
Domestic only · Transit via Mexico City
YUL does not offer nonstop international flights.
Most passengers from Montreal connect via Benito Juárez (MEX) or AIFA (NLU) for international routes. Aviasales finds the cheapest connection live.
Aeropuerto Internacional Pierre Elliott Trudeau (IATA: YUL, ICAO: CYUL) is a network point for Montreal, Canadá. Our catalogue shows 0 departing routes and 1 arriving, with the airlines, frequencies and lowest peso (MXN) fares listed below.
Airport facts
YUL carries 1 routes and 1 airlines in our catalogue, totalling 7 weekly departures. Aeropuerto Internacional Pierre Elliott Trudeau (ICAO CYUL) serves Montreal, Canada, in the America/Montreal zone (UTC−4 in July). Its coordinates (45.4706, -73.7408) are the basis of every distance on this site.
- IATA: YUL
- ICAO: CYUL
- City: Montreal
- Country: Canadá
- Time zone: America/Montreal
- Coordinates: 45.4706, -73.7408
- Airlines at the airport: 1
Time difference against Mexico City. In July, Montreal runs 2 h ahead of the Mexican capital (UTC−4 versus UTC−6). In January the airport operates on UTC−5, so the gap is not constant across the year: daylight saving shifts it. This is the calculation that decides whether a pre-booked ground connection still works.
Coordinates, and why we publish them. 45.4706, -73.7408 is the position from which every great-circle distance on this site is computed, including the ones that set the EU261 compensation band. It is not the distance the aircraft flies — that follows airways and diversions — but the geodesic measure the regulations use. Publishing it lets anyone recompute the figures on these pages.
What each code is for. The IATA code (YUL) is what the bag tag and the ticket use; the ICAO code (CYUL) is what flight plans, NOTAMs and flight trackers use. To follow the inbound aircraft that will become your flight, ICAO is the one that returns reliable results. And if YUL is not printed on your bag tag, the bag was not checked through to here — worth catching at the counter.
Airlines at YUL
1 catalogued airlines operate routes to or from YUL: 1 full-service and 0 low-cost, with checked allowance from 25 to 25 kg. Alliances present: SkyTeam. They cover 1 catalogued routes and 7 weekly departures. The table below lists each operator with its type, alliance and checked allowance.
Carriers in our catalogue operating routes to or from this airport, with type, alliance and economy baggage allowance:
| Airline | Type | Alliance | Economy baggage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeromexico (AM) | full-service | SkyTeam | 25 kg |
Other airlines also operating at YUL: AC.
Alliances present at YUL: SkyTeam. It matters for two concrete things: where miles credit, and what happens when something breaks. Within one alliance, rebooking onto another member is usually provided for; between carriers with no agreement it does not exist and depends on goodwill at the desk. If you buy two legs on operators from different alliances, treat them as two separate trips.
How this list is built. These are the airlines appearing in catalogued routes that touch YUL, not the airport’s full directory: a carrier that flies here but not on a pair we cover does not appear. The type — full-service or low-cost — and the allowance come from our own record for each carrier, and where the datum does not exist we say so rather than filling it with a plausible number.
Routes to Montreal (YUL)
Our catalogue lists 1 routes into YUL, totalling 7 weekly departures and spanning 3,713 to 3,713 km. The busiest is MEX-YUL at ~7 flights a week; 1 of them carry a cached fare, spread across 1 audience profiles. Every row in this section comes from that same corridor catalogue, not from a live search.
| Origin | Airlines | Freq/wk | Fare from | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ciudad de México (MEX) | AC, AM | ~7/wk | $4,554 MXN | MEX-YUL |
What traffic YUL moves. By audience profile, the routes catalogued here split as: Mexico-Europe corridor (VFR and Camino) (1). That mix explains the airport’s seasonality: family corridors spike in December and Holy Week, leisure ones follow the holiday calendar, and regional ones stay flatter across the year.
Why some rows have no fare. Of the 1 routes listed, 1 returned a price on the collector’s last pass and the rest show a dash. A dash means the automated query got no result for that pair — not that the route is suspended or expensive. For those pairs the reference price comes from the live search, which queries current inventory.
Connection tips
YUL concentrates 7 catalogued weekly departures across 1 airlines, in the America/Montreal zone. That density is what decides how much slack to leave on a connection: the more of its own services the airline runs here, the more same-day rebooking options exist.
Aeropuerto Internacional Pierre Elliott Trudeau runs on the America/Montreal time zone; factor the offset from your origin city when planning connections and transfers. The busiest route at YUL is MEX-YUL (~7 flights a week). The lowest fare detected at this airport is $4,554 MXN on the MEX-YUL route. Book 4–8 weeks ahead for the busiest routes to/from Montreal; fares climb in December, Holy Week and summer. Each route guide above shows month-by-month seasonality and the lowest peso fare. That window is a general Mexican-market rule of thumb, not a measurement of this route: our series records observed prices, not the lead time at which each ticket was bought.
The cheap connection that loses the checked bag. Two separate tickets are not one itinerary: there is no interline agreement, the bag is not checked through to the final destination, and if the first flight lands late the second airline owes you nothing — it sold a different flight. The apparent saving evaporates the moment you buy a same-day replacement. On a single ticket, rebooking and the bag transfer are the carrier’s problem, not yours.
Other airports in Canadá
1 further Canada airport appear in our catalogue besides YUL, with 4 routes between them. The best-connected is Toronto (YYZ) with 4 routes, and the nearest sits ~507 km great-circle from YUL. The 1 distances in this section are measured from each airport’s own coordinates.
Other airports in the same country in our catalogue, with the number of catalogued routes — useful if you need an alternative gateway:
| Airport | City | Routes | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeropuerto Internacional Pearson (YYZ) | Toronto | 4 | YYZ |
| Airport | City | Routes | Distance from YUL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeropuerto Internacional Pearson (YYZ) | Toronto | 4 | ~507 km |
Great-circle distance is not the transfer. The figures in the table are geodesic, computed from each airport’s coordinates; the real journey depends on whether road, rail or a domestic flight exists, and on what they cost. An airport 300 km away can be more accessible than one at 120 km if the first has a direct motorway and the second does not. Use them to rule out, not to plan.
When switching airport pays. Only when the fare gap beats the transfer plus the hotel night an early departure sometimes forces, and only with a comfortable margin: reaching the alternative airport by road introduces a risk the airline does not carry. Miss the flight in traffic and the ticket is not refunded; that risk should be netted off the saving before deciding.
FAQ
The 8 questions on this record are answered from catalogue figures for YUL: routes and weekly frequencies, minimum fares observed by the collector, checked-baggage allowances and the rights regime that applies on each leg. No answer adds data that is not in those sources.
What are the IATA and ICAO codes for Montreal airport? The IATA code is YUL and the ICAO code is CYUL. Aeropuerto Internacional Pierre Elliott Trudeau serves Montreal, Canadá.
Which airlines operate at YUL? Airlines on our catalogued routes at YUL: Aeromexico.
How many routes are there from Montreal (YUL)? Our catalogue lists 0 departing routes and 1 arriving at YUL — see the tables above.
What time zone is YUL in? YUL operates in the America/Montreal time zone.
How many weekly departures does YUL have in this catalogue? Across the catalogued routes touching YUL we count 7 weekly departures over 1 airlines and 1 routes. That is the coverage relevant to Mexican travellers, not the airport’s full directory.
What is the time difference between Montreal and Mexico City? In July, Montreal runs 2 h ahead of Mexico City (UTC−4 versus UTC−6). The gap shifts with daylight saving, so recompute it for your exact date before booking transfers.
What is the longest catalogued route at YUL? Catalogued routes at YUL span 3,713 to 3,713 km great-circle, computed from each airport’s coordinates. That distance drives aircraft type and the applicable compensation band on European sectors.
What is the lowest fare detected at YUL? $4,554 MXN on MEX-YUL, per the collector’s last pass across 1 routes with data at this airport. It is an observed one-way minimum, not a guaranteed price or a bookable offer.
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Published by FlightsMX Editorial Team. Last verified: May 2026.
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