Winter Operations Montreal-Trudeau International Airport ICAO visit

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Winter OperationsMontreal-Trudeau International
Airport ICAO visit
November 3 10
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INNOVATIVECORPORATE STRUCTURE

• The Canadian Government created a unique
  Corporate Structure for the Canadian Airports.
• All major Canadian Airports are Not-for-Profit
  Organizations.

ADM leases the land from the Canadian Government
on which the airport is located for 60 years
(1992 to 2052)
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INNOVATIVE CORPORATE STRUCTURE

• Airports are professionally managed with senior
  staff hired from standard commercial operations
  and paid at market value.
• Canadian Airport Authorities are an efficient
  intermediate between the Government and
• The community (surrounding municipalities,
  environment and other pressure groups, Chambers
  of Commerce)
• The airlines
• The provincial government
• US and Canadian Customs Authorities.

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INNOVATIVECORPORATE STRUCTURE

• Major stakeholders are Board Members. For example
  at ADM
• Government of Canada (2)
• Government of Québec (1)
• Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (5)
• Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montréal (3)
• Air carriers (2)
• President of Aéroports de Montréal (1)

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INNOVATIVECOST RECOVERY MODEL

• Revenue streams

Aeronautical fees 35
Real estate and commercial operations 35
Airport Improvement fees (AIF) 30
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FACILITIES WINTER OPERATIONS
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STATISTICS

• Manoeuvring area  1 145 774 square meters
• Apron
• 776 042 square meters
• 300 km in distance
• Annual average precipitations 220cm
• Average number of events 57
• Snow hauled by contractor 
• 600 000 cubic meters or 10 000 truck loads

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ADM TEAM

• 110 employees
• 37 permanent and 73 seasonal workers
• Two (2) shifts / day
• 24/7 Operation

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ADM MACHINERY EQUIPMENT AIRSIDE

• 6 high capacity snow blowers, capacity 5 000
  tons/hr
• 3 graders
• 5 loaders with a 25-feet blades
• 8 22-feet runway sweepers
• 5 spreader trucks
• 4 tractors with an 18-feet blade
• 3 small tractors with brooms (guideline)
• 1 backhoe
• 1 sprayer with a 100-feet boom

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EQUIPMENT
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WINTER OPERATIONS PLAN

• Part of the Airport Operations Manual
• Aim at minimizing the impact of the weather
  conditions on airport operations through
  maintenance, operational and coordinating
  procedure
• Airport divided in two sectors
• Public side
• Air side (runways, main apron)

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WINTER OPERATIONS PLANRunways / Taxiways
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WINTER OPERATIONS PLAN Main Apron
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WINTER OPERATIONS PLANExtreme Weather

• Predetermined sector (pre-established assignment)
• Runway 10/28 used as a waiting area for inbound
  aircraft
• Predetermined parking for ground equipment
• Weather watch (ADM Operations and Field
  Maintenance)
• Visual observation
• Analysis of Environment Canada weather reports
  and private weather services
• Daily conference call

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WINTER OPERATIONS PLANDeparture Allocation

• In force if the request is 10 above de-icing
  capacity for a period of 4 hours
• Allocations based on airline seats percentage for
  the Winter season
• Divided in 3 operation sectors
• Domestic
• Transborder
• International (consideration for level 3 airport)

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TECHNOLOGIES AND KEY ELEMENTSSnow Desk

• Open daily from October to the end of April
• Software (Winter Ops) for call management and
  data gathering

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TECHNOLOGIES AND KEY ELEMENTSSnow Desk Data
gathering

• Data gathering

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TECHNOLOGIES AND KEY ELEMENTS

• Communication
• After-event feedback and meetings with airlines
  and handlers

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• QUESTIONS ?
• Thank you.