YTZ

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport

ICAO CYTZ43.6279°N 79.3955°W77 m / 252 ftMedium airport
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Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (IATA: YTZ, ICAO: CYTZ) is a medium airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened in 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,216 m (3,988 ft). It is operated by PortsToronto. In 2022 it handled 1.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1939–1939
1939
OpenedBilly Bishop Toronto City Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Billy Bishop Airport Terminal
08/26069° / 249° · LIT
LENGTH1,216 m3,988 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt
06/24048° / 228°
LENGTH894 m2,933 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2010–2022
1.1M
2.3M
2.3M
2.4M
2.5M
2.7M
2.8M
2.8M
2.8M
389K
282K
1.7M
101213141516171819202122

Routes

16 destinations · 2 countries
500 km1,000 km250 mi500 mi750 miYOW · Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 351 km / 218 miYUL · Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport · 492 km / 306 miYUY · Rouyn Noranda Airport · 511 km / 318 miYAM · Sault Ste Marie Airport · 512 km / 318 miYHU · Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport · 518 km / 322 miEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 540 km / 336 miIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 545 km / 339 miYTS · Timmins/Victor M. Power · 570 km / 354 miBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 696 km / 432 miYQB · Quebec Jean Lesage International Airport · 718 km / 446 miORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 718 km / 446 miYQT · Thunder Bay International Airport · 930 km / 578 miBNA · Nashville International Airport · 1,039 km / 646 miYFC · Fredericton International Airport · 1,045 km / 649 miYQM · Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport · 1,190 km / 739 miYHZ · Halifax / Stanfield International Airport · 1,271 km / 790 miYHZYQMYFCBNAYQTYQBORDBOSYTSIADEWRYHUYAMYUYYOWYULYTZ
Year-round16
YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines351 km218 miYULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines492 km306 miYUYRouyn Noranda AirportCanada · Propair511 km318 miYAMSault Ste Marie AirportCanada · Porter Airlines512 km318 miYHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan AirportCanada · Porter Airlines518 km322 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · Porter Airlines540 km336 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · Porter Airlines545 km339 miYTSTimmins/Victor M. PowerCanada · Porter Airlines570 km354 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Porter Airlines696 km432 miYQBQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines718 km446 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Porter Airlines718 km446 miYQTThunder Bay International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines930 km578 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Porter Airlines1,039 km646 miYFCFredericton International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,045 km649 miYQMGreater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,190 km739 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · Porter Airlines1,271 km790 mi
Most destinationsPorter Airlines 15Propair 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YTZ. From the Wikipedia article “Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport” (revision of 17 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers1.7M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#620of 3,974 · #147 North America · #12 CALongest runway1,216 m3,988 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=10,011of 29,823 · =4,173 North America · =373 CAElevation77 m252 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=32,490of 43,341 · =14,890 North America · #1,183 CAAgeOpened 19392026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,029of 15,079 · =343 North America · =18 CARunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =43 CA
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
ARRTRML APP133.400
ATIS(1130-0400Z)133.600
ATFATF118.200
DEPTRML DEP133.400
GNDGND121.700
TWRTWR118.200
AWOS0400-1130Z133.600