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Pearson airport map
Toronto pearson map. Pearson airport map (Canada) to print. Pearson airport map (Canada) to download. Toronto Pearson International Airport (also known as Lester B. Pearson International Airport or simply Pearson Airport) (IATA: YYZ, ICAO: CYYZ) is an international airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada as its shown in pearson airport map; its metropolitan area; and the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration that is home to 8.7 million people (about 25% of Canada population).
The pearson airport is located 22.5 km (14.0 mi) northwest of Downtown Toronto as its mentiond in pearson airport map, with the bulk of the airport lands located in the adjacent municipality of Mississauga. The pearson airport is named in honour of the late Canadian Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester Bowles Pearson. Pearson airport is the largest and busiest airport in Canada, being almost twice as large as Vancouver Airport (which is the second busiest).
In 2011, pearson airport handled 33.4 million passengers, and 428,477 aircraft movements as its mentioned in pearson airport map. Pearson airport is currently the world 23rd busiest airport by international passenger traffic and 18th busiest airport by aircraft movements. In 2006, the pearson airport was selected as the best global airport by the UK-based Institute of Transport Management.
The pearson airport is the largest hub for Air Canada, making it a major Star Alliance hub airport as you can see in pearson airport map. Pearson airport is also a hub for passenger airlines Air Canada Express, Air Transat, CanJet, Sunwing Airlines and WestJet, as well as cargo airline FedEx Express. The pearson airport is operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) as part of Transport Canada National Airports System and is one of eight Canadian airports with facilities for United States border preclearance.