Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport CYTZ / YTZ
On the Toronto Islands, a ten-minute walk or tunnel ride from the Financial District, but jets are prohibited and the runway is under 4,000 ft. A superb option for turboprop trips from Montreal, Ottawa or New York; CBSA and US CBP pre-clearance are on site. Curfew and slot coordination apply.
3,988 ft
Longest runway
10 min
Drive to Toronto
1
FBOs / handlers
252 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:45–23:00 (curfew); jets prohibited
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1, Avgas 100LL
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 2 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Turboprops only (PC-12, King Air 350, Q400); jets banned under the Tripartite Agreement.
- Website
- www.billybishopairport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Porter FBO
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 3,988 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Textron Aviation Citation Latitude 3,580 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Sovereign+ 3,530 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Ascend 3,660 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation XLS Gen2 3,600 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Excel/XLS 3,560 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Phenom 300E 3,209 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Textron Aviation Premier IA needs 3,792 ft
- Nextant Aerospace 400XTi needs 3,821 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 450 needs 3,907 ft
Other airports for Toronto
- Toronto Pearson International Airport CYYZ 11,120 ft · 30 min