MIRABEL--SCOPE FOR DEVELOPMENT 2020

The article surveys the facilities and plans for the new Mirabel Airport in Montreal which opened in late 1975. In terms of the amount of real-estate expropriated (for airport grounds proper and for control of land under air access routes), Mirabel rates as one of the worlds largest airport developments, serving Montreal which is a major inland waterway part. Elimination of nesting areas in the vicinity of the airport will minimize bird injection problems. The access road network and the airport land allocations (runways, taxiways, terminal area, aprons) are described. Detachable (mobile) gates and other passenger-handling facilities are heated, in addition to passenger-processing facilities within the terminal. Sucessive expansion phases though the year 2020 are envisaged in existing plans and allowed for by the extensive land acquisition program.

• Corporate Authors:

  Bauverlag GmbH

  Wittelbacherstrasse 10
  6200 Wiesbaden,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Shine, A
  • Haley, P
• Publication Date: 1976-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 15
• Serial:
  • AIRPORT FORUM
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Airport capacity; Airport planning; Airport runways; Airports; Birds; Development; Intermodal terminals; Land use; Mobile lounges; Sets; Structural design; Taxiways
• Identifier Terms: Mirabel International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airport design; Airspace capacity; Nesting
• Old TRIS Terms: Airport development; Aprons; Terminal facilitation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Pavements; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155851
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM