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Toronto Pearson International Airport

Toronto · Canada · America/Toronto

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5Runways
11,120Longest (ft)
569Elevation (ft)
147Route Records
46Airline Records
UTC-5Timezone
153Mapped Stands
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Route Intelligence

64Well Connected
Shortest route
YXULondon International Airport142.2 km
Air Canada
Longest route
HKGHong Kong International Airport12,548.4 km
Cathay Pacific
Nearest international
ROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport169.8 km
Air Canada
Longest international
HKGHong Kong International Airport12,548.4 km
Air Canada
Longest domestic
YYJVictoria International Airport3,370.5 km
Air Canada

Airport Connectivity Score

64/100

Well Connected

Destinations served147 destinations
Airline diversity46 airlines
Haul mix coverage4 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

05/2311,120 ftAsphaltLIT
06L/24R9,697 ftAsphaltLIT
06R/24L9,000 ftAsphaltLIT
15L/33R11,050 ftAsphaltLIT
15R/33L9,088 ftAsphaltLIT

Haul Mix

short-haul
45
medium-haul
56
long-haul
27
ultra-long-haul
19

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
YTZBilly Bishop Toronto City Airport19.6 km
Nearest same country
YTZBilly Bishop Toronto City Airport19.6 km
Nearest international
IAGNiagara Falls International Airport83.9 km
Farthest airport
ALHAlbany Airport18,233.6 km
Within 500 km: 100 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 306 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 634 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1YTZBilly Bishop Toronto City Airport19.6 kmM
2YHMJohn C. Munro Hamilton International Airport61 kmM
3YKFRegion of Waterloo International Airport64.9 kmM
4YOOOshawa Executive Airport65 kmM
5YCMNiagara District Airport65.3 kmM
6IAGNiagara Falls International Airport83.9 kmM
7YLKBarrie-Lake Simcoe Regional Airport90.2 kmM
8BUFBuffalo Niagara International Airport109.4 kmL
9YPQPeterborough Regional Airport118.8 kmM
10YOSOwen Sound / Billy Bishop Regional Airport140.1 kmM

ATC Frequencies16

APRONSOUTH APRON122.07 MHz
APRONNORTH APRON122.27 MHz
ARRAPP124.475 MHz
ATISATIS112.15 MHz
CLDCLNC DEL121.3 MHz
DEPTORONTO DEPARTURE127.575 MHz
DEPTORONTO DEPARTURE128.8 MHz
GND—119.1 MHz
GND—121.65 MHz
GNDGND121.9 MHz
PADPAD CONTROL131.17 MHz
RCOLONDON RDO123.275 MHz
RMPAPN ADVSY122.075 MHz
TWRTWR118.35 MHz
TWR—118.7 MHz
VFR ADVToronto Center119.3 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

73W
47
319
39
CRJ
35
763
24
E90
24
320
21
E75
20
738
18
77W
18
CR7
17

Live Departures & Arrivals42

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WJA380B38M1,050 ft
ROU1953B38M6,175 ft
PTR2460DH8D1,950 ft
DAL2835B7399,325 ft
PTR2684DH8D150 ft
CGFSPC1722,325 ft
CGMYEGLEX2,750 ft
N686JPS22T2,850 ft
CGIJOC1722,375 ft
CGZEBC1822,300 ft

Source: adsb.lol — community ADS-B network. Approximate local traffic within 40nm, not a definitive schedule.

Aircraft Spotted Here

Boeing 737-8 MAX at Edinburgh-Turnhouse - EGPHPhoto: Lawrence Smith via JetPhotosBoeing 737-8 MAX at Los Angeles Int'l - KLAXPhoto: Lynn Aisin-Gioro via JetPhotosBombardier Dash 8-Q402 at Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier/Uplands Int'l Airport - CYOWPhoto: Giordano Fata via JetPhotosBoeing 737-932ER at New York John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport - KJFKPhoto: FOKKER AIRCRAFT via JetPhotosBombardier Dash 8-Q402 at Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier/Uplands Int'l Airport - CYOWPhoto: Giordano Fata via JetPhotosCessna 172S Skyhawk SP at Brampton - CNC3Photo: Airframes by Elliott via JetPhotos

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Airline Records in Dataset46

EIAer Lingus
SUAeroflot Russian Airlines
ACAir Canada
CAAir China
AFAir France
TSAir Transat
AZAlitalia
NHAll Nippon Airways
AAAmerican Airlines
OSAustrian Airlines
AVAvianca - Aerovias Nacionales de Colombia
BABritish Airways
BWCaribbean Airlines
CXCathay Pacific
CMCopa Airlines
CUCubana de Aviación
DLDelta Air Lines
BREVA Air
MSEgyptair
LYEl Al Israel Airlines
EKEmirates
ETEthiopian Airlines
EYEtihad Airways
AYFinnair
HUHainan Airlines
IBIberia Airlines
FIIcelandair
9WJet Airways
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
KEKorean Air
LOLOT Polish Airlines
LHLufthansa Cargo
OJOverland Airways
PKPakistan International Airlines
PRPhilippine Airlines
S4SATA International
SVSaudi Arabian Airlines
SKScandinavian Airlines System
LXSwiss International Air Lines
JJTAM Brazilian Airlines
+6 more

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Airport HistoryEst. 1939

Toronto Pearson International Airport is Canada's busiest airport and the main hub for Air Canada, growing from a small municipal airfield in Malton, Ontario opened in 1939 into one of North America's largest air travel complexes. It was renamed in 1984 to honour former prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester B. Pearson. Since 1996 it has been run by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority, a non-profit local authority model distinct from most major world airports.

✦Pearson is named after Lester B. Pearson, Canada's 14th prime minister and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
✦It is Canada's busiest airport, handling roughly 47 million passengers in 2024 and serving as Air Canada's primary hub.
✦Terminal 1, opened in 2004, was co-designed by internationally renowned architect Moshe Safdie.
✦Despite the severity of the 2005 Air France Flight 358 crash and fire, all 309 people aboard escaped alive, an evacuation often cited as a model case study.
✦In April 2023 the airport was the site of one of the largest gold heists in Canadian history, with over CAD $20 million in gold and valuables stolen from a cargo facility.
1939
Malton Airport opens

Malton Airport began scheduled passenger service on 29 August 1939 with a Trans-Canada Air Lines DC-3 flight, the origin of today's Pearson Airport.

1958
Federal government takes over

The Government of Canada purchased Malton Airport from the municipality and renamed it Toronto International Airport.

1970
Air Canada Flight 621 crash

On 5 July 1970, Air Canada Flight 621 crashed on approach after a spoiler deployed prematurely, killing all 109 people aboard.

1972
Terminal 2 opens

A new Terminal 2 opened to accommodate the airport's rapidly growing passenger traffic through the 1970s.

1984
Renamed for Lester B. Pearson

On 2 January 1984 the airport was officially renamed Lester B. Pearson International Airport in honour of Canada's 14th prime minister.

1996
GTAA takes over management

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority, a local non-profit authority, assumed management and operation of the airport from the federal government.

2004
New Terminal 1 opens

A vast new Terminal 1, designed by a team including architect Moshe Safdie and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, opened with 58 gates across 346,000 square metres.

2005
Air France Flight 358 runway excursion

On 2 August 2005, Air France Flight 358 overran the runway in a severe thunderstorm and caught fire; remarkably, all 309 people aboard survived.

Operator
Municipal / Toronto-area local authorities1937 – 1958
Government of Canada (Transport Canada)1958 – 1996
Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA)1996 – presentOperates the airport as a non-profit local authority under long-term federal ground lease

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