Private Jet Airports in Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe
Choosing an airfield here
What drives the choice in this area: where the traffic goes, where you can clear, and what you can land.
Overview
7 airfields serve Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe. Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 63% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport . The area spans the western end of Lake Ontario, from Toronto through Hamilton and Waterloo to the Niagara Peninsula, all within Ontario. It is dense rather than spread out: every field sits within about 35 NM of the reference point, though real distances between individual fields run wider, up to 70 NM between the two farthest points. Customs clearance is available at four separate airports rather than concentrated at one, which gives operators options depending on routing. Winter brings the lightest traffic of the year, with volumes building through the fall months.
Comparison
All seven airfields serving Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe, ranked by business jet traffic. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
All seven airfields in the area are shown above.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe peaks in October and is lowest in February. Six months run above the yearly average.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity in the area.
Source: FAA TFMSC, 52,293 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
How many customs airports are there around Toronto, and how far apart are they?
Four airports in the Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe area hold customs status: Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (CYHM), Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), and Region of Waterloo International Airport (CYKF). Billy Bishop sits 11 NM from Pearson, while Hamilton is 33 NM from Pearson and 26 NM from Waterloo. A crew clearing customs has more than one entry point to work with depending on which side of the area the flight originates or terminates, without needing to route everything through a single airport.
What runway length is available at Toronto Pearson International Airport compared to the area's other fields?
Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) has the longest paved runway in the area at 11,120 ft. The next longest public-use runways are at John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (CYHM) at 10,006 ft and Region of Waterloo International Airport (CYKF) at 7,003 ft. Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), by contrast, has a paved runway of 3,988 ft. This spread matters for operators sizing an aircraft against runway length rather than assuming every field in the Golden Horseshoe supports the same category of jet.
How concentrated is business jet traffic at Toronto Pearson versus the rest of the area?
Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ) logged 32,730 business jet movements in 2025, out of 52,293 recorded across the Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe area. The next-busiest fields, John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (CYHM) and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ), recorded 6,617 and 5,157 movements respectively. Smaller fields such as Oshawa Executive Airport (CYOO) and Niagara District Airport (CYSN) account for a few thousand movements combined. Operators weighing slot availability or ramp congestion have that gap in volume to factor against their own schedule needs.
How does business jet traffic in the Toronto area shift across the year?
Business jet movements in the Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe area ranged from a low of 3,642 in February to a peak of 5,189 in October in 2025, against an average month of 4,358 movements. Six months of the year ran above that average, with the second half of the year generally busier than the first. Cross-border traffic figures reported by the FAA follow the same seasonal shape. Dispatchers planning around this pattern can expect thinner traffic in winter months and denser activity heading into autumn.
How far apart are the closest and farthest fields from Pearson in the Golden Horseshoe area?
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ) sits 11 NM from Toronto Pearson International Airport (CYYZ), the closest paired distance among the area's fields. Region of Waterloo International Airport (CYKF) and Oshawa Executive Airport (CYOO) each sit 35 NM from Pearson, marking the wider edge of the area's spread. Between the outer fields themselves, distances run further still: Hamilton to Oshawa is 64 NM, and Waterloo to Oshawa is 70 NM. An operator choosing a field near one edge of the Golden Horseshoe should check its distance to the specific destination rather than assume proximity to Pearson alone.