For more information on either airport, call 1-800-465-1213 or go to the Aéroports de Montréal 's web site (it's the company that manages both airports) for flight schedules and detailed information on the airports. There's even a site called Airport Wayfinder that lets you make a complete virtual visit of the Montréal-Trudeau airport. You can then prepare in advance your route way the airport terminals.

The Montreal-Trudeau Airport offer different services. Fast-food courts, bars, boutiques, 8 different car rental companies, wireless internet (but it's not free!). There will also be an hotel directly connected to the main terminal (but no date has been annouced for this project).

Here's a description of both airports (and how to get to downtown from those airports) and the downtown airport terminal. The prices are updated as of August 2006 :

• Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport (Dorval), which is on the western part of the island of Montreal. There are various airlines that service the Montreal-Trudeau airport. You can visit the Aéroports de Montréal's "destination served" section to get a list of those airlines or for more information on the Montreal-Trudeau Airport, call (514) 633-3105 (or again visit the site).

  There are four ways you can get to downtown from Montreal-Trudeau (and vice-versa) :

  1. with the bus shuttle that costs around $13.00 (it's cheaper for people over 65 years old and for children up to 12 years old) and goes from the airport to the east downtown's Station Centrale bus terminal. The Station Centrale is central enough, about 2-3 metro stops from the major downtown hotels. There's also a free bus shuttle from the Station to these hotels.

  2. with the public transit system (called the STM / MTC on the island of Montreal) with a combination of bus/commuter train or bus/bus/metro. You first take the 204 bus east to the Dorval commuter train station (make sure you are on the right bus since there's a 204 west that goes in the opposite direction and ask for a transfer ticket, make sure you got the correct change before getting on the bus, it's $2.50 as of August 2006). Then you can either take the commuter train on the Rigaud-Montreal line for $4.25 to Windsor station downtown. To see the schedule of commuter trains on that line from Dorval station to downtown, you can visit the AMT wen site which manage the commuter trains. The commuter trains mostly run mostly during rush hour.
     Instead of using the commuter train, you can use your transfer (but keep it for the metro) to take the 211 east from the Dorval commuter train station to the Lionel-Groulx metro station, from there you can take the green line or orange line to Downtown, Old Montreal or the Quartier latin depending on where you are staying (if you are staying at a Plateau Mont-Royal hotel or b&b, better use the orange line). For more information on public transit in Montreal, please visit our "Getting around by public transit section.

  3. with a taxi ride from Montreal-Trudeau to Downtown. It is a fixed fair of $35 for regular taxis, you can always share a ride (there are also limousine services for $50). Prices where updated August 2008. For more information on taxis, please visit our "Getting around by taxi section.

  4. by car (rental of course), it's about a 15-20 min. ride to downtown. If you want to go downtown (that's where most of the hotels are anyway), take autoroute 20 east to the Décarie interchange then the 720 east (AKA Ville-Marie highway or autoroute Ville-Marie) then take the Centre-ville / Guy street exit (it will put you on St-Marc street actually which is to the west of the most hotels downtown). The de la Montagne exit is closer to the center of downtown. For more information on driving in Montreal, please visit our "Getting around by car" section.

• Mirabel Airport, which is about a half hour drive north of Montreal. The are probably some chartered flights left at this airport, so the transportation to Montreal will probably provided for you.

  But just in case, there are two ways you can get to downtown from Mirabel (and vice-versa) :

  1. The taxi ride from Mirabel to downtown about of $75, you can always share a ride.

  2. by car (rental of course), it's about a 30-40 min. ride downtown. Take autoroute 15 south down to the 40 (AKA metropolitan highway or autoroute métropolitaine), go west on the 40 until you get to the 15 south again then you can take the Sherbrooke street east exit (that's where most hotels are located) or you can take the 720 east (AKA the Ville-Marie highway or autoroute Ville-Marie) then take the Guy street exit (it will put you on St-Marc street actually which is to the west of the most hotels downtown). The de la Montagne exit is closer to the center of downtown.