Best Airport

With March Break coming up, many people are looking for ways to escape to warmer climates.   If I have to fly somewhere, I ALWAYS check to see if I can fly out of Hamilton's John C Munro International Airport rather than having to fly out of Toronto.    Best thing is from Waterdown you can make it there in less than a half an hour.    Hamilton's little airport is the BEST way to fly... period!    For years my family from Nova Scotia have been flying in to Hamilton, which helps them stay away from the Toronto traffic which they prefer to avoid at all costs.

In February 2007, our family flew into Orlando on WestJet from the Hamilton airport and it was such a positive experience.    My husband had never been to the airport so when we pulled into the parking lot and saw all the available parking he questioned me "Is this it?".   "Yes, this is the Hamilton Airport." I replied.    We parked the car grabbed our luggage and within two minutes were at the ticket counter.... His reaction when we got inside "Wow!"    He was so pleasantly surprised with the ease of parking and no line ups.

(from Wikipedia...)  History

The airport was originally built in 1940 as the Mount Hope Airport, a Royal Canadian Air Force base. During World War II, the field hosted two units for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan: first, No.10 Elementary Flying Training School (later moved to RCAF Station Pendleton) using the De Havilland Tiger Moth and Fleet Finch, then No.33 Air Navigation School using the Avro Anson. After the war, the airport gradually shifted towards civil use, until the military ceased using it as a base for Air Reserve operations in 1964.

Hamilton turned over operation of the airport to TradePort International Corp. in 1996. In 2007 YVR Airport Services (YVRAS), which runs the Vancouver International Airport, took over 100 per cent ownership of TradePort in a $13-million deal.

Future

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has pushed for the construction of the Pickering Airport to relieve Toronto Pearson International Airport, claiming that Hamilton is too far from the city of Toronto core to be practical as a major hub for travelers. Critics point out that the reliever airports for Boston, Massachusetts (T.F. Green State Airport in Providence, Rhode Island and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, New Hampshire) are utilized effectively despite being further from the Boston city centre than Munro Airport is from the Toronto city centre. Should the GTAA decide not to build the proposed Pickering Airport, which could prove controversial due to the required expropriation of land, Hamilton may have an increase in passenger traffic and possibly new airlines.

Accidents and incidents

The airport received notoriety when a chartered Boeing 707 carrying rock band Bon Jovi skidded off the runway in January, 2006.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
CanJet	Seasonal: Cancun, Holguin, Punta Cana, Varadero
WestJet	Calgary Year Round Seasonal: Cancún, Edmonton, Halifax, Las Vegas, Moncton, Orlando, Punta Cana, Winnipeg

You can also fly many other places via connecting flights.    To learn more about the Hamilton International Airport, what airlines fly out of there where and how often check out their destination map (link below)

http://www.flyhi.ca/destinations-and-airlines/route-map/