Toronto Area Control Centre is one of seven area control centres in Canada operated by Nav Canada. The Toronto Area Control Centre is based near Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario.
From the Toronto Area Control Centre, air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Toronto Flight Information Region (FIR). The Toronto FIR airspace covers most of Southern Ontario, Central Ontario, parts of Eastern Ontario, and parts of northwestern Michigan. To the east are the air traffic control centres of Montreal and Boston; to the south are the Minneapolis, Cleveland (which covers the extreme southwestern area of Ontario), and New York air traffic control centres; to the west is the Winnipeg control centre.
Aerodrome classes The Toronto ACC assumes control of the following classes of airports:
Class C (Controlled, IFR/IFR, IFR/VFR and VFR/VFR separation, VFR: Mode C and ATC clearance required) CYYZ - Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, ON CYKF - Region of Waterloo International Airport in Breslau, ON CYXU - London International Airport in London, ON CYTZ - Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (Toronto island) in Toronto, ON
Class D (Controlled, IFR/IFR and IFR/VFR separation, VFR: 2-way communication required) CYHM - John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport in Hamilton, ON CYOO - Oshawa Airport in Oshawa, ON CYAM - Sault Ste. Marie Airport in Sault Ste. Marie, ON CYTR - Trenton Airport in Trenton, ON
Class E (Controlled, only IFR/IFR spacing) CYKZ - Buttonville Municipal Airport in Markham, ON CYXR - Earlton (Timiskaming Regional) Airport in Eartton, ON CYEL - Elliot Lake Airport in Elliot Lake, ON CYZE - Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport in Gore Bay/Barrie Island, ON CYYU - Kapuskasing Airport in Kapuskasing, ON CYGK - Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport in Kingston, ON CYMO - Moosonee Airport in Moosonee, ON CYQA - Muskoka Airport in Muskoka, ON CYYB - North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, ON CYPQ - Peterborough Airport in Peterborough, ON CYZR - Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport in Sarnia, ON CYSN - St. Catharines/Niagara District Airport in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON CYSB - Sudbury Airport in Sudbury, ON CYTS - Timmins Airport in Timmins, ON CYZD - Toronto/Downsview Airport in Toronto, ON CYXZ - Wawa Airport in Wawa, ON CYVV - Wiarton Airport in Wiarton, ON
This FIR contains several Class G aerodromes that are in uncontrolled airspace and clearances are required to enter or leave controlled airspace.
Airports under these classes include:
CPZ9 - Billy Bishop Toronto City Water Aerodrome in Toronto CZBA - Burlington Air Park in Burlington, ON
Peripheral station frequencies Within each FIR, there are transmitter sites that allow the relay of distant communication from aircraft back to the ACC. These links are called a peripheral stationGlossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel from Transport Canada (PAL). They re-transmit the voice and data communication over high speed data links between the ACC and the remote transmitter.
Frequencies
Terminal Control Unit
Arrivals 1 - 132.800 Arrivals 2 - 124.475 Arrivals 3 - 125.400 ILS Monitor - 134.175 North Departure - 127.575 South Departure - 128.800
Airports Specialty
East / West Satellite Sectors
East Satellite (PIA Toronto) - 133.400 West Satellite (PIA Toronto) - 119.300 West Satellite (Hamilton) - 119.700 West Satellite (Kitchener) - 128.275 West Satellite (London) - 135.300 West Satellite (Sarnia) - 134.375
West Speciality
High Sectors
Centralia Sector - 125.775 Oakville Sector - 134.925 Mitchell Sector - 124.375 Lucan Sector - 135.825
Low Sectors
Hamilton Sector - 132.475 Grimsby Sector - 133.300 Kitchener Sector - 135.625
East Speciality
High Sectors
Barrie Sector - 134.575 Killaloe Sector - 121.225 Picton Sector - 124.675
Low Sectors
Simcoe Sector - 127.000 East Radar (Toronto) - 124.925 East Radar (Peterborough) - 134.250
North Speciality
High Sectors
Sault Sector (Wawa) - 124.075 Sault Sector (Bellevue) - 134.425 Wiarton Sector (Midland) - 124.025 North Bay Sector - 127.250 North Bay Sector (Sudbury) - 135.500
Low Sectors
Sault Low Sector (Sault Ste. Marie) - 132.650 Sault Low Sector (Elliott Lake) - 135.400 Wiarton Low - 132.575 Kapuskasing (North Bay) - 132.700 Timmins - 128.300 Timmins (Moosonee) - 133.725
See also Canadian airspace
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