Downsview Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Aerial view of Downsview Airport in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Defunct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Bombardier Aerospace | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Bombardier Ops | ||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Greater Toronto Area | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Downsview, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1929 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | April 2024[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Time zone | EST (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−04:00) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 652 ft / 199 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°44′34″N 079°27′56″W / 43.74278°N 79.46556°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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  CYZD Location in Toronto  CYZD CYZD (Ontario)  CYZD CYZD (Canada) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Canada Flight Supplement[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Downsview Airport (IATA: YZD, ICAO: CYZD) was an airport located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An air field, then air force base, it has been a testing facility for Bombardier Aerospace from 1994. In 2018, Bombardier sold the facility to Northcrest Developments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Public Sector Pension Investment Board; in late 2023, Northcrest announced that industrial and airport operations would close by mid-2024, as redevelopment into commercial and residential properties moves forward.[3] The airport was closed as of April 2024.[1] On 17 August 2024, Northcrest Developments unveiled a new identity for the 1.5 km2 (370 acres) of the former Downsview Airport lands drawing on the site’s history: YZD, as the transformation kicks off.[4]
Downsview Airport had its own fire service (Bombardier Aerospace Emergency Services) which covered airport operations (using two airport fire rescue vehicles) and plant operations (using two SUV emergency vehicles). Bombardier Emergency Services employees were cross-trained as firefighters, first responders and airport security.
- ^ a b "Closure of Downsview Airport (CYZD) and Toronto Airspace Changes – Downsview, ON". Retrieved 19 October 2024.
...operator of their intention to cease operations as of April 2024.
- ^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
- ^ Westoll, Nick (8 December 2023). "Downsview airfield operations to end by mid-2024 as redevelopment project ramps up". CityNews Toronto. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "YZD Homepage". www.yzd.ca. Retrieved 20 August 2024.