YUL
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) is a large airport in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. It opened in 1941. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,353 m (11,000 ft). It is operated by Aéroports de Montréal. In 2024 it handled 21.6 million passengers.
Timeline
2 events · 1941–19631941
OpenedMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport opens.
29 NOV 1963
DisasterTrans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831.118 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026
Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap06L/24R043° / 223° · LIT
LENGTH3,353 m11,000 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
06R/24L041° / 221° · LIT
LENGTH2,926 m9,600 ftWIDTH61 m200 ftSURFACEAsphalt
Passengers per year
2013–202414.1M
14.8M
15.5M
16.6M
17.6M
19.4M
20.3M
5.2M
5.2M
16.0M
21.1M
21.6M
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Routes
120 destinations · 46 countriesYear-round76
YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Propair151 km94 miYQBQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportCanada · Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge, PAL Airlines +1233 km145 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Air Canada409 km254 miYVOVal-d'Or AirportCanada · PAL Airlines421 km262 miYYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada507 km315 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection522 km324 miYSBSudbury AirportCanada · Propair559 km347 miZBFBathurst AirportCanada · Propair657 km408 miYZVSept-Îles AirportCanada · PAL Airlines768 km477 miYGPMichel-Pouliot Gaspé AirportCanada · PAL Airlines791 km492 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · Air Canada804 km500 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection851 km529 miYGRÎles-de-la-Madeleine AirportCanada · PAL Airlines941 km585 miYWKWabush AirportCanada · PAL Airlines967 km601 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · Air Canada1,200 km746 miFSPSaint-Pierre Pointe-Blanche AirportSt. Pierre & Miquelon · Air Saint-Pierre1,359 km844 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Connection1,525 km948 miYYTSt. John's International AirportCanada · Air Canada1,618 km1,005 miYWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportCanada · Air Canada1,818 km1,130 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Rouge2,008 km1,248 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Rouge2,094 km1,301 miFPOGrand Bahama International AirportBahamas · WestJet2,148 km1,335 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge2,231 km1,386 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Rouge, American Airlines2,264 km1,407 miNASLynden Pindling International AirportBahamas · Air Canada2,296 km1,427 miZSASan Salvador International AirportBahamas · Air Canada Rouge2,381 km1,479 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,432 km1,511 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · Air Canada2,549 km1,584 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Air Canada2,588 km1,608 miPLSProvidenciales International AirportTurks & Caicos Islands · Air Canada2,638 km1,639 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Air Canada2,683 km1,667 miPOPGregorio Luperon International AirportDominican Republic · WestJet2,874 km1,786 miAZSSamaná El Catey International AirportDominican Republic · WestJet, Air Canada2,936 km1,824 miYEGEdmonton International AirportCanada · Air Canada2,969 km1,845 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · WestJet, Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge2,969 km1,845 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet, Air Canada3,005 km1,867 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · WestJet3,023 km1,878 miCZMCozumel International AirportMexico · WestJet3,026 km1,880 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · WestJet, Air Canada, Arajet +13,032 km1,884 miSXMPrincess Juliana International AirportSint Maarten · WestJet3,205 km1,991 miYLWKelowna International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,397 km2,111 miPTPMaryse Condé International AirportGuadeloupe · Air Canada3,441 km2,138 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Rouge3,507 km2,179 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Air Canada3,596 km2,234 miFDFMartinique Aimé Césaire International AirportMartinique · Air Canada3,635 km2,259 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,682 km2,288 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Air Canada, Aeroméxico3,712 km2,307 miGUALa Aurora International AirportGuatemala · Air Canada3,778 km2,348 miMZTGeneral Rafael Buelna International AirportMexico · WestJet3,837 km2,384 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Air Canada3,973 km2,469 miPDLJoão Paulo II AirportPortugal · Azores Airlines4,024 km2,500 miLIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · WestJet4,037 km2,508 miSJOJuan Santamaría International AirportCosta Rica · Air Canada4,069 km2,528 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Air Canada4,076 km2,533 miPTYTocumen International AirportPanama · Copa Airlines4,083 km2,537 miRIHScarlett Martinez International AirportPanama · WestJet4,170 km2,591 miBOGEl Dorado International AirportColombia · Air Canada, Avianca4,533 km2,817 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Canada, British Airways5,215 km3,240 miLISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Air Canada5,235 km3,253 miTFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Air Canada5,324 km3,308 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM5,503 km3,419 miCDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, Air Canada5,524 km3,432 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Air Canada5,551 km3,449 miBRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Air Canada5,554 km3,451 miCMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Air Canada, Royal Air Maroc5,675 km3,526 miTLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Air Canada5,728 km3,559 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Canada5,855 km3,638 miLYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Air Canada5,866 km3,645 miGVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Air Canada5,905 km3,669 miBCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Air Canada5,912 km3,674 miMXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Air Canada6,114 km3,799 miLIMJorge Chávez International AirportPeru · Air Canada6,402 km3,978 miFCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Air Canada6,585 km4,092 miTUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Tunisair6,771 km4,207 miGRUSão Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International AirportBrazil · Air Canada8,143 km5,060 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Air Canada10,354 km6,434 miSeasonal62
LGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Air Canada522 km324 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · Air Canada634 km394 miYQMGreater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge706 km439 miYHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge804 km500 miYYGCharlottetown AirportCanada · Air Canada Rouge826 km513 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,200 km746 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Air Canada1,525 km948 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Air Canada1,558 km968 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Air Canada1,600 km994 miDJTPresident Donald J. Trump International AirportUnited States · Air Canada2,164 km1,345 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Air Canada2,432 km1,511 miPOPGregorio Luperon International AirportDominican Republic · Air Canada, Flair Airlines2,874 km1,786 miAZSSamaná El Catey International AirportDominican Republic · Air Canada Rouge2,936 km1,824 miCUNCancún International AirportMexico · Flair Airlines2,969 km1,845 miMBJSangster International AirportJamaica · Air Canada3,023 km1,878 miCZMCozumel International AirportMexico · Air Canada3,026 km1,880 miSDQLas Américas International AirportDominican Republic · Air Canada3,030 km1,883 miPUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · Flair Airlines3,032 km1,884 miLRMCasa De Campo International AirportDominican Republic · Air Canada3,037 km1,887 miTQOFelipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport TulumMexico · WestJet, Air Canada3,088 km1,919 miSJULuis Munoz Marin International AirportPuerto Rico · Air Canada Rouge3,089 km1,919 miSXMPrincess Juliana International AirportSint Maarten · Air Canada3,205 km1,991 miBZEPhilip S. W. Goldson International AirportBelize · Air Canada Rouge3,386 km2,104 miRTBJuan Manuel Gálvez International AirportHonduras · WestJet, Air Canada3,453 km2,146 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Air Canada3,507 km2,179 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Air Canada Rouge3,596 km2,234 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Air Canada3,666 km2,278 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Flair Airlines3,682 km2,288 miAUAQueen Beatrix International AirportAruba · Air Canada3,683 km2,289 miYYJVictoria International AirportCanada · Air Canada3,713 km2,307 miKEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Air Canada3,728 km2,316 miCURHato International AirportCuraçao · Air Canada3,728 km2,316 miADZGustavo Rojas Pinilla International AirportColombia · WestJet3,733 km2,320 miBGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · Air Canada3,845 km2,389 miMGAAugusto C. Sandino (Managua) International AirportNicaragua · WestJet3,888 km2,416 miCTGRafael Nuñez International AirportColombia · Air Canada3,898 km2,422 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Air Canada3,951 km2,455 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · Air Canada3,980 km2,473 miZIHIxtapa-Zihuatanejo International AirportMexico · Air Canada4,021 km2,499 miLIRDaniel Oduber Quirós International AirportCosta Rica · Air Canada4,037 km2,508 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,076 km2,533 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · Air Canada4,077 km2,533 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · Air Canada4,770 km2,964 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Air Canada4,863 km3,022 miUIOMariscal Sucre International AirportEcuador · Air Canada5,090 km3,163 miOPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Air Canada5,136 km3,191 miNTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Air Canada5,339 km3,318 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · Air Canada5,503 km3,419 miCPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Air Canada5,802 km3,605 miBSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Air Canada5,922 km3,680 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Air Canada6,026 km3,744 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Air Canada6,063 km3,767 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Air Canada6,129 km3,808 miVCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Air Canada6,358 km3,951 miNAPNaples International AirportItaly · Air Canada6,783 km4,215 miDBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Air Canada6,933 km4,308 miCTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Air Canada7,068 km4,392 miATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Air Canada7,632 km4,742 miSCLComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International AirportChile · Air Canada8,774 km5,452 miTLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Air Canada8,803 km5,470 miICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Canada10,574 km6,570 miDELIndira Gandhi International AirportIndia · Air Canada11,272 km7,004 miMost destinationsAir Canada 95WestJet 17Air Canada Rouge 16PAL Airlines 6Propair 4Flair Airlines 4
Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from YUL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Montréal–Trudeau International Airport” (revision of 24 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Records & rankings
Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · countryScale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record
Radio frequencies
11 channelsARRMontreal Terminal Arrivals118.900
ATISEnglish ATIS133.700
CLNC DELMontreal Clearance125.600
DEPMontreal Terminal Departures118.900
GNDMontreal Ground121.900
ARRMontreal Terminal126.900
RCOQuebec Radio123.550
VFR ADVMontreal Terminal134.150
APRONMontreal Apron122.075
TWRMontreal Tower119.900
ATISFrench ATIS127.500