In 2011, 18.7 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the busiest on the island airports by total passenger traffic.

In 2011, Air Canada began flying again out of the island airport.

Looking about, he could see the tiny island airport two hundred yards to his right.

A tunnel was first proposed to connect to the island airport in 1935.

This fact meant that the island airport became used mainly for general civil aviation and lost money on its operations.

Despite the improvements, the island airport did not become a passenger airline hub, and its existence came into question, starting in the 1960s.

The ministry included a review of the island airport in its study.

Support for expansion of the island airport among the business community kept the idea alive.

A plan was raised in the 1970s to add scheduled passenger service at the island airport by federal politicians.

Porter opened a new, larger, passenger terminal at the island airport in March 2010.