[caveat.doctor]

Originally Posted by PhotoJim

Shutting down parts of the airport would be difficult because we only have a few gates. I haven't been to the airport since the pandemic struck, but I'd guess they're only using two or three gates. It would be difficult to shut down some of the gates unless lighting and such can be controlled discreetly. (That ability may never have been foreseen as being useful.)

We don't have the luxury of shutting a large section of a large terminal. We only have one terminal and it isn't large to begin with.

They've done their best to cordon off sections that aren't needed and close the cafe/lounge airside to reduce cleaning effort, but as you said it's not really possible to close the whole thing:







Kind of spooky really:

















Gate 3 seems to be the main one in use, people were mostly congregated around there, and the Tim Horton's and the Relay now that they're airside:







The expansion really makes the sharp drop in passengers all the more stark. Compared to a few years ago before they expanded the footprint, it might not have been as noticeable: