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Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport

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3Runways
11,000Longest (ft)
118Elevation (ft)
89Route Records
28Airline Records
UTC-5Timezone
203Mapped Stands

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Route Intelligence

46Well Connected
Shortest route
YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport151.3 km
Air Canada
Longest route
DOHHamad International Airport10,406.5 km
Qatar Airways
Nearest international
BDLBradley International Airport401.5 km
Air Canada
Longest international
DOHHamad International Airport10,406.5 km
Qatar Airways
Longest domestic
YVRVancouver International Airport3,682.2 km
Air Canada

Airport Connectivity Score

46/100

Well Connected

Destinations served89 destinations
Airline diversity28 airlines
Haul mix coverage4 of 4 distance categories

Calculated from destination count, airline diversity, and haul-mix coverage. More signals (customs/border access, ground handling capacity) will be added as the dataset grows.

Runways

06L/24R11,000 ftAsphaltLIT
06R/24L9,600 ftAsphaltLIT
10/287,000 ftAsphaltLITCLOSED

Haul Mix

short-haul
29
medium-haul
33
long-haul
25
ultra-long-haul
2

Geographic Context

Nearest airport
YHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport26 km
Nearest same country
YHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport26 km
Nearest international
PBGPlattsburgh International Airport93.4 km
Farthest airport
ALHAlbany Airport18,491.3 km
Within 500 km: 89 airportsWithin 1,000 km: 240 airportsWithin 2,000 km: 510 airports

10 Nearest Airports

1YHUMontréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport26 kmM
2YMXMontreal Mirabel International Airport33 kmM
3YJNSt Jean Airport40.9 kmM
4YCCCornwall Regional Airport76.9 kmM
5ZBMBromont (Roland Désourdy) Airport80.6 kmM
6PBGPlattsburgh International Airport93.4 kmM
7MSSMassena International Airport Richards Field104.6 kmM
8BTVPatrick Leahy Burlington International Airport120 kmM
9SLKAdirondack Regional Airport125.6 kmM
10YRQTrois-Rivières Airport128.2 kmM

ATC Frequencies11

APRONMontreal Apron122.075 MHz
ARRMontreal Terminal Arrivals118.9 MHz
ARRMontreal Terminal126.9 MHz
ATISFrench ATIS127.5 MHz
ATISEnglish ATIS133.7 MHz
CLNC DELMontreal Clearance125.6 MHz
DEPMontreal Terminal Departures118.9 MHz
GNDMontreal Ground121.9 MHz
RCOQuebec Radio123.55 MHz
TWRMontreal Tower119.9 MHz
VFR ADVMontreal Terminal134.15 MHz

Top Aircraft Types

CRJ
20
319
19
310
19
333
18
330
16
320
14
738
12
DH1
10
ERJ
9
73W
8

Sample Routes

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YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport151.3 km
short-haulAir Canada
YQBQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport233.3 km
short-haulAir CanadaCS
YBGSaguenay-Bagotville Airport380.7 km
short-haulAir CanadaCS
CMWIgnacio Agramonte International Airport2,700.1 km
medium-haulCubana de Aviación
CYOVilo Acuña International Airport2,745.7 km
medium-haulCubana de Aviación
HOGFrank Pais International Airport2,754.7 km
medium-haulAir Canada
ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport7,632.1 km
long-haulAir Transat
AMMQueen Alia International Airport8,897.3 km
ultra-long-haulAmerican AirlinesCS

Airline Records in Dataset28

AMAeroMéxico
AHAir Algerie
ACAir Canada
AFAir France
PJAir Saint Pierre
TSAir Transat
AZAlitalia
AAAmerican Airlines
BABritish Airways
SNBrussels Airlines
SSCorsairfly
CUCubana de Aviación
DLDelta Air Lines
EYEtihad Airways
AYFinnair
7FFirst Air
IBIberia Airlines
KLKLM Royal Dutch Airlines
LHLufthansa Cargo
PDPorter Airlines
QRQatar Airways
ATRoyal Air Maroc
RJRoyal Jordanian
FSServicios de Transportes A
LXSwiss International Air Lines
USUS Airways
UAUnited Airlines
WSWestJet

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Airport HistoryEst. 1941

Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport opened in 1941 as Dorval Airport, quickly becoming one of the busiest airports in the world and, during the Second World War, the headquarters of RAF Ferry Command, from which Allied aircraft were flown across the Atlantic to Britain. In the 1970s the federal government opened Mirabel International Airport further from the city, intending it to become Montreal's primary international gateway, but the plan foundered without a direct rail link, and passenger traffic gradually returned to Dorval; Mirabel's last scheduled passenger flights ended by 2004. That same year, Dorval was formally renamed in honor of former Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Today it remains Air Canada's largest hub and Quebec's principal gateway to the world.

✦Was the wartime headquarters of RAF Ferry Command, the organization that pioneered mass transatlantic aircraft delivery flights in the 1940s.
✦Montreal briefly ran two major international airports at once (Dorval and Mirabel) — an arrangement that ultimately failed because Mirabel lacked a direct link to the city.
✦Its 2004 renaming after Pierre Elliott Trudeau was locally controversial and debated in Quebec media at the time.
✦Remains Air Canada's largest hub by passenger volume.
1941
Dorval Airport opens

Dorval Airport opens on 1 September 1941, replacing St-Hubert Airport as Montreal's main civil airfield.

1943
RAF Ferry Command headquartered at Dorval

During WWII, RAF Ferry Command is headquartered at Dorval, from where thousands of bomber and transport aircraft are ferried across the Atlantic to Britain in support of the Allied war effort.

1960
New terminal ahead of Expo 67

A larger terminal complex opens as Montreal prepares for the 1967 World's Fair, during which Dorval briefly ranks among the world's busiest airports.

1975
Mirabel International Airport opens

The federal government opens Mirabel International Airport well outside the city, intending it to eventually replace Dorval as Montreal's primary international gateway.

1997
International flights return to Dorval

The plan to concentrate international traffic at Mirabel is abandoned as the airport's remote location — with no direct highway or rail link — deters airlines; scheduled international flights progressively move back to Dorval.

2004
Renamed for Pierre Elliott Trudeau; Mirabel loses passenger service

In January 2004 the airport is officially renamed Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, a decision that was politically contested at the time; the same year, Mirabel's last scheduled passenger flights end, leaving it a cargo/testing facility.

Operator
Transport Canada / Government of Canada1941 – 1992Airport was federally owned and operated for its first five decades.
Aéroports de Montréal (ADM)1992 – presentNon-profit local airport authority operating YUL and Mirabel under long-term lease from Transport Canada, as part of Canada's National Airports Policy.

Editorial content compiled from public records (Aéroports de Montréal, Government of Canada archival materials, and contemporaneous news coverage). The 2004 renaming is noted as having been politically contested, not as a universally welcomed decision.