Toronto City Centre Airport, (TCCA) (IATA: YTZ, ICAO: CYTZ), also known as Toronto Island Airport, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a small airport located on the Toronto Islands. It was opened to aviation in 1939, and was initially known as the Port George VI Island Airport after the reigning monarch of the time. During World War II it was used for air force training by the Royal Norwegian and Royal Canadian Air Forces. Since then it has been used...
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Toronto City Centre Airport, (TCCA) (IATA: YTZ, ICAO: CYTZ), also known as Toronto Island Airport, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a small airport located on the Toronto Islands. It was opened to aviation in 1939, and was initially known as the Port George VI Island Airport after the reigning monarch of the time. During World War II it was used for air force training by the Royal Norwegian and Royal Canadian Air Forces. Since then it has been used for civil aviation and, since 1984, scheduled airlines as well. Since 2000, the airport has become the centre of controversy between the City of Toronto and community groups wishing to close it and restore the site to parkland and the Toronto Port Authority (TPA) and Porter Airlines which wants to expand its usage. The TPA has proposed to rename the airport after Billy Bishop to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, despite the fact that there is already another airport named after Bishop.
The airport is operated by the Toronto Port Authority, a...
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