December is a busy time at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport as travellers head home to spend the holidays with their loved ones or take off on a winter escape. As the airport experiences increased passenger volumes, the following tips will help keep travellers in the holiday spirit:

On November 3, Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport officially re-opened the fully reconstructed runway 06-24 following an extensive rehabilitation of the runway earlier this summer.

With so many great photographs coming in through our social media channels, it seemed only fair to shine the spotlight on our airport’s un-official photographers.
 

PortsToronto is in the process of removing up to 40,000 tons of debris and sediment from the mouth of the Don River, with the goal of preventing future flooding and stemming  the flow of unwanted material into Toronto’s Harbour which can pose a risk to boater navigation and public safety.

 

This past summer, PortsToronto installed urban hives to support the local bee population. With Ontario’s colonies in rapid decline, the bees need help now more than ever.

At 8:15 PM on September 9, 1954, an exhausted and nearly numb 16-year-old woman touched the breakwater at Toronto’s Boulevard Club on the seawall along Humber Bay.  After nearly 21 hours in freezing water battling five-metre waves, nausea, darkness and vampire-like lamprey eels, Marilyn Bell had done the impossible – she had swum 52 kilometres across Lake Ontario from New York State to Toronto.

With colder winter temperatures comes the need to  de-ice aircraft—a common safety precaution that involves spraying aircraft with de-icing and anti-icing fluids that help to prevent or remove the build-up of ice and snow, and ensure a safe take-off for aircraft.

This week, the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Fire Department held its annual joint ice and cold water rescue training alongside Toronto Fire Services and Toronto Police Services Marine Unit.