Toronto City Centre Airport (TCCA) has long been an integral part of the Toronto
waterfront. The TCCA was purpose-built on reclaimed property in Lake Ontario and
was Toronto’s first commercial airport. It has served Canada’s largest
business, industrial and cultural centre since 1939.
It is an ideal secondary airport to Pearson International Airport, and emulates
other large urban centres like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, London
and Paris, which provide choice and improved transportation efficiency with multiple
airports.
There are currently two airport terminals – one is a historic landmark and
is owned by the Toronto Port Authority (TPA); the other is owned by
Porter FBO Limited.
Porter FBO Limited provides office space, fuel, maintenance,
services and parking/storage for corporate and general aviation aircraft.
Other airport facilities include airport administration and NavCanada offices, a
control tower, emergency services, three runways and a seaplane ramp.
More than 20 businesses are located at the TCCA, including maintenance providers,
flight schools, catering, aircraft sales, financial services, security, charter-based
air ambulance services, consulting, avionics installation and repair services, airborne
sensing, sightseeing tours and air courier services.
Besides Porter there are more than 150 people working at the TCCA, generating direct and indirect
economic benefits of about $100 million dollars annually for the downtown economy.