Toronto Airport (YYZ): Ontario's Gateway to the World!

Toronto Airport, or more correctly Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport, is also the Ontario international airport, providing links with all the world's major destinations and a few that aren't so major too. It's about an hour out of Toronto to the north-west and has good coach and taxi links to the downtown core.

Terminal One, of Pearson's three terminals, is Air Canada's home base for overseas flights, Terminal 2 is Air Canada's domestic and over the border to the US flights (United Airlines flies from here too), while Terminal 3 serves major airlines such as British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, and American Airlines, as well as charter operators, such as Air Transat.

Here's a link to Pearson airport's website for more details.

Pearson's terminals have shopping and restaurants for those last minute gifts you forgot to buy or for that last taste of Canadian beer, wine or that Maple Syrup you can't resist.

The airport is well-served by major highways, as you'd expect. if you're planning to drive to it, or rent a car when you arrive at it, Hwy 409 takes you directly to or from the airport to Ontario's main east-west highway, the 401. Alternatively, the 409 will take you to 427 and the north. See our Getting About page for a description of Ontario's classes of roads.

Toronto airport has plenty of short and long stay parking, if you're planning a trip from Toronto to another part of this beautiful province or even flying out of this beautiful province -- to Grand Cayman maybe or Brisbane, Australia perhaps. If so...

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And if you're flying in, you'll find all the major global car rental companies have desks in the terminals for a quick pick-up to get you on your way.

Pearson International is also well-served with hotels, here on our Airport Hotels page are just some of them. I've provided links so you can book your room while you're here on the site.

Toronto's other airport is the Toronto Island Airport, which also has international flights to and from the US. More about that later.

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