Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) (French: Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal) or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal–Dorval International Airport, is a Canadian airport located on the Island of Montreal, 20 km (12 mi) from Montreal’s downtown core. The airport terminals are located entirely in Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex and one runway is located in Saint-Laurent, Montreal. It is an international airport serving Greater Montreal, along with the regions of northern Vermont and New York. The airport is named in honour of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada.
The airport is one of two managed and operated by Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), a not-for-profit corporation without share capital; the other airport is 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.
MONTREAL PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HISTORY
The birth of Dorval Airport was in the 1940s. It was becoming clear that the Saint-Hubert Airport (Montreal’s first official airport, in operation since 1927) could no longer meet the city’s aviation needs. The Minister of Transport purchased land at the Dorval Race Track, the best location for the new airport with good weather and few foggy days. Montréal–Dorval International Airport opened on September 1, 1941, as RCAF Station Lachine with three paved runways. By 1946 the airport was hosting more than a quarter of a million passengers a year, growing to more than a million in the mid-1950s. During World War II thousands of Allied aircraft passed through Dorval on the way to England. 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).
MONTREAL PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LOCATION
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) (French: Aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal) or Montréal–Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal–Dorval International Airport, is a Canadian airport located on the Island of Montreal, 20 km (12 mi) from Montreal’s downtown core.
MONTREAL PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FACTS
ICAO/IATA: YUL/CYUL
Lat: 45.47060012817383
Long: -73.74079895019531
Elevation: 118 ft.
Runway length available: 06R/24L 9600×200 ft. :: 06L/24R 11000×200 ft. ::10/28 7000×200 ft.
