Toronto Airport Webcam

Canada’s largest and most busiest airport the Toronto Pearson International Airport commonly referred to as the Lester B. International Airport is known for serving the Canadian regions of Toronto, Ontario, the Greater Toronto Area in addition to the subregion of Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. Named in dedication to Canada’s 14th Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson the airport is locates about 14 miles northwest of the central business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada within the adjacent Southern Ontario city of Mississauga.

Facts about the Toronto Pearson International Airport

▪  The Transport Canada department in 2013 recorded the Toronto Pearson International Airport as handling over 36,109,400 passengers and more than 435,500 in aircraft travel ranking the airport as the 35th most busiest airport in the world by passenger travel, 23rd in its handling of international passengers as well as the 18th busiest international airport by aircraft flight movements. Second to the John F Kennedy International Airport, the Toronto Pearson International Airport is recognized as one of the major operating global gateways in the North American region in the transportation of international passengers.

▪  The Toronto Pearson International Airport serves as the primary hub for the flag carrier airline Air Canada as well as a base of operations for the the Canadian passenger airlines Sunwing Airlines and Air Transat.

▪  Managed by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority as part of Transport Canada’s National Airport System, the Toronto Pearson International Airport is recognized as just one of the eight existing Canadian airports capable of operating as a United States of America border preclearance facility.

▪  Toronto Pearson International Airport hosts 75 operating airlines connecting to more than 155 international destinations.

▪  The De-icing Facility used at the Toronto Pearson International consisting of six de-icing bays is recognized as one of the largest facilities in the world today capable of handling as much as 12 aircrafts at once and services more than 10,000 aircrafts during each winter season.

▪  The most severe accident occurring at the Toronto Pearson International Airport took place on July 5, 1970 during which the Air Canada Flight 621 on a Montreal-Toronto-Los Angeles route crashed into a field southwest of Brampton killing all of the 100 passengers as well as the nine crew members. Today the circumstances surrounding the cleanup efforts after crash still remain a topic of controversy as both human remains and wreckage from the plane can still be found on the site of the crash.

Ontario Ministry of Transportation Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Webcam

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation Ontario, Canada via their website offers visitors with a vast number of services aimed towards promoting the transportation of goods and people, safely efficiently and sustainably in support of a globally competitive economic system and a better quality of life.

Visitors to the website can view a number of images taken from several traffic cameras located along the Highway 401 that leads directly into the Toronto Pearson International Airport shown in the link provided below.

View Ontario Ministry of Transportation Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Webcam.

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