Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, (or Montréal International (Mirabel) Airport) (IATA: YMX, ICAO: CYMX) originally called Montréal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel is an airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, 21 NM (39 km; 24 mi) northwest of Montréal and was opened October 4, 1975. It was the second largest airport in the world in terms of surface area ever envisioned, with a planned area of 39,660 hectares (39...
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Montréal-Mirabel International Airport, (or Montréal International (Mirabel) Airport) (IATA: YMX, ICAO: CYMX) originally called Montréal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel is an airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, 21 NM (39 km; 24 mi) northwest of Montréal and was opened October 4, 1975. It was the second largest airport in the world in terms of surface area ever envisioned, with a planned area of 39,660 hectares (396.6 km). The King Fahd International Airport, which was completed in 1999, surpassed its surface area.
In 1989, 81,000 of the 98,000 acres (400 km) were deeded back to their owners. The predominant role of the airport is cargo flights but it is also home to MEDEVACs and general aviation flights as well as being a manufacturing base for Bombardier Aerospace, where final assembly of regional jet (CRJ700 and CRJ900) aircraft is conducted. The former passenger terminal apron is now a racing course.
It was intended to replace the existing Dorval...
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