During World War II thousands of Allied aircraft passed through Dorval on the way to England. 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. The airport opened on September 1, 1941, as Dorval Airport/Aéroport Dorval with three paved runways. The Minister of Transport purchased land at the Dorval Race Track, which was considered the best location for an enlarged airport because of its good weather conditions and few foggy days. ( April 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īy the 1940s, it was increasingly clear that Montreal's original airport, Saint-Hubert Airport, in operation since 1927, was no longer adequate for the city's needs. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Bombardier Aerospace has an assembly facility on site where they build Global and Challenger business jets. Transport Canada operates a Civil Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility on site, with a fleet of Government owned and operated civil aircraft. 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. It is also the headquarters of Air Inuit and Air Transat, and an operation base for Sunwing Airlines and Porter Airlines. Trudeau airport is the headquarters of and a large hub for Air Canada, the country's largest airline. It is one of only two airports in Canada with non-stop flights to five continents, the other being Toronto Pearson International Airport. On an average day, 53,000 passengers transit through Montréal-Trudeau.Īirlines servicing Trudeau offer year-round non-stop flights to five continents, namely Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America. It is one of four Air Canada hubs and, in that capacity, serves mainly Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces and Eastern Ontario. 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. Trudeau is the busiest airport in the province of Quebec and the third-busiest airport in Canada by passenger traffic, with 15.9 million passengers in 2022. 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. The airport is one of two managed and operated by Aéroports de Montréal (ADM), a not-for-profit corporation without share capital the other is Montréal–Mirabel northwest of Montreal, which was initially intended to replace the one in Dorval but now deals almost solely with cargo. The airport is named in honour of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minister of Canada and father of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 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. Air Canada, the country's flag carrier, also has its corporate headquarters complex on the Saint-Laurent side of the airport. The airport terminals are located entirely in the suburb of Dorval, while one runway is located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent. It is the only Transport Canada designated international airport serving Montreal and is situated 20 km (12 mi) west of Downtown Montreal. 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. Passenger traffic and movements from Aéroports de Montréal Sources: Canada Flight Supplement and Transport Canada
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