Flight Operations to Montreal Canadian Grand Prix: The Canadian Grand Prix gets underway in Montreal from June 9-11 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Here are the operational details for the city’s two main airports.
Montreal St. Hubert Airport
IATA: YHU
ICAO: CYHU
Latitude/ longitude: N45-31.1/W073-25.0
Elevation: 90 ft.
Magnetic Variation: 16W
Fuel types: Jet / Avgas
Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
IATA: YUL
ICAO: CYUL
Latitude/ longitude: N45-28.1/W073-44.5
Elevation: 118 ft.
Magnetic Variation: 15W
Fuel types: Jet / Avgas
Operational Information
Private flights do not require overflight or landing permits
Non-scheduled flights require both overflight and landing permits
There are no parking restrictions at this airport
Canadian Immigration
Non-EU passengers
A visa is required
Visitors are required to hold proof of sufficient funds to cover their stay and documents required for their next destination, even if they hold a visa
Certain Visa regulations apply as follows: Visitors who are not holding return/onward tickets could be refused entry
Non-EU crew
Canada has no agreement with other countries which require members of a crew to obtain visas before entering Canada as crew members. Therefore, crew members who seek entry as or in order to become a crew member, are visa exempt if holding airline crew documents issued in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization specifications and airline joining letters.
EU Passengers
No visa is required. Passport documentation is sufficient
Visitors are required to hold proof of sufficient funds to cover their stay and documents for their next destination. Visitors not holding return/onward ticket could be refused entry
EU Crew
Canada has no agreement with other countries which require members of an aircrew to obtain visas before entering Canada as crew members. Therefore, crew members who seek entry as or in order to become a crew member, are visa exempt if holding airline flight crew documents issued in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization specifications and airline joining letters.
Customs
All passengers traveling to Canada arriving at major airports must complete an E-311 CBSA Declaration Card prior to arrival.
Please follow this link to learn more about Canadian import and export http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/menu-eng.html
Currency
The local currency is Canadian Dollars (CAD)
There are no restrictions up to CAD 10,000 or the equivalent in another currency for import/ export. Amounts greater than CAD 10,000 or the equivalent in another currency must be declared. The same regulations apply for export and import.
Accommodation
Hotels near CYHU:
Hotel Le Mirage
Quality Inn & Suites Brossard
Hotel Le Dauphin Montreal-Longueuil
Sandman Hotel Montreal-Longueuil
Holiday Inn Montreal-Longueuil
Comfort Inn South Shore
Hotel Mortagne
Hotels near CYUL:
Montreal Airport Marriott In-Terminal Hotel
Sheraton Montreal Airport
Aloft Montreal Airport
Fairfield Inn & Suites Montreal Airport
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Montreal Airport
Hilton Garden Inn Montreal Airport
Hotel Novotel Montreal Aeroport
Ground Transport
All major car rental companies are available at these airports.
Montreal has an excellent working public transit system. Check out the full details at http://www.stm.info/en
If you need more assistance planning your trip to Montreal, contact hou@uas.aero
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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