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Hi there, so you're planning a visit to the Montréal and Québec area, well here are a few pointers from a local boy! Your best bet for a place around Montreal,if you're planning on staying downtown, is St-Hubert airport (CYHU), one of Canada's busiest GA airport, located on Montréal's South Shore, about a $30 cab ride and 20 minutes drive (outside rush hours that is). You'll get charged a landing fee by the airport authorities ( around 15$) and could also have to pay a ramp fee at one of the 2 FBO's, depending on wheter or not you buy gas. Those conditions should be negotiated, before your arrival, via a phone call or email, it's easier to get a good deal that way. Those fees are minimal compared to Montréal Trudeau's, (CYUL), the bigger airline-oriented airport, where you'll pay about 55$ in fees (NavCanada special fee and Airport authorities fee) just to get in, not counting the ramp fees at the 2 or 3 FBO's. A taxi ride from CYUL is around 30$ also. For the Québec region, the only real option is the main airport, Québec Jean Lesage (CYQB). Cabs to downtown are around 40$, about a 20 minute ride, you've got a choice of about 3 FBOs, and you get a free night stay if you buy gas. By calling prior to your arrival, you can always strike a better deal, depending on the period of the year. Flightaware.com has most of the information for these and other airports in the province. One word of caution, 100LL is very expensive at the major airports, around 7$/gallon. Some smaller airports, like my home base Lachute(CSE4) charge around 5.50$, which is still high by comparaison, but a good deal up here. Don't be intimidated, you will hear both French and English on the ATC Frequencies and I suggest you ask for radar following so you don't feel lost... Hope this helps, ask any question, I'll do my best to find the answer and if you come by, I might even be able to greet you at the border on one of Montreal Terminal frequencies, where I work! Bon voyage!

Quote: Jeff_S I originally had it in my Warrior, and there I thought it did an excellent job picking up traffic. In the Mooney, perhaps there's more interference from additional avionics or maybe just the airframe causes blockages, but I find that it doesn't seem to identify as many planes as it used to.

GK, Thanks for the opportunity to "modernize" my checklist! Take care, Pierre

Quote: edgargravel Drapo: Bienvenue chez nous. You will enjoy flying your Mooney. It is a great aircraft - but you probably already know that. Where are you going to keep C-GJDP? You have a number of choices in and around Montreal. Wish I had as many here in Toronto. I miss Rockcliffe already.

Just bought my first Mooney after 130 hrs of Cherokee time. The insurance company up here in Canada is asking for 10hrs dual time and they charge just over $2,000 with taxes. N5779Q, a very well preserved 65 M20E, is about to become C-GJDP and I can't wait to go through the dual time so I can start learning!