page_title: Dorval
section_title: Trudeau Airport
hierarchical_section_title: Dorval / Infrastructure / Trudeau Airport
caption_attribution_description: English: New U.S. Departures sector + control tower at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in Septembre 2009. Français&#160;: Le secteur des départs vers les États-Unis + tour de contrôle à l'aéroport international Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau de Montréal (YUL) en septembre 2009.
context_page_description: Dorval is an on-island suburb on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the largest surface area in the West Island, it is among the least densely populated. Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport constitutes about 60% of the city's land, forcing all of Dorval's population to be concentrated in the southern part of the city.
  Dorval is the oldest city in the West Island, having been founded in 1667, and one of the oldest in Canada and North America.
context_section_description: Most of Montreal's principal airport, Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (previously known as Dorval Airport), is in Dorval. Originally a military airfield used mainly to refuel new fighters and bombers being flown to Great Britain during the Second World War, Trudeau Airport today serves over 18 million passengers annually.
caption: Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
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