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Montréal–Mirabel International Airport

Montréal–Mirabel
International Airport

Aéroport international Montréal–Mirabel
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Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Transport Canada
Operator Aéroports de Montréal
Serves Greater Montreal
Location Mirabel, Quebec
Time zone EST (UTC−05:00)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC−04:00)
Elevation AMSL 271 ft / 83 m
Coordinates 45°40′47″N 074°02′19″W / 45.67972°N 74.03861°W / 45.67972; -74.03861Coordinates: 45°40′47″N 074°02′19″W / 45.67972°N 74.03861°W / 45.67972; -74.03861
Website www.admtl.com
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CYMX is located in Quebec
CYMX
CYMX
Location in Quebec
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
06/24 12,000 3,658 Concrete
11/29 12,000 3,658 Concrete
Statistics (2014)
Aircraft movements 38,588
Total cargo (metric tonnes) 64,148
Sources: Canada Flight Supplement
Movements from Statistics Canada
Cargo from ACI
Aircraft movements 38,588
Total cargo (metric tonnes) 64,148

Montréal–Mirabel International Airport (IATA: YMXICAO: CYMX), originally called Montréal International Airport and widely known as Mirabel, is a cargo and former international passenger airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, 21 nautical miles (39 km; 24 mi) northwest of Montreal. It opened on October 4, 1975.

The main role of the airport today is cargo flights, but it is also home to MEDEVAC and general aviation flights as well as being a manufacturing base for Bombardier Aerospace, where final assembly of regional jet (CRJ700, CRJ900 and CRJ1000) aircraft and the Bombardier CSeries is conducted. The former passenger terminal apron is now a racing course.

Montréal–Mirabel International Airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA claims that its officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only with no more than 15 passengers, but larger aircraft have been serviced. It is one of two airports in Canada with sufficient right-of-way that can be expanded to accommodate 50 million passengers per year, the other being Toronto Pearson International Airport. A lack of traffic meant that Mirabel was never expanded beyond its first phase. It is one of only two non-capital airports with fewer than 200,000 passengers a year to be part of the National Airports System.


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