Pickering Airport Brochure: Facts and Considerations
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Pickering Airport Facts and Considerations
Why build a new airport now? In 1972, with praiseworthy farsightedness, the Canadian Government set aside thousands of acres of land just east of Toronto for a future airport. Since then, this billion-dollar public land reserve has been leased out to local farmers by Transport Canada. It has been waiting for the day when Toronto’s […]
Time to Get Real About Aviation and Global Warming
For the first time since humans have existed on Earth, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 415 parts per million. Transportation contributes significantly to global warming. We can take concrete actions today to reduce those emissions through more efficient transportation and trying to reduce our need to travel. The first is largely up to government and industry, the second is an individual’s choice. […]
Pickering and Toronto’s Major Jet Airports.
How will a new Pickering airport fit in with the existing major jet airports in the Toronto area? A look at the size of the population they serve and logistics provides the answer. A jet airport is typically an airport with at least one 5000ft or longer runway, with support for an instrument landing system […]