Toronto Pearson International Airport (also known as Lester B. Pearson International Airport or simply Pearson Airport or Toronto Pearson) is an international airport serving the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, its metropolitan area, and the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration that is home to 8.7 million people.
Its IATA code is YYZ, and its ICAO code is CYYZ.
The airport is located northwest of downtown Toronto, in a neighourhood called Malton, in the City of Mississauga. The airport is named in honour of Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
Toronto Pearson International Airport is the largest and busiest airport in Canada. In 2022, it handled 36.3 million passengers.
It is the world’s 35th-busiest airport by total passenger traffic, 29th-busiest airport by international passenger traffic, and 15th-busiest airport by flights.
Pearson is a major North American global gateway, handling more international passengers than any airport in North America other than John F. Kennedy International Airport. Pearson is the main hub for Air Canada.
It is also a hub for passenger airline WestJet and cargo airline FedEx Express, and serves as an operating base for Air Transat.
Pearson Airport is operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) as part of Transport Canada’s National Airports System and is one of eight Canadian airports with facilities for United States border preclearance.
An extensive network of non-stop domestic flights is operated from Pearson by several airlines to all major and many secondary cities across all provinces of Canada.
There are 75 airlines operating at Pearson, connecting the airport to over 155 international destinations worldwide.
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