Pickering Airport (Transport Canada/GTAA, Proposed)

[lenaitch]

Those are in western Ontario. Pickering would serve eastern Ontario. Surely you have a map? It's a 140 km drive between either of those airports and the Pickering Airport Lands.

But what of expanding existing airports in the eastern GTA? There's the Oshawa Executive Airport (YOO), for example, where the runway is longer than that of Billy Bishop and already serves E-Jets. Or the Peterborough Municipal Airport (YPQ), with its 7,000 ft. runway? VIA Rail's new HSR will run right past this airport and could offer fast service from eastern GTA, Kingston and elsewhere.

Oshawa is fairly hemmed-in for any expansion, particularly if they have to install RESA zones. General aviation getting pushed out of dense population/high volume air traffic areas is probably pretty common worldwide.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Oshawa is fairly hemmed-in for any expansion, particularly if they have to install RESA zones. General aviation getting pushed out of dense population/high volume air traffic areas is probably pretty common worldwide.

Good point. The best place for a GTAA airport is in the lake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Artificial_island_airports

Like Kanzai, Japan below. Imagine this in Lake Ontario. The 401-418 interchange at Darlington makes sense as it's close to the lake and any rail or highway connection to the lake would go through already-held government land.

 

[Tim MacDonald]

Good point. The best place for a GTAA airport is in the lake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Artificial_island_airports

Like Kanzai, Japan below. Imagine this in Lake Ontario. The 401-418 interchange at Darlington makes sense as it's close to the lake and any rail or highway connection to the lake would go through already-held government land.

I can see this in Japan where available land can be scarce but it's a really bad idea here. Fog, lake effect snow, and cost are just a couple of things that immediately spring to mind. With so much land available, I can't see this as even a remote possibility.