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Round-trip fares to Toronto Pearson International Airport are displayed with popular carriers. The ticket cost comprises of base fare, fuel surcharge, airport/airline/govt taxes.
Toronto Pearson International Airport (IATA Code: YYZ) is officially named as Lester B. Pearson International Airport honouring Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and 14th Prime Minister of Canada. It is the primary international airport serving Toronto, its metropolitan area, and its surrounding region known as the Golden Horseshoe. Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) owns and operates this airport. The airport handles flights to 180+ destinations with over 30 airlines.
Quick Facts About Toronto Pearson International Airport
- Largest and busiest airport in Canada
- Handles 30% of all Canadian passenger traffic
- Generates 6% of Ontario’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP)
- Second-busiest international air passenger gateway in the Americas
- The 30th-busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic
Top Carriers Operating Flights to or From the Airport
- Air Canada
- Air Canada Express
- Air Canada Rouge
- WestJet
- WestJet Encore
On-Time Performance Summary
According to the flight departure data from flightstats.com, Pearson Airport doesn’t have a healthy on-time performance record. The airport remained at the bottom of the list of 28 major airports in North America. Around 70% of the flights took off on time from the airport. The OTP report of OAG also approves the poor performance of the airport. Based on the timings of 435,722 flight operations, the airport managed to have an OTP of 69.1 percent.
The OTP percentage dropped to the lowest in February at 61.42% with an average delay of 61 minutes. The OTP rating of the airport is always lower in winter than in the months of summer.
List of Top Nonstop Destinations
Domestic Destinations
| Rank | City | No. of flights/week | Carriers |
| 1 | Abbotsford, BC (YXX) | 11 | Air Canada,
Flair Airlines |
| 2 | Calgary, AB (YYC) | 162 | Air Canada
Air Transat Flair Airlines Westjet |
| 3 | Charlottetown, PE (YYG) | 23 | Air Canada
Westjet |
| 4 | Deer Lake, NFL (YDF) | 19 | Air Canada
Westjet |
| 5 | Edmonton, AB (YEG) | 116 | Air Canada
Air Transat Flair Airlines Westjet |
| 6 | Fort McMurray, AB (YMM) | 7 | Air Canada
|
| 7 | Fredericton, NB (YFC) | 48 | Air Canada Jazz
Air Canada Westjet |
| 8 | Gander, NFL (YQX) | 8 | Air Canada (seasonal)
Sunwing Airlines |
| 9 | Halifax, NS (YHZ) | 112 | Air Canada
Flair Airlines Westjet |
| 10 | Kamloops, BC (YKA) | 1 | Air Canada (seasonal) |
| 11 | Kelowna, BC (YLW) | 16 | Air Canada
Westjet |
| 12 | Kingston, ON (YGK) | 48 | Air Canada Jazz |
| 13 | London, ON (YXU) | 95 | Air Canada Jazz
Westjet |
| 14 | Moncton, NB (YQM) | 52 | Air Canada Jazz
Air Canada Westjet |
| 15 | Montreal, QC (YUL) | 224 | Air Canada
Air Transat Flair Airlines Sunwing Airlines Westjet |
United States Destinations
| Rank | City | No. of Departures/week | Carriers |
| 1 | Atlanta (ATL) | 81 | Air Canada, Delta |
| 2 | Austin (AUS) | 12 | Air Canada |
| 3 | Baltimore (BWI) | 21 | Air Canada |
| 4 | Boston (BOS) | 70 | Air Canada
Westjet |
| 5 | Charlotte, United States (CLT) | 48 | Air Canada
American Airlines |
| 6 | Chicago, United States (O’Hare, ORD) | 139 | Air Canada
American Airlines United Airlines |
| 7 | Cincinnati, United States (CVG) | 30 | Air Canada
Delta |
| 8 | Cleveland, United States (Cleveland Hopkins, CLE) | 28 | Air Canada
Sunwing Airlines |
| 9 | Columbus, United States (CMH) | 26 | Air Canada |
| 10 | Dallas, United States (DFW) | 46 | Air Canada
American Airlines |
| 11 | Daytona Beach, United States (DAB) | 2 | Sunwing Airlines |
| 12 | Denver, United States (DEN) | 33 | Air Canada
United Airlines |
| 13 | Detroit, United States (DTW) | 64 | Air Canada
Delta |
| 14 | Fort Lauderdale, United States (FLL) | 25 | Fort Lauderdale |
| 15 | Fort Myers, United States (RSW) | 9 | Air Canada
Westjet |
Public Transportation to and from Airport
Pearson Airport operates buses on the routes connecting the airport with Toronto and suburbs including MIssissauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Hamilton and beyond. Besides, the Public Transit System includes TTC (Toronto), GO Transit, MiWay (Mississauga), and Brampton Transit.
Car rental companies to the likes of Avis/Budget, Dollar/Thrifty, Enterprise, Hertz and National/Alamo are ready to serve passengers. All terminal car rentals have been moved to Terminal 1. The off-airport car rentals will still be operating out of Viscount station.
Ride sharing apps like Uber, Lyft or Facedrive are an affordable means. Licensed operators are available from Terminal 1 and 3.
Train options are available too. Union Pearson Express (UP Express) operates train services from Pearson Airport to Union Station in downtown Toronto in every 25 minutes. Adult one-way fare from Pearson to Union is $12.35. Children under 12 years of age ride free.
Leading hotels also operate their shuttle services. If you have booked a hotel, contact your hotel to know about the timings and availability.
Sources
- pickeringairport.org
- Govt of Canada – Department of Transportation (https://www.tc.gc.ca/)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport Official Site
