Canadian Airport Thread - Page 88

SpongeG · #**1741** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 8:48 PM**

coming back from new york last time was a nightmare. i flew laguardia to montreal, no delay, made my connection in montreal, to ottawa, where i was to have just over an hour layover before the final leg to edmonton, the layover ended up becoming 8 hours i guess, left ottawa well after midnight got to edmonton at 2 am or so, the airport was pretty much closed, there was a huge april snow storm, but alas with very options fying out of edmonton, i pondered using calgary as they have better options, either way its a 5 hour drive to the airport in edmonton lol

Wishblade · #**1742** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 8:50 PM**

I don't know if it's been posted before but here are the top 10 airports by passenger numbers for 2014:

1 Toronto Pearson International Airport Greater Toronto Area 38,571,961
2 Vancouver International Airport Metro Vancouver 19,358,203
3 Calgary International Airport Calgary 15,261,108
4 Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Greater Montreal 14,840,067
5 Edmonton International Airport Edmonton Capital Region 8,240,161
6 Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport Ottawa 4,616,448
7 Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport Winnipeg 3,669,797
8 Halifax Stanfield International Airport Halifax 3,663,039
9 Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Greater Toronto Area 2,400,000
10 Victoria International Airport Victoria 1,650,165

source: wikipedia

GreaterMontréal · #**1743** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 11:13 PM**

YUL, ytd 6,129,038 +4.1%

Coldrsx · #**1744** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by SpongeG

coming back from new york last time was a nightmare. i flew laguardia to montreal, no delay, made my connection in montreal, to ottawa, where i was to have just over an hour layover before the final leg to edmonton, the layover ended up becoming 8 hours i guess, left ottawa well after midnight got to edmonton at 2 am or so, the airport was pretty much closed, there was a huge april snow storm, but alas with very options fying out of edmonton, i pondered using calgary as they have better options, either way its a 5 hour drive to the airport in edmonton lol

Edm-minny-newark my friend. Easy, quick.

SFUVancouver · #**1745** Posted **Jun 27, 2015, 11:55 PM**

Photo by SFUVancouver | June 23 2015

SpongeG · #**1746** Posted **Jun 28, 2015, 12:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Edm-minny-newark my friend. Easy, quick.

they get there too late, i will be there by 11 am

all that extra time to see

thenoflyzone · #**1747** Posted **Jun 28, 2015, 10:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dirt_Devil

YQB's transformation and expansion since 2006 is simply amazing. Once this upgrade is done, the airport will be fantastic. Hopefully the US customs pre-clearance will be a go this year.

Doubtful. YQB doesnt have enough flights/passengers to the US to make it worth while for the US CBP.

YTZ sees more US flights and has been asking for pre clearance for years without success.

Loco101 · #**1748** Posted **Jun 28, 2015, 6:38 PM**

I was at the Montreal-Trudeau airport a few months ago and was very impressed with it. I really like the layout and found the airport employees to be much friendlier than in Toronto.

DrNest · #**1749** Posted **Jun 28, 2015, 10:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by thenoflyzone

Doubtful. YQB doesnt have enough flights/passengers to the US to make it worth while for the US CBP.

YTZ sees more US flights and has been asking for pre clearance for years without success.

If anywhere is next to get US pre-clearance in Canada I would put my money on CYTZ.

MalcolmTucker · #**1750** Posted **Jun 28, 2015, 10:37 PM**

The position of CBP when the new terminal opened was that any officers for YTZ would need to be reallocated from the current pool at YYZ. With the potential growth of preclearance to more countries it is possible that the austerity related restrictions might change.

SignalHillHiker · #**1751** Posted **Jul 2, 2015, 4:48 PM**

Only 1.6% of flights were delayed due to construction in June at YYT. However, there were lots due to weather.

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O-tacular · #**1752** Posted **Jul 2, 2015, 5:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

That's an awfully short layover. I don't think I ever got out of LaGuardia on time.

I discovered after flying out of that hellhole that it was voted America's worst airport. I can see why. We almost missed our connecting flight to Calgary at Pearson because our pilot was 15 mins late, we missed our window for take off and then had to wait 45 mins in an actual convoy of planes lining up to leave. Saw Trump's plane on the Tarmac and that sealed it for me. That thing needs to be nuked from orbit.

Thankfully someone has a plan that involves killing 2 birds with 1 stone.

http://gizmodo.com/a-radical-plan-to-fix-americas-worst-airport-1658076313

MalcolmTucker · #**1753** Posted **Jul 2, 2015, 5:17 PM**

^ Surely you mean the Manhattan Airport.

O-tacular · #**1754** Posted **Jul 2, 2015, 5:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker

^ Surely you mean the Manhattan Airport.

Please tell me that's a joke. Please tell me that's a joke.

O-tacular · #**1755** Posted **Jul 2, 2015, 5:26 PM**

Dear God who would propose such an evil and thoughtless thing as that?!? Is this being pushed by residents of New Jersey who hate NYC? That is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.

"Handed down from our great grandparents' generation. Boldly re-imagined by our generation."

That's something Rob Ford would propose.