Airport maintenance means more noise
Trudeau airport is working on its northern runway, temporarily forcing more air traffic over some Montreal neighbourhoods till mid‑November.
St-Hubert airport management is willing to have some international flights, but Aéroports de Montréal says no.
Sprocket 09:36 on 2023-09-27 Permalink
I live in Bois Franc and noticed fairly recently that the approach path near my house is now a departure path. I guess this explains it.
Mark 11:02 on 2023-09-27 Permalink
Not wanting to reopen the previous discussion, but since we’re here.
I had to pick up a family member on Sunday night, and needing a break, I decided to just go early, have a couple beers and relax while I waited for her. I paid 35$ in the long term parking (because I stayed over 20 min, the flat rate for 24 hours kicks in) and there were lots of spots within walking distance of the terminal. Completely ridiculous but I couldn’t handle the stress, so I saw it as a night out in club YUL.
Why aren’t these being used as temporary short term parking spaces? They could charge a sliding scale – 5$ for under 20 min, 10$ for under an hour, 15$ for 1h-2h, something like that.
Anyone know what the issue? Is the risk that they would run out of long term parking? Then why not use a parking lot somewhere near Dorval and shuttle people? The parking lot behind the Bank of Montreal on Carson and Dorval is huge and seemingly empty. Why not plunk a few hundred long term cars there. Safety I guess could be an issue.
Orr 16:40 on 2023-09-28 Permalink
@Sprocket: if an approach is used as a departure that usually means the winds are the opposite direction of usual.
Aircraft generally always launch into the wind.
Ian 17:31 on 2023-09-28 Permalink
“generally always” is my new band name.
Faiz Imam 22:22 on 2023-09-28 Permalink
tudeau is at its capacity, but the expansion that will finish in the next few years will massively increase their throughput, so I can see them not wanting to open the door to st-hubert. they might never close it again.
But hopefully st-hubert gets a ton of local flights. They will charge lower fees so good chance the prices will be less.