Montreal Terminal Control Unit procedures
Procedures |
Airspace
IVAO simulates 3 of Montreal terminal's 5 sectors: Terminal South (TS), North Departures (DP) and Trudeau Arrivals (LO). The other two are Satellite (SA) and Mirabel Terminal (TM) - but traffic levels on IVAO don't warrant their use.
The airspace of the first two sectors remains constant regardless of the active runways. Both units provide arrival and departure control for the airports within their airspace - even if the name is misleading. The LO sector has 4 variations depending on the landing runway(s) in Trudeau. LO is only opened in heavy traffic conditions to manage the turns to final, and never deals with departures.
The Montreal TCA covers Trudeau (CYUL), Mirabel (CYMX), St. Hubert (CYHU), St.Jean (CYJN) and many smaller uncontrolled airfields. The TCA extends to FL230 in the east sector, and 17'000ft in the west sector, and is class C and D transponder airspace below 12'500ft, and B, then A above that. Shape is very irregular.
Click here to see the VFR Terminal chart for a close up of the Montreal control zone.
Click here to see the chart for the Ville-Marie sightseeing circuit.
Click here to see the VFR Terminal chart for a close up of the Mirabel control zone.
Click here to see the VFR Terminal chart for a close up of the St. Hubert control zone.
This document only covers Terminal procedures. For aerodrome procedures of Trudeau, Mirabel and St. Hubert please visit their designated pages in the menu to the left.
SFI Codes
Use the following SFI codes when appropriate.
All Departures / Overflights (delete before transfer to Boston)
| F | All IFR aircraft using French |
Montreal Terminal Arrivals
| Aircraft using English... | ||
| R | Landing CYUL 06R or 24R | |
| L | Landing CYUL 24L or 06L | |
| I | Landing CYUL 28 | |
| H | Landing CYHU | |
| J | Landing CYJN | |
| M | Landing CYMX | |
| Aircraft using French... | ||
| G | Landing CYUL 06L or 24L | |
| D | Landing CYUL 06R or 24R | |
| Y | Landing CYUL 28 | |
| U | Landing CYHU | |
| N | Landing CYJN | |
| X | Landing CYMX | |
Sectors
Terminal South - TS (Primary)
Callsign: |
CYMQ_TS_APP "Montreal Terminal" * | |
Frequency: |
118.90 / 125.15 / 134.15 | |
Description: |
The TS sector is responsible for the southern half of the Montreal TCA. It manages southwestern arrivals / departures to CYUL, and all CYHU traffic. | |
Co-ordination: |
Granby (GR) | Clear all departures via YJN to FL230 or flight planned altitude, whichever is lower. Flights routed via J500 YSC may be cleared direct YSC without prior co-ordination provided they will pass no less than 10nm south of MAIRE. |
| Boston (MPV) | Clear departures towards via WARDS and BUGSY to FL230 or flight planned altitude, whichever is lower. Flight routed via ALB may be cleared direct provided they enter Boston's airspace west of BOSAM (YUL R191) | |
| MQ TCU | See arrival and departure technique further down. | |
Consolidation: |
TS is the primary sector of the Montreal TCU, and therefore assumes control for all unmanned sectors. | |
*Note: |
For departing aircraft radio callsign is "Departures", for arriving aircraft radio callsign is "Arrivals", and for transiting aircraft it's "Terminal" | |
Departures North - DP
Callsign: |
CYMQ_DP_APP "Montreal Terminal" * | |
Frequency: |
124.65 | |
Description: |
The DP sector is responsible for the northern half of the Montreal TCA. It manages northwestern arrivals / departures to CYUL, and all CYMX traffic. | |
Co-ordination: |
Granby (GR) | Clear all eastbound departures 17'000ft or flight planned altitude, whichever is lower. Aircraft may be routed direct UFX or LOKBU without prior co-ordination. |
| Vallie (VA) | Clear all westbound departures 17'000ft or flight planned altitude, whichever is lower. Flights routed via YOW may be cleared direct without prior co-ordination. Maximum en-route altitude for flights to the Ottawa TCA is 14'000ft. |
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| MQ TCU | See arrival and departure technique further down. | |
Consolidation: |
DP may be consolidated with TS. | |
*Note: |
For departing aircraft radio callsign is "Departures", for arriving aircraft radio callsign is "Arrivals", and for transiting aircraft it's "Terminal" | |
Trudeau Arrivals - LO
Callsign: |
CYMQ_LO_APP "Montreal Approach" | |
Frequency: |
126.90 | |
Description: |
The LO sector is responsible of turning aircraft from STAR to final approaches. The airspace varies depending on active runways. He never talks to departures. | |
Co-ordination: |
MQ TCU | See arrival and departure techniques further down. |
Consolidation: |
LO may be consolidated with TS. | |
Arrival technique
General
Arrivals will to be routed via the following RNAV or non-RNAV STARs.
Airport / STAR Runway Cleared Altitude Arr ATC CYUL > MAIRE 6 / OMBRE 8
06s/10 8000ft cross MAIRE <17'000ft TS 118.9 24s/28 8000ft cross MAIRE <12'000ft LO 126.9 CYUL > YUL 6 / ANTAG 1 06s/28 8000ft cross ABCOT <12'000ft DP 124.65 10/24s 8000ft by ABCOT CYUL > FRANX 5 / CEDAR 7
24s/28 8000ft cross FRANX <16'000ft DP 124.65 06s/10 8000ft abeam LAFIT LO 126.9 CYUL > PLB 6 / ABCOT 8 All 11'000, cross PLB <FL230 TS 118.9 CYMX > CATOG 5 All 8000, cross CATOG <12'000 CYMX > YMX 5 All 6000, cross YMX below 12'000 DP 124.65 CYMX > MSS 9 All 8000 by FRANX DP 124.65 CYMX > NAPEE 6 All 11'000, cross PLB <FL230 TS 118.9 CYHU > V322-352 MAIRE All 5000, by MAIRE TS 118.9 CYHU > V203 FRANX All 6000 by FRANX TS 118.9 ALL > UFX V203 YUL All 6000, by UFX DP 124.65 Montreal or Boston Centres will hand off aircraft to Terminal prior to entering the TCA, cleared to the altitudes listed above or as requested.
All aircraft are to follow a STAR initially, but may be turned off for traffic if required. Pilots refusing to follow a STAR will be handed off a little early and will have to be assigned a heading that will keep them as close to the STAR as possible.VFR traffic can be restricted in the class C terminal airspace when workload becomes too high. In any case VFR traffic will have to make contact and receive clearance to proceed BEFORE entering the TCA airspace (see VFR terminal chart).
Montreal - Trudeau
Non straight-in arrivals should not be cleared below 6000ft until inside the active descent zone - which is basically the LO sector.
If LO is active hand off traffic cleared to 6000ft, speed 210 kts. TS and DP are responsible for correctly sequencing traffic flows that will merge inside the LO sector. This applies to YMX and FRANX arrivals when landing 24L/R, and PLB/MAIRE arrivals when landing 06L/R or 10.
Once inside the arrival area the aircraft may be descended further to 3000ft, altitude at which it will commence the approach.Spacing on final depends on the runway configuration in use.
3nm 24R / 6nm 24L
3nm 06L / 6nm 06R
5nm on 06R for GA
Parallel approaches
In times of heavy arrival traffic parallel (side by side) approaches may be used. As the distance between the North and South runways is 5300ft these approaches are considered to be "independent" and shall be conducted in accordance with MANOPS section 571.1Traffic should be vectored to intercept the localizer at 3000ft and 4000ft. Aim to intercept at 12DME for the 3000ft stream, and 15DME for the 4000ft stream.
Parallel approaches are only permitted when a dedicated controller is managing the LO sector. This controller is considered to be the Monitor Controller which is mentioned in MANOPS 571.1 - B.
Montreal - Mirabel
Mirabel is an uncontrolled airport where FSS provides services.
Be very careful when descending traffic to intercept the ILS so as not to create conflict with the Trudeau arrivals.
Do not descend traffic from FRANX or CATOG below 6000ft, until clear of the Trudeau active descent zone (basically the LO sector).Arrivals from the south should be transferred to DP at NAPEE if possible, cleared to an altitude which will not create conflicts with Trudeau traffic (usually 8-9000ft)
St. Hubert / St-Jean
Montreal or Boston Centres will hand off aircraft to Terminal prior to entering the TCA, cleared to the altitudes listed above or as requested.
CYHU and CYJN arrivals will be vectored via:
- YMX --> ANTAG --> destination
- FRANX
- MAIRE --> destination
- UFX
Be careful not to interfere with arrivals to CYUL or CYMX when vectoring aircraft. the preferred routes to pass Trudeau airport for aircraft coming from the north are:
- Overhead the airport at 3000ft ASL. A point-out will have to be requested from the Tower.
- At least 15nm east or west of CYUL, not above 4000ft, or as requested by the LO sector. Traffic will be transferred to the LO sector while passing through it's airspace.
Departure technique
General
The departure sector and maximum clearable altitude depends on the aircraft's route and exit point. See co-ordination in the sector descriptions.
Montreal - Trudeau (CYUL)
Use care when crossing arrival and departure paths, especially with the downwind traffic. Depending on climb performance you can restrict the climb to 5000, and pass the aircraft under the downwind traffic, or climb runway heading to pass above it. Be very wary when climbing traffic through an arrival traffic flow, as a loss of spacing is usually unexpected and unplanned. The most notorious conflict points are vertical CYHU when landing on 06s, and between COMAU and BIVRO when landing 24s.
Jet aircraft may not be turned off the departure heading until passing 3000ft for noise abatement.
During daytime hours Tower may assign any of the following non-SID headings to turboprop departures without prior co-ordination.
Do not turn a departure towards the airspace of the other sector without prior co-ordination.
Montreal - Mirabel (CYMX)
Mirabel is an uncontrolled airport where FSS provides services.
All departing traffic will contact DP regardless of terminal exit point.
Flights departing to the south and east will pass through TS airspace. DP can either request a point out and transfer directly to Montreal / Boston Centres, or hand off to TS. Departing flights may not be routed through LO airspace regardless of whether LO is active or not.
St. Hubert (CYHU)
All departing traffic will contact TS regardless of terminal exit point.
Flights departing to the north and west will pass through DP airspace. As most St. Hubert traffic is light aircraft the recommended procedure is to keep them low and avoid the active departure and arrival airspace. Departures via MAIRE, FRANX, YMX and PLB are permitted provided flight planned altitude is 5000ft or less.
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