Location in the Toronto area. Historic airports code: AHF - Armour Heights Field BF - Baker Field DLF - De Lesseps Field LA - Leaside Aerodrome LBA - Long Branch Aerodrome MA - Maple Aerodrome TA - Toronto Aerodrome WA - Willowdale Airfield
There is a proposal to develop a new Pickering Airport northeast of the city, to complement Pearson.[3] Versions of these tentative plans have been in existence since the early 1970s, and land for this proposed airport was expropriated by government authorities in 1972. However, continued and vociferous local opposition to the Pickering airport scheme has meant that forty years later, the airport had not moved beyond the discussion phase. In June 2013, the federal government announced the revival of the airport, but development is not expected to take place until 2027 to 2037.[4]
Historical airports
The following airports once served the area but have since been closed:
Opened in 1910 as Trethewey Airfield at a canning shed; home to de Havilland Canada in 1928 until it moved to Downsview in 1929. Site now re-developed into residential neighbourhood.
Closed 1919 and home to Lakeview Generating Station 1962–2007. Station demolished and being developed for homes, cultural and community use, as well as parkland along the waterfront.