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Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , commonly known as the Toronto Island Airport, is a small airport located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is named after Air Marshal Billy Bishop, a Canadian World War I flying ace. The airport used to be known as ''Toronto City Centre Airport'' and before that as ''Port George VI Island Airport.'' The airport is used by civil aviation, air ambulances, and regional airlines using turboprop planes. In 2011, it was ranked Canada's ninth-busiest airport and Ontario's third-busiest airport by passenger numbers and the 14th-busiest Canadian airport in terms of aircraft movements.〔〔(torontoport.com – About Us )〕 Conceived in the 1930s as the main airport for Toronto, the construction of the airport was completed in 1939 by the Toronto Harbour Commission (THC). At the same time, the THC built Malton Airport as an alternate, but Malton (today Toronto Pearson International Airport) became Toronto's main passenger airline hub instead, leaving the island airport for general aviation and military purposes. During the 1940s and 1950s, several political leaders proposed expansion of the island airport to enable scheduled passenger airlines and reduce the annual operating costs. Malton was sold in 1962 to the Government of Canada in exchange for an expansion and improvements to the island airport. After the expansion, civil flights increased to a peak of over 200,000 annual flights in the 1960s. Although regional airlines were introduced in the 1970s, the annual number of flights went into decline and closure was discussed. In 1983, a 50-year tripartite agreement between the governments of Canada, Toronto and the Harbour Commission, which limited noise and banned jet use for scheduled airlines, allowed airport operations to continue. In the 1990s, in an era of government cost-cutting, questions about the airport's future were raised again due to its annual deficit. At the same time, redevelopment was taking over north of the airport and several studies suggested that the airport was incompatible with development. In 1999, the new Toronto Port Authority (TPA) (renamed in 2015 as "Ports Toronto", or "PT" in short form) replaced the THC. The TPA's mandate was to make the port and airport self-sufficient and it determined that the airport needed to expand to end the annual subsidy. Although expansion of the airport was and is politically controversial, the TPA has worked with new regional airline Porter Airlines since 2003 to increase scheduled carrier flights. Under the new financial model, carriers pay landing fees and departing passengers pay airport improvement fees to the TPA. Porter launched in 2006 and passenger volumes increased to the point that airport operations became self-sufficient by 2010. In 2011, Porter opened a new terminal. In 2015, the airport opened a pedestrian tunnel to the airport, after a previous plan to build a bridge was cancelled. In 2013, Porter proposed extending the airport runways and modifying the operating agreement to allow it to use Bombardier CS100 high-bypass turbofan jet planes at the airport. The proposal, estimated to cost billion in public expenditure, went to study. In November 2015, after the federal election, the government transport minister announced that it would not re-open the tripartite agreement to allow jets. Engine maker Pratt & Whitney expressed disappointment at the decision, stating that the CS100 would be quieter compared to the existing turboprop aircrafts currently used at the airport. == Description == The airport is located on the Toronto Islands, south-west of Downtown Toronto. The airport has one main east-west runway, two shorter runways, and a seaplane base, Billy Bishop Toronto City Water Aerodrome. The airport is used for regional airline service and for general aviation, including medical emergency flights (due to its proximity to downtown hospitals), small charter flights, and private aviation. Under its operating agreement, jet aircraft are banned from the airport, with the exception of MEDEVAC flights. There is one passenger terminal at the airport, built in 2010. The airport is operated as a division of the Toronto Port Authority (TPA), a federal corporation, which manages Toronto harbour also. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Toronto Port Authority )〕 The airport's hours of operation are 6:45 am to 11:00 pm, except for MEDEVAC flights.〔 The airport's hours are governed by the 2003 update of the Tripartite Agreement which set the hours of operation. Airfield crash fire rescue and EMS are provided by the TCCA Emergency Response Service, backed up by Toronto Fire Services and Toronto EMS. The airport is accessible from a pedestrian tunnel at the foot of Eireann Quay. A ferry operates between the same location and the airport every 15 minutes from 5:15 am to midnight (the 5:15 ferry is for airport staff; airline passengers can begin crossing at 5:30).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ferry Schedule )〕 A free shuttle bus service operates between downtown (from the intersection of York Street and Front Street) and the airport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.portstoronto.com/Airport/Getting-To/Airport-Shuttle.aspx )〕 There is a taxi stand at the dock. Short-term and long-term parking is available at the dock and on the island.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parking at Billy Bishop Airport )〕 There is no curb-side parking.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transporting Passengers )〕 PortsToronto recommends taking those with special needs by car, taking the ferry and parking on the island at the airport terminal.〔 The ''509 Harbourfront streetcar'' line, which connects to the subway, serves the intersection of Bathurst Street and Queens Quay, one block north of the ferry dock. The airport imposes a $20 ''airport improvement fee'' surcharge on each passenger boarding scheduled flights.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto Port Authority provides update regarding proposed pedestrian tunnel to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport terminal )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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