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Montréal–Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) (French: Aéroport International Montréal-Trudeau) or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known and still commonly referred to as Montréal–Dorval International Airport (Aéroport international Montréal-Dorval), is an international airport in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. It is the primary international airport serving Montreal, 20 km (12 mi) from Downtown Montreal. The airport terminals are located entirely in the suburb of Dorval, while one runway is located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent. Air Canada, the country's flag carrier, also has its corporate headquarters complex on the Saint-Laurent side of the airport. It also serves Greater Montreal and adjacent regions in Quebec and eastern Ontario, as well as the states of Vermont and northern New York in the United States. The airport is named in honour of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada and father of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The airport is one of two managed and operated by Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), a not-for-profit corporation without share capital; the other being Montréal–Mirabel northwest of Montreal, which was initially intended to replace the one in Dorval but now deals almost solely with cargo. Montréal–Trudeau is owned by Transport Canada which has a 60-year lease with Aéroports de Montréal, as per Canada's National Airport Policy of 1994.

Trudeau is the busiest airport in the province of Quebec and the third-busiest airport in Canada by both passenger traffic and aircraft movements, with 20.3 million passengers and 236,908 movements in 2019. It is one of eight Canadian airports with United States border preclearance and is one of the main gateways into Canada with 13.1 million or 65% of its passengers being on non-domestic flights, the highest proportion amongst Canada's airports during 2018. It is one of four Air Canada hubs and, in that capacity, serves mainly Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces and Eastern Ontario. On an average day, 53,000 passengers transit through Montréal-Trudeau.

Airlines servicing Trudeau offer year-round non-stop flights to five continents, namely Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. It is one of only two airports in Canada with direct flights to five continents or more, the other being Toronto Pearson International Airport. Trudeau airport is the headquarters of and a large hub for Air Canada, the country's largest airline. It is also the headquarters of Air Inuit and Air Transat, and an operation base for Sunwing Airlines and Porter Airlines. It also plays a role in general aviation as home to the headquarters of Innotech-Execair, Starlink, ACASS and Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facilities of Air Transat and Air Inuit. Transport Canada operates a Civil Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility on site, with a fleet of Government owned and operated civil aircraft. Bombardier Aerospace has an assembly facility on site where they build Global and Challenger business jets.

Images for kids

  • Boeing 727-233-Adv, Air Canada AN1230581

    Air Canada airplanes parked at the old aeroquay in 1982

  • AirCanadaHQMontreal

    An Air Canada Boeing 777-300ER performing a fly past, with Air Canada's corporate headquarters in foreground, in 2007

  • YUL.international.public.arrivals.hall

    The international arrivals hall and baggage claim opened in 2005.

  • Aeroport Trudeau Montreal

    International jetty under construction in 2004

  • F-HPJC (8129088945)

    Air France A380-800 at gate 55 in 2012

  • YUL Marriott Hotel - U.S. Departures Sector

    The new Marriott hotel and U.S. Departures wing

  • Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (23184435059)

    Overview of the international and transborder jetties during the expansion project in 2014

  • The international jetty3

    The newly built expansion of the international jetty

  • The loop

    One of the biggest duty-free shops in Canada, The Loop, seen here near gate 51

  • Domestic jetty

    The far end of the domestic jetty on a quiet afternoon

  • The international jetty

    The international jetty near The Loop

  • The international jetty2

    The international jetty near gate 63

  • YUL U.S. Departures Sector

    The interior of the U.S. Departures wing

  • Dorval Transport Hubs

    Intercity and regional transit hubs near Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval

  • 2008aeroport2

    Trudeau Airport at night

  • Montreal-Dorval Airport 1

    Overview of Air Canada Base and hangars along Côte-Vertu Road

  • Yultrainstation

    Future Montréal–Trudeau train station located under the new Marriott hotel

  • Dorval Via - 02

    Dorval station (Via Rail)

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