Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
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| Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: YUL - ICAO: CYUL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | public | ||
| Operator | Aéroports de Montréal | ||
| Serves | Montréal, Quebec | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 118 ft (36 m) | ||
| Coordinates | 45° 28' 05" N
73° 44' 29" W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 06L/24R | 11,000 | 3,353 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 06R/24L | 9,600 | 2,926 | Asphalt/Concrete |
| 10/28 | 7,000 | 2,134 | Asphalt/Concrete |
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) (French: Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal) or Montréal-Trudeau for short, is an international airport serving Montréal, Quebec, Canada. It is the busiest airport in the province of Quebec and the third busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic (after Toronto Pearson and Vancouver) serving 10.3 million passengers in 2004, and the fourth busiest airport by aircraft movements. Currently the airport is completing a C$700 million expansion plan that will double the capacity of the terminal.
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History
Montréal-Trudeau was formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport. It is located in Dorval, Quebec on the Island of Montreal, now part of the borough of Dorval—L'Île-Dorval in Montréal. The airport was renamed by the federal government in honour of former Canadian Prime Minister, the late Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau, on January 1, 2004, the renaming having been announced in September the previous year. This move provoked opposition from some Quebeckers, especially Quebec sovereigntists opposed to some of the policies of the former Prime Minister, as well as less vocal opposition from many aviation historians and enthusiasts who note Trudeau's historical role as an opponent of the airport. Trudeau was heavily involved in the construction of Mirabel International Airport, originally planned to replace Montréal-Dorval airport.
Dorval played an important role in the development of trans-Atlantic aviation. It was primarily chosen as an airport because of good weather and few foggy days. During WWII it was the major transit point for departures to Europe. Thousands of Allied aircraft passed through Dorval on the way to England. Women - the WAC's (Womens Air Corps) - played a major role in transiting aircraft to the war theatres by way of Dorval. At one time Dorval was the major transatlantic hub for commercial aviation and the busiest airport in Canada with airlines such as British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C) landing at Dorval en route to New York.
Montréal's economic decline in the late 1970's and 1980's had a significant effect on the airport's traffic, as international flights shifted away from Dorval to Toronto Pearson in more prosperous Toronto. Ironically, the Trudeau government had recently developed Mirabel Airport north of Montréal to handle an expected growth in international traffic, and, eventually, to replace Dorval. That extra traffic never materialized, and due to its closer proximity to downtown Montréal, all scheduled air services has now returned to Dorval/Trudeau, while Mirabel has nearly ceased operation. With Montréal's economic recovery during the late 1990s, traffic at the airport may once again pick up.
On September 11, 2001, Dorval was part of Operation Yellow Ribbon as it took in 10 of the diverted flights that were bound for the United States. Pilots were asked to avoid Dorval by both Transport Canada and NAV CANADA as a security measure because it is one of the busiest airports in Central Canada. The airport was Montréal-Dorval International Airport when 9/11 happened.
Airlines
International
- Air Canada (Barbados, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Cayo Largo, Frankfurt, Holguin, Pointe-à-Pitre, London /Heathrow, Montego Bay, Nassau, Paris/CDG, Port-au-Prince, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Varadero)
- Air France (Paris)
- Air Saint Pierre (Saint-Pierre and Miquelon)
- Air Transat (Athens, Brussels, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Fort-de-France, Holguin, Lisbon, London/Gatwick, Lyon, Marseilles, Montego Bay, Nantes, Nice, Paris/CDG, Port-au-Prince, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Rome, San Salvador, St. Maartan, Toulouse, Varadero)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna)
- British Airways (London/Heathrow)
- CSA Czech Airlines (Prague)
- Corsair (Paris /Orly)
- Cubana Airlines (Camaguey, Havana, Varadero)
- Egyptair (Cairo)
- KLM (Amsterdam)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt and Munich)
- Mexicana Airlines (Mexico City)
- Olympic Airlines (Athens)
- Royal Air Maroc (Casablanca)
- SATA International (Ponta Delgada)
- Skyservice (Agadir, Bahias de Huatulco, Camaguey, Cancun, Cayo Coco, Holguin, La Romana, Liberia, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Montego Bay, Puerto Plata, Puerto Vallarta, Punta Cana, Varadero)
- Tarom (Bucharest)
- Swiss International Airlines (Zurich)
- Thomas Cook Airlines (London/Gatwick and Manchester (UK))
- Transaero (Moscow Domodedovo)
- Zoom Airlines (London/Gatwick and Paris/CDG)
Transborder (US)
On flights originating in Montréal, like at many other major Canadian airports, passengers bound for the United States go through U.S. customs and immigration prior to boarding their flights. The flight is then treated on arrival in the U.S. as a domestic flight.
- Air Canada (Boston, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/LaGuardia, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tampa, Washington/Dulles, Washington/Reagan)
- Air Georgian (Hartford)
- Air Transat (Fort Lauderdale)
- American Airlines/American Eagle (Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, New York/JFK)
- Canjet (Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach)
- Comair (New York/LaGuardia)
- Continental Airlines/Continental Express (Cleveland and Newark)
- Delta Air Lines/Delta Connection (Atlanta, Cincinnati, New York/LaGuardia)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- United Airlines/United Express (Chicago/O'Hare and Washington/Dulles)
- US Airways/US Airways Express (New York/LaGuardia and Philadelphia)
- Westjet (Fort Lauderdale)
Domestic
- Air Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, St. John's, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver)
- Air Canada Jazz (Bagotville, Baie-Comeau, Bathurst, Charlottetown, Deer Lake, Fredericton, Hamilton, Moncton, Ottawa, Quebec City, Rouyn-Noranda, Saint John, Sydney (NS), Val-d'Or, Winnipeg)
- Air Creebec (Chibougamau, Roberval, Val-d'Or)
- Air Inuit (Kuujjuarapik and La Grande)
- Air Labrador (St. John's and Goose Bay)
- Canjet (Halifax)
- First Air (Kuujjuaq and Kuujjuarapik)
- Westjet (Calgary, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver)
See also
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