Montreal-Trudeau International Airport YUL - which celebrated its 70th year in 2011 - is one of Canada's major airports and is one of 8 Canadian airports with U.S. border preclearance. Over 60 percent of its air traffic is derived from international flights.

The Airport is located in Dorval, 12 miles or a 20-minute drive from downtown Montreal, in  Québec Province, Canada, and is serving not only the population of greater Montreal, but increasingly also the northern regions of U.S. states Vermont & New York. It is Canada's third-busiest airport, accessible via highways 20 & 520. A  direct roadlink between those two highways and will also require redesigning the road network within the airport, all to be completed by late 2013.

With three runways and an estimated 12.8 million passengers a year, Montreal Trudeau International Airport is hub to Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, Air Transat, CanJet & Sunwing Airlines, and is served by numerous U.S. and international airlines offering nonstop and connecting flights to all points of the globe. Air France now serves Montreal Airport with Airbus A380, using gate 55.

The new on-Airport four-star Marriott Hotel (tel. 514-636-6700 /fax 6600; toll-free reserveations 1-866-580-6279) connected to U.S. Departures terminal by escalator, offers 14,000 sq.ft of premier meeting facilities, and has a trendy restaurant, an indoor pool, a fitness & a business center.

Checking in: Depending on the airline you use, you can take advantage of three types of self-service checkin: (a) at self-check-in kiosks in the departure area of the terminal, (b) via web check-in and (c) via mobile check-in. Some airlines even allow you to print out your luggage tags. All of the following airlines serving the transborder sector allow self-service kiosks and web checkin: Air Canada /Jazz; Air Transat, American, Continental Delta, United, US Airways & WestJet.  for Mobile check-9n: Air Canada/ Jazz, American, Delta & United.

The passenger terminal at Montreal Trudeau Airport has Concourses A, B & C. (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.) 

Passenger pickup/dropoff (only for a quick stop, no parking) is outside the departures or arrivals level. If you need more time, park in the ExpressParc before entering the passenger terminal. 

Parking options at Montreal Turdeau Airport: (For detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

All rental car services are located in one kiosk situated in the multi-leel parking area across from the terminal's ground floor.

To get from Montreal Trudeau Airport to your destination, you have the option to rent a car, take a taxi (no reservation required, credit cards Visa, MasterCard & American Express accepted; cash in Canadian dollars only) or a bus:
1. STM public bus offers 3 routes - (a) 2004Cardinal, 7 days/week, westbound to Terminus Fairview Pointe-Claire; (b) 209 Sources, Mon-Fri, westbound to Pierrefonds train station; & (c) 356 Sainte-An-de-Belleview, a night bus. All three routes take you from the Dorval bus terminal and train station (within walking distance to VIA's Dorval station). A shuttle bus runs between the Airport & Dorval station.
2. The 747 Express Aeroport Bus bus runs daily, 24/7, with 9 stops in each direction, including transfer stops at Lionel-Grouloux metro station, Central Station & Berri-UQAM metro station, runs every 10-12 minutes 8:30am-8pm, every half hour from 5:30am-8:30am, and every hour from 2am-5am, and offers a direct link without transfers between downtown Montreal and the Airport.
3. The Orleans Express offers three departures daily of a shuttle service to Trois-Rivieres, Ste-Foy & Quebec. Tickets can be obtained at the passenger drop-off area on the international arrivals level.
4. The Mont-Tremblant shuttle can be contacted by either calling 514-631-1155 or 1-800-471-1155.

Future Airport Developments:  A 20-km Aerotrain shuttle to downtown Montreal, departing every 20 minutes and taking less than 20 minutes, with Gare Centrale as final rail link destination, is to be constructed and completed between 2013 & 2015.

• Address:
  975 Romeo Vachon Blvd. North
  Dorval, Quebec, QZ HH4 1H1
  Canada
• Website for Montreal Trudeau: http://www.admtl.com/Passengers/Home.aspx
• Phone: (514) 394 7377
• View Terminal Map