Mirabel to get air traffic control again
Mirabel hasn’t had air traffic controllers since 2008, but they’re going to be back because air traffic has been growing. Mirabel had 90,000 takeoffs and landings this year, compared to 240,000 at Trudeau. Still, that’s a fair bit of activity.
Bill Binns 12:20 on 2019-12-23 Permalink
For once the stunning ineptitude of 70’s Quebec politicians has had a positive (although unintended) result. They left us with a huge cargo airport we have given to Fed Ex so that our salad bowls and welcome mats can be more efficiently flown in from China every day.
Kate 14:02 on 2019-12-23 Permalink
Bill Binns, you’re not exaggerating that most of those planes are FedEx?
Brett 16:35 on 2019-12-23 Permalink
Seems a good mix of CargoJet, UPS, FedEx, and the usual suspects.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/ymx/arrivals
Kate 17:13 on 2019-12-23 Permalink
Oh, good info, Brett, thanks. If you’re a plane enthusiast, can you tell us how 90,000 takeoffs and landings compares to world airports? Obviously Mirabel is no longer on lists of regular airports, but there must be listings of general aviation hubs?
Bill Binns, the other shoe dropped: Mirabel was a federal project, not a Quebec one.