Access roads at Toronto Pearson International Airport
There are various roads at Toronto Pearson International Airport providing access to airport facilities for travellers, airline staff and airport staff.
Most name routes and highways are accessible to the public. Unnamed routes are restricted access and closed off by fencing and require security clearance.
Many of the roads are named in tribute to famous aircraft or aircraft manufacturers:
Name of Road |
Jurisdiction |
Type |
Access |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Britannia Road East |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
single lane paved road |
Public |
portion of road within airport grounds |
Bramalea Road - south of Derry Road East |
Greater Toronto Airport Authority |
paved road |
Public with restricted access at the south terminus of the road |
Access to Fedex facilities and north tarmac |
Luke Road - south end |
Greater Toronto Airport Authority |
paved road |
Restricted access at the south terminus of the road |
Access to southwest end of airport to D-VOR/DME ground station |
Convair Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
single lane paved road |
Public |
Likely named for American aerospace firm Convair |
Electra Road |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
single lane paved road |
Public |
Likely named for American built Lockheed Model 10 Electra aircraft |
Jetliner Road |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
paved road |
Public |
Likely named for Canadian experimental airliner Avro Jetliner |
Viking Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
paved road |
Public |
Likely named for Vickers Viking, an amphibious aircraft built by Canadian Vickers for the RCAF; road disappeared with the airport redevelopment |
Friendship Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
paved road |
Public |
Likely named for Fokker F27 Friendship, Dutch built turboprop airliner; road disppeared with the airport redevelopment |
Shorts Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
paved road |
Public |
Likely named for Short Brothers, a British aerospace firm; road disppeared with the airport redevelopment |
North Star Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
paved road |
Public |
Likely named for the Canadair Northstar, a variant of the American designed Douglas DC-4; road disppeared with the airport redevelopment |
Commercial Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario |
paved road |
Public |
Road disppeared with the airport redevelopment |
Silver Dart Drive |
City of Mississauga, Ontario, City of Toronto |
paved road |
Public |
Likely named for historic AEA Silver Dart |
City of Mississauga, Ontario, Toronto Airport |
paved road |
Public |
Named for the original term for the original Terminal 1; Road disappeared with the redevelopment of Terminal 1 |
|
Highway 409 (Ontario) |
Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) |
paved limited access highway |
Public |
Portion within airport downloaded from the MTO to the GTAA by the province |
Terminal Access Road 1 |
Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) |
paved roadway |
Public |
internal terminal road in Terminal 1 |
Terminal Access Road 3 |
Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) |
paved roadway |
Public |
internal terminal road in Terminal 2 |
Highway 427 (Ontario) |
MTO |
paved limited access highway |
Public |
road has access to airport via Highway 409 |
Peel Regional Road 7 - Airport Road |
Peel Region |
paved road |
Public |
Named for airport and connects to airport via internal airport access routes |