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I'm trying to book a flight to Montreal, Canada. I see there are two airports which are YUL and YMQ. Are they same or two different?

On Google Maps I see both the airport are nearby. What is the recommended airport if I am to travel to McGill University.

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YMQ is a catchall for the airports in the Montreal metro area (similarly, LON is used for London, TYO for Tokyo, NYC for New York, etc.).

  • YUL is the main international airport (Pierre Eliott Trudeau)
  • YMX is Mirabel airport (cargo only right now, as far as I know)
  • YHU is Saint-Hubert, used for smaller planes on shorter routes from within the province of Quebec primarily

In a flight search engine, YMQ will almost certainly give you flights to YUL alone (assuming you are coming from outside of Quebec).

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Richard
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YMQ is the code for all Montréal airports (Trudeau and Mirabel), YUL for Trudeau Airport.

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