Nerve centre: Air traffic controllers in the Toronto Island Airport control tower, built in 1953, handled 213,795 takeoffs and landings last year

Original Toronto Star caption: Nerve centre: Air traffic controllers in the Toronto Island Airport control tower, built in 1953, handled 213,795 takeoffs and landings last year, making it the eighth or ninth busiest in Canada, according to manager Jerry Thomton. The short ferry trip to the airport isn't the only thing that makes it unique: What you have here is a small-town airport in the middle of a big city, said a businessman.