Pearson International YYZ
Looking for cheap flights from Toronto Pearson? Pearson International, known by its code YYZ, is the airport most travellers mean when they search airfare to Toronto. Carriers flying here link the city with Warsaw, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Barcelona, Chisinau, Dublin, Vienna and Krakow, plus the domestic and cross-border routes that feed those connections. Billy Bishop City A/P is the other airport serving Toronto, so compare both before you book.
Pearson International at a glance
- Passengers per year
- 45.7 M (2024)
- Hub for
- WestJet, Air Canada, Air Transat
- Elevation
- 569 m
- Opened
- 1939
- Official website
- torontopearson.com
- Population of Toronto
- 2.8 M (2021)
Country facts: Wikidata
Getting to the city
Pearson sits outside the downtown core, so treat the transfer as part of the trip. Train, bus, taxi and ride-share all cover the run into the city; choose by where you're staying and how much luggage you're hauling rather than by headline fare alone. Build in extra time if you land during the weekday rush, and leave a buffer on the way back — check-in and security at an airport this busy can eat it fast. Flying out of Billy Bishop City A/P instead can suit a short, central stay.