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A V I AT I O N
10
CHAPTER
Business Aviation
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10.1
B U S I N E S S AV I AT I O N
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1 0 . 1 I NT RO DUC T IO N
Business Aviation (BA) is the subset of General Aviation (GA) that
serves corporate business aviation
needs. The facilities that support
Business Aviation provide a variety
of aviation-related services such as
aircraft fuelling, maintenance and
hangar facilities as well as special
services for passengers and flight
logistics support for aircrews.
The demand for BA facilities in
the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
is currently significant, reflecting
the strong and diverse economy
of the GTA. Even the current
record fuel prices have not
dampened the demand for
BA services.
The focus of this chapter is to
assess what facilities may be
required to meet demand over
the Master Plan period.
1 0 . 2 D EF INIT IO N O F
B U S I N ESS AV IAT IO N
The following describes activity
which is currently associated with
the Area 8 and Area 10 Infield
area Fixed Base Operators (FBOs)
plus movements associated with
aircraft management or aircraft
sales related activities that occur in
the GTAA Three Bay Hangar or
elsewhere.
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10.3 HISTORICAL CO N T EX T
OF GENERAL AND
BUSINESS AV IATION AT
TO RONTO PEARSON
General Aviation was purposely
allocated to Area 8 away from the
terminal area in the 1950s due to
operational and safety concerns.
This area cannot be expanded as
it is located on land between the
approaches to the north-south
runways. Historically, activities
from this area included small scale
passenger transportation, cargo
operations, flight training, air
survey photography, sightseeing
tours and recreational flying. The
facilities in this area were built to
reflect these usages.
10.2
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1 0 .4 PROFILE OF
O P E RATIONS
In 2006, there were approximately
36,500 Business Aviation movements which had the following
characteristics:
10.3
with an integrated passenger
lounge and Hangar 8B), supported
by 15,800 m2 of apron and
80 parking spaces.
Landmark Aviation (formerly
Piedmont Hawthorne) is a Shell
products dealer. Landmark
Aviation currently operates four
hangars totaling 18,200 m2 (net
space) and two Fixed Base Operation (FBO) terminals (1,100 m2),
supported by 58,600 m2 of apron
and 717 parking spaces.
1 0 . 5 D ESC RIP T IO N O F
C U R R ENT FAC IL IT IE S
Business Aviation facilities at
Toronto Pearson are located in
Area 8 of the Airport North area
and in the Area 10 Infield area (see
Figure 10-1). Currently there is
approximately 42,800 m2 of net
hangar space, 1,900 m2 of separate
FBO terminal space, and
102,700 m2 of apron space
devoted to Business Aviation use
combined in Area 8 and the
Infield including the interim use of
the GTAA Three Bay Hangar.
These tenants lease space and, in
turn, sublease some of their space
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Area 8
The Area 8 Business Aviation
facilities are illustrated in Figure
10-2 and described below.
Skycharter is an independent
Fixed Base Operator (FBO) selling
unbranded fuel. Skycharter
operates two hangars with a total
of 7,300 m2 net space, (Hangar 8A
Ineld FBO Terminal (left) and GTAA Three Bay Hangar (right)
Innotech/Execaire provides
aircraft management, maintenance, aircraft charters and sales
services, but does not sell fuel.
Innotech/Execaire currently
operates one hangar which has a
net area of 2,300 m2 and no apron
area (they have a right of way over
the Hangar 9 apron). There are
42 vehicle parking spaces.
Access to airside for all tenants in
Area 8 is served by Taxiway Kilo
(uncontrolled) and Taxiway Juliet
(controlled). Groundside access to
Area 8 is from Derry Road to
Vanguard Drive and Vedette Drive
which form a perimeter road on
three sides of Area 8.
10.4
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Area 10 Infield
The Infield Business Aviation
facilities described below are
illustrated in Figure 10-2.
10.5
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1 0 .6 INDUSTRY TRENDS
A number of important changes
are currently occurring in the
Business Aviation industry:
There is a general tendency
toward the use of progressively
larger business aircraft which will
have implications for space
requirements at airports even if
the number of movements were
to remain static.
FBO Hangar
10.6
There are potential changes in
air navigation technology such
as the use of GPS based navigation which may allow for greater
capacity of the airspace system
facilitating a greater accommodation of aircraft operations.
With consolidation in the FBO
industry, there is a tendency
towards fewer independent
operations and more chain
operations which allows aircraft
operators to make multi-airport
arrangements with FBOs for the
provision of services.
10.7 F O RECA ST OF
DEMAND
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Fuelling Facility
10.7
FBO Hangar
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10.8 FUTURE
REQUIREMENTS
Business Aviation forecast
demand, for those activities that
fall within the definition provided
in Section 10.2, could be accommodated at Toronto Pearson
throughout the Master Plan
period through the combined use
of a redeveloped Area 8 and
existing facilities in the Infield.
The Infield area is, however, constrained for further expansion of
Business Aviation facilities.