of missing a flight and the eventual landing at the destination, etc. is all captured in the song according to drummer Neil Peart.
• In 1987, the British Rock group Pink Floyd performed their rehearsals for the "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" World Tour in one of the Air Canada hangars at the airport.
• In 1994, the TVOntario (TVO) children's show called Mighty Machines filmed one of their first episodes (Mighty Machines at the Airport) at Terminal 3. Canadian Airlines was the featured airline.
• The music video for Celine Dion's 2004 radio hit "You and I" was filmed partly at Toronto Pearson International Airport. This song was part of Air Canada's marketing campaign at the time.
• An episode of the CTV/CBS drama "Flashpoint" was filmed at the airport, with the infield hold terminal being used in some scenes as a stand in for Terminal 1, although the gates seen are still the 500 series of the IFT.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Toronto Pearson International Airport

• CFYZ, the former radio station which broadcast travel and flight schedule information from the airport on 1280AM
• YYZ, a song written by Canadian Rock band Rush which shares the same airport code as Lester B. Pearson airport.
• World's busiest airports by passenger traffic

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[edit] External links

• Toronto Pearson International Airport - Greater Toronto Airports Authority
• Past three hours METARs, SPECI and current TAFs for Toronto Pearson International Airport from NAV CANADA as available.

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