Nonstop flight route between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Titusville, Florida, United States:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX), Titusville, Florida, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 1,047 miles (or 1,685 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Space Coast Regional Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | YTZ / CYTZ |
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Location: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
GPS Coordinates: | 43°37'38"N by 79°23'45"W |
Area Served: | Toronto, Ontario |
Operator/Owner: | Toronto Port Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 252 feet (77 meters) |
# of Runways: | 3 |
View all routes: | Routes from YTZ |
More Information: | YTZ Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | TIX / KTIX |
Airport Name: | Space Coast Regional Airport |
Location: | Titusville, Florida, United States |
GPS Coordinates: | 28°30'53"N by 80°47'57"W |
Operator/Owner: | Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 34 feet (10 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from TIX |
More Information: | TIX Maps & Info |
Facts about Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ):
- The first proposal to build an airport was made in June 1929 by the Toronto Harbour Commission.
- The furthest airport from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is Margaret River Airport (MGV), which is located 11,411 miles (18,364 kilometers) away in Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia.
- During World War II, the island airport became a military training base.
- The closest airport to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), which is located only 12 miles (20 kilometers) WNW of YTZ.
- In 1999, the operation of the airport was turned over to the new Toronto Port Authority, which took over the responsibilities of the Harbour Commission, including the airport and port functions.
- In 1967, the Harbour Commission initiated a study into converting the airport into one suitable for the passenger jets of the day, such as DC-8s.
- Because of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport's relatively low elevation of 252 feet, planes can take off or land at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
- By 1956, takeoffs and landings at the Island reached 130,000 per year, many of them private flights to Muskoka and Haliburton Other flights included a daily return flight to the race track at Fort Erie, Ontario for horsemen and gamblers offered by Central Airways.
- Airport passenger traffic declined in the 1990s.
- In 1973, de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, makers of the new DHC-7 STOL plane, proposed a network of STOL airports around Ontario, with the Island Airport as its hub, to the Government of Ontario cabinet ministers and the Government of Canada cabinet ministers.
- In January 2014, the Toronto Port Authority announced that it would seek $100 million from the federal government to expand infrastructure around the airport if the expansion plans and jets are approved for use at the airport.
- In addition to being known as "Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport", another name for YTZ is "Toronto Island Airport".
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) has 3 runways.
- By the end of 1952, the accumulated cost of running the Island Airport, and paying the interest on the debt of construction, totalled $752,000.
Facts about Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX):
- In 2010, the airport made regional news when a pilot, flying at night, hit a deer on takeoff.
- In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the airport had scheduled passenger airline service operated by Eastern Air Lines, which utilized Boeing 727-100 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 jetliners for flights into and out of TIX.
- Bristow Helicopters' Bristow Academy, a helicopter flying school, employs 160 and training 350 people a year in Schweizer 300CBIs, Robinson R22s, Robinson R44s, and Bell 206Bs.
- Having previously utilized military facilities on nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration began development of its own civilian manned launch facilities, in what became the John F.
- The furthest airport from Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX) is Shark Bay Airport (MJK), which is located 11,536 miles (18,565 kilometers) away in Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia.
- Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX) has 2 runways.
- The closest airport to Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX) is Merritt Island Airport (COI), which is located only 14 miles (22 kilometers) SSE of TIX.
- Because of Space Coast Regional Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Space Coast Regional Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.