Montreal Area Control Centre
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Montreal Area Control Centre is one of 7 Area Control Centre
s in Canada
operated by Nav Canada
. Montreal ACC is located in a building on the outskirts of Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
.
From this ACC, air traffic controller
s provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Montreal Flight Information Region
(FIR). The Montreal
FIR airspace
covers the entire province of Quebec
(with the exception of the Bagotville
Military Terminal Control Area
), parts of eastern Ontario
, the eastern shore of James Bay
, Hudson Bay
, the western section of Newfoundland and Labrador
and the Nunavut
region that includes Iqaluit. The Montreal FIR is bordered by 5 Flight Information Regions and 1 Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). To the east are the Moncton and Gander FIRs, to the south is the Boston ARTCC
, to the west are the Toronto and Winnipeg FIRs and the Edmonton FIR to the north.
Class C (Controlled, IFR
/IFR, IFR/VFR
and VFR/VFR separation, VFR: Mode C and ATC
clearance required)
Class D (Controlled, IFR/IFR and IFR/VFR separation, VFR: 2-way communication required)
Class E (Controlled, only IFR/IFR spacing)
This FIR contains several Glass G aerodrome
s that are in uncontrolled airspace
and IFR clearances are required to enter or leave controlled airspace.
Montreal Frequencies
Area Control Center
In air traffic control, an Area Control Center , also known as a Center, is a facility responsible for controlling instrument flight rules aircraft en route in a particular volume of airspace at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures...
s in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
operated by Nav Canada
NAV CANADA
Nav Canada is a privately run, not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system .The company employs approximately 2,000 air traffic controllers , 800 flight service specialists and 700 technologists...
. Montreal ACC is located in a building on the outskirts of Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or Montréal-Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport, is located on the Island of Montreal, from Montreal's downtown core. The airport terminals are located entirely in Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex...
.
From this ACC, air traffic controller
Air traffic controller
Air traffic controllers are the people who expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow of air traffic in the global air traffic control system. The position of the air traffic controller is one that requires highly specialized skills...
s provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Montreal Flight Information Region
Flight Information Region
In aviation a flight information region is a region of airspace with specific dimensions, in which a flight information service and an alerting service are provided. It is the largest regular division of airspace in use in the world today....
(FIR). The Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
FIR airspace
Airspace
Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere....
covers the entire province of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
(with the exception of the Bagotville
CFB Bagotville
Canadian Forces Base Bagotville , commonly referred to as CFB Bagotville, is a Canadian Forces Base located west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay, Quebec. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CF-18 Hornet...
Military Terminal Control Area
Terminal Control Area
A terminal control area , also known as a terminal manoeuvring area in Europe, is an aviation term to describe a designated area of controlled airspace surrounding a major airport where there is a high volume of traffic...
), parts of eastern Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, the eastern shore of James Bay
James Bay
James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean. James Bay borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario; islands within the bay are part of Nunavut...
, Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay , sometimes called Hudson's Bay, is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada. It drains a very large area, about , that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, southeastern Nunavut, as well as parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota,...
, the western section of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
and the Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
region that includes Iqaluit. The Montreal FIR is bordered by 5 Flight Information Regions and 1 Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC). To the east are the Moncton and Gander FIRs, to the south is the Boston ARTCC
Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center
Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The Boston ARTCC is one of 22 Air Route Traffic Control Centers in the United States....
, to the west are the Toronto and Winnipeg FIRs and the Edmonton FIR to the north.
Aerodrome Classes
The Montreal ACC assumes control of the following classes of airportsClass C (Controlled, IFR
Instrument flight rules
Instrument flight rules are one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other are visual flight rules ....
/IFR, IFR/VFR
Visual flight rules
Visual flight rules are a set of regulations which allow a pilot to operate an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going. Specifically, the weather must be better than basic VFR weather minimums, as specified in the rules of the...
and VFR/VFR separation, VFR: Mode C and ATC
Air traffic control
Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other...
clearance required)
- CYUL - Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport or Montréal-Trudeau, formerly known as Montréal-Dorval International Airport, is located on the Island of Montreal, from Montreal's downtown core. The airport terminals are located entirely in Dorval, while the Air Canada headquarters complex...
in Montreal, QC - CYOW - Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportOttawa/Macdonald-Cartier International Airport or Macdonald-Cartier International Airport , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is named after Sirs John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier...
in Ottawa, ON
Class D (Controlled, IFR/IFR and IFR/VFR separation, VFR: 2-way communication required)
- CYQB - Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport in Sainte-Foy, QC
- CYHU - Montréal/Saint-Hubert Airport in Saint-Hubert, QC
- CYJN - Saint-Jean Airport in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC
Class E (Controlled, only IFR/IFR spacing)
- CYBC - Baie-Comeau AirportBaie-Comeau AirportBaie-Comeau Airport is located south southwest of Baie-Comeau, Quebec, near the St. Lawrence River.-Airlines and destinations:...
in Baie-Comeau, QC - CYFB - Iqaluit AirportIqaluit AirportIqaluit Airport serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the town. It is operated by the government of Nunavut. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as First Air and Canadian North, as well as from smaller...
in Iqaluit, NU - CYGP - Gaspé AirportGaspé AirportGaspé Airport, or Michel Pouliot Gaspé Airport , is located west of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. The airport is non-towered, but has a mandatory frequency linked remotely the flight service station located in Mont-Joli...
in Gaspe, QC - CYND - Gatineau-Ottawa Executive Airport in Gatineau, QC
- CYGL - La Grande Rivière AirportLa Grande Rivière AirportLa Grande Rivière Airport, , is an airfield about from Radisson, Quebec, Canada. It is used mostly to shuttle Hydro-Québec personnel between Radisson and the larger cities in Quebec, but it is also served by Air Creebec and Air Inuit....
near Radisson, QC - CYMX - Montréal-Mirabel International AirportMontréal-Mirabel International AirportMontréal-Mirabel International Airport, originally called Montréal International Airport and widely known simply as Mirabel is an airport located in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal and was opened October 4, 1975...
in Mirabel, QC - CYYY - Mont-Joli AirportMont-Joli Airport-External links:...
in Mont-Joli, QC - CYUY - Rouyn-Noranda AirportRouyn-Noranda AirportRouyn-Noranda Airport, , is located east southeast of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.The airport houses the headquarters of Propair.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...
in Rouyn-Noranda, QC - CYZV - Sept-Îles AirportSept-Îles Airport-External links:...
in Sept-Iles, QC - CYVO - Val-d'Or AirportVal-d'Or AirportVal-d'Or Airport, , is located south of Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:*On 19 June 1970, Douglas C-47A CF-AAC of Austin Airways was written off in an accident....
in Val-d'Or, QC - CYWK - Wabush AirportWabush AirportWabush Airport is northeast of Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:...
in Wabush, NL
This FIR contains several Glass G aerodrome
Aerodrome
An aerodrome, airdrome or airfield is a term for any location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve cargo, passengers or neither...
s that are in uncontrolled airspace
Uncontrolled airspace
Uncontrolled airspace is airspace where an Air Traffic Control service is not deemed necessary or cannot be provided for practical reasons. According to the airspace classes set by ICAO both class F and class G airspace are uncontrolled...
and IFR clearances are required to enter or leave controlled airspace.
Peripheral station (PAL) frequencies
Within each FIR, there are transmitter sites that allow the relay of distant communication from aircraft back to the ACC. These links are called a peripheral station (PAL). They re-transmit the voice and data communication over high speed data links between the ACC and the remote transmitter. There are several PALs in the Montreal FIR:- Brevoort 132.025 & 134.85 (FL290 & above)
- Brisay 119.4 & 126.5 (FL290 & above)
- Brockville-Thousand Islands Regoinal 134.675 & 231.95 (Below FL240)
- Campbellford 135.05 & 398.4 (Below FL240)
- Chibougamau 127.3 (Below FL290) 133.025 & 253.2 (FL290 & above)
- Chisasbli 132.3255 (FL290 & above)
- Inukjuak 132.675 (FL290 & above)
- Iqaluit 132.8 (FL290 & above) 134.55 (Below FL290)
- Kapuskasing 133.975 (FL290 & above)
- Kuujjuaq 132.45 & 133.2 134.2 (FL290 & above) 135.1 (below FL290) 135.8 (FL290 & above)
- La Grande Rivière (LG-2) 132.1 (Below FL290) 133.775 (FL290 & above)
- La Tuque 134.5 (Below FL290)
- Lac Levesque 134.225 (FL290 & above)
- Mont-Joli 132.625 (FL290 & above) 134.65 & 227.2 (Below FL290)
- Mont-Laurier 126.575 (Below FL290) 127.875 (FL290 & above)
- Moosonee 118.975 (FL290 & above)
- Ottawa 124.275 127.7 134.975 266.8 (Below FL290) 128.175 135.15 & 247.0 & 252.5 (Below 14,000) 128.775 (Below FL240)
- Pembroke 135.2 & 278.5 (Below FL240)
- Puvirnituq 134.725 (FL290 & above)
- Québec 124.0 & 127.85 322.8 (Below 14,000) 135.025 & 270.9 (Below FL290)
- Rivière-du-Loup 125.1 & 29.6 (Below FL290)
- Rouyn 120.725 (FL290 & above)
- St-Adrien 123.925 & 133.225 (FL290 & above) 132.35 (Below FL290)
- Schefferville 132.9 (Below FL290)
- Sept-Iles 135.55 & 381.9 (Below FL290)
- Sherbrooke 132.55 & 226.0 (Below FL290)
- Timmins 133.975 & 381.4 (FL290 & above)
- Trois-Rivière 128.225 (Below FL290)
- Val-d'Or 125.9 & 308.3 (Below FL290)
- Wabush 132.25 (Below FL290)
Montreal Frequencies
- Below FL240 - 118.9, 124.65, 126.9, 132.85, 268.3
- Below FL290 - 125.15, 134.15, 135.6, 229.2, 245.0, 294.0
- FL290 & above - 134.4, 287.2, 350.7