Private Jet Airports in Montreal
Choosing an airfield here
What drives the choice in this area: where the traffic goes, where you can clear, and what you can land.
Overview
6 airfields serve Montreal. Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (CYUL) handles the most business aviation traffic, with 58% of the area's cross-border business jet movements , followed by Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport and Montreal Mirabel International Airport . The area sits entirely within Quebec, anchored on the island of Montreal with satellite fields spread across the surrounding plain toward the Eastern Townships. Fields range from 4 NM to 40 NM of the center, keeping most operations within a compact radius even as Bromont and Sorel extend the outer edge. Customs presence is split across four separate fields rather than concentrated at one gateway, a detail that matters for routing decisions tied to arrival type and cargo handling. Winter brings the lowest monthly movement counts of the year, with volume building steadily from spring into a September peak.
Comparison
All six airfields serving Montreal, ranked by business jet traffic. Distance is measured from the area center, and runway length is the longest paved surface on the field.
All six airfields in the area are shown above.
Source: FAA Form 5010 and CBP list of ports of entry.
Seasonality
Business jet traffic across Montreal peaks in September and is lowest in January. Six months run above the yearly average.
FAA TFMSC records a movement outside the United States only when the flight enters US airspace. This is cross-border traffic, not total activity in the area.
Source: FAA TFMSC, 33,748 business jet movements across the area, 2025.
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Frequently asked questions
Which airports around Montreal have customs on site for arriving international flights?
Four fields in the Montreal area carry customs status: Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (CYUL) with AOE and AOE/CARGO designation, Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport (CYHU) as AOE/15, Montreal Mirabel International Airport (CYMX) as AOE/15 and AOE/CARGO, and Bromont (Roland Désourdy) Airport (CZBM) as AOE/15. Saint Jean Airport (CYJN) and Sorel Airport (CSY3) do not carry customs designation. Because cargo-cleared status sits at both CYUL and CYMX, a dispatcher routing an international arrival has more than one paved option with cargo clearance, separate from the passenger-only AOE/15 fields at CYHU and CZBM.
How far apart are Trudeau and Saint-Hubert, the two busiest fields in the Montreal area?
Montreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (CYUL) and Montréal / Saint-Hubert Metropolitan Airport (CYHU) sit 14 NM apart. Together they carry the large majority of business jet movements recorded across the Montreal area in 2025. That short separation means a schedule change between the two rarely involves a meaningful repositioning leg, though ramp availability and paved runway length still differ: CYUL offers 11,000 ft of paved surface against 7,840 ft at CYHU. Dispatchers weighing the pair against a specific airframe's field performance and passenger routing can treat the distance itself as a minor factor in that decision.
What runway length is available at Mirabel compared to the shorter fields further from Montreal?
Montreal Mirabel International Airport (CYMX) has 12,000 ft of paved runway, the longest surface among public-use fields in the Montreal area. By contrast, Saint Jean Airport (CYJN) and Sorel Airport (CSY3) each have 4,000 ft, and Bromont (Roland Désourdy) Airport (CZBM) has 5,000 ft. CYMX also sits at 270 ft elevation, higher than CYUL at 118 ft and CYHU at 90 ft. Operators with runway length or elevation-sensitive performance requirements have a wide spread of paved surfaces to choose from, from 4,000 ft at the shortest fields to 12,000 ft at Mirabel, within the same metropolitan area.
How does business jet traffic in the Montreal area change between winter and late summer?
Business jet movements across the Montreal area follow a clear seasonal pattern in 2025. January recorded the low point at 2,284 movements, while September recorded the peak at 3,206 movements, roughly 40% higher. Six months of the year run above the 2,812 average monthly figure, with the climb building through spring and holding through early autumn before tapering into November and December. Dispatchers scheduling repositioning or planning ramp space in the Montreal area can expect noticeably lighter movement counts in January compared to the September peak, a swing worth weighing against any planned winter operation.
Why does cross-border traffic data matter for a Montreal-area flight originating in the United States?
Montreal area traffic figures reflect movements as tracked for flights crossing the Canada-US border, not the total activity at every field in the area. A dispatcher planning a flight from the United States into the Montreal area should treat the annual bizav figures as a measure of that cross-border flow specifically, rather than an aggregate of all local and domestic Canadian traffic at CYUL, CYHU, CYMX, CZBM, CYJN, and CSY3. This distinction matters when comparing the Montreal area's cross-border volume against another area's reported figures, since a domestic-heavy field elsewhere may show different proportions between total and cross-border movements.