Toronto Pearson International Airport
Lester B. Pearson International Airport (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ), called the Toronto Pearson International Airport (or simply Pearson Airport or Toronto Pearson) is an international airport in the Greater Toronto Area.[1] The airport is 22.5 km (14.0 mi) northwest of downtown Toronto, in Mississauga.[2] The airport is named after Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize winner and 14th Prime Minister of Canada.
The airport's IATA code, YYZ, may seem unusual at first. However, the code gets its last two letters, YZ, from the old railway station code for Malton, west of the airport. Most Canadian airports start with Y, which gives the code YYZ. YYZ is also the name of a song by the Canadian rock band named Rush.[3]
Accidents
Accident in 2025: A passenger airplane crashed (February 17) and stopped in upside-down position; There were no deaths;[4] The plane was a Bombardier CRJ700; The flight was Delta Connection Flight 4819.
Gallery
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The airport's Terminal 1
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Inside the airport
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A WestJet Boeing 737 at the airport. WestJet is the second largest airline at Toronto.
Toronto Pearson International Airport Media
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Aerial view of the airport in 2007 after permanent closure of Terminal 2. Two of the airport's three east–west runways are visible in the left foreground, whereas its north–south runways are visible in the centre.
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Airport apron of Pearson Airport in 2013, with the airport's infield operations and main control tower visible in the background
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UPS Airbus A300 unloading cargo at the airport's VISTA cargo facility in 2015
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Blue Night Network Toronto Transit Commission bus at Terminal 1 in 2018
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GO Transit bus outside Terminal 1, providing coach service to areas across the Greater Toronto Area
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The roadway exiting the airport provides access to several 400-series freeways at a spaghetti junction.
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The overturned wreckage of Delta Connection Flight 4819 on the runway in 2025.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
- ↑ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/melding-om-flyulykke-i-toronto-passasjerer-og-mannskap-er-gjort-rede-for/s/5-95-2292461. Retrieved 2025-02-17
