Airport taxi from the West Island

This is the closest area to the airport, and that is a concrete advantage: from Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Kirkland or Beaconsfield, Montréal-Trudeau is about fifteen kilometres and twenty minutes away. For an early flight you leave later than most travellers. We still recommend pickup two and a half hours before an international departure: check-in, not the road, becomes the limiting factor.

Further west the picture changes. From Vaudreuil-Dorion, Rigaud, Les Cèdres or Saint-Zotique, the whole trip funnels over the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge, and the bridge is in charge: recurring roadwork, lane reductions, closures announced at short notice. We check its status before every departure and leave early rather than hope for a clear lane.