Flights resume at Montreal airport after ground stop for bomb threat
Flights resume at Montreal airport after ground stop for bomb threat
Zach Wichter, USA TODAY Wed, March 18, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC
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Normal flight operations are resuming after authorities investigated a bomb threat at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport.
One of the airport's runways was temporarily closed during the early part of the investigation. It has since reopened, but residual delays on flights to and from Montreal could persist for a few hours.
According to Eric Forest, a media relations advisor at Montreal Airports, authorities have addressed any safety concerns to passengers.
"The investigation is still ongoing, but there is currently no threat to the safety of the traveling public at YUL," he told USA TODAY in an emailed statement. "Both runways have now reopened, and the airport is fully operational. However, the situation has caused some delays for both domestic and international flights."
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An aerial view of Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) in Montreal, Canada on Jan. 1, 2024.
The Federal Aviation Administration in the United States shows that the ground delay program at YUL is expected to last until 7:59 p.m. ET, meaning flights heading to Montreal will need to receive assigned departure clearances at their origin airport.
Check with your airline for more information if you are scheduled to fly to Montreal.
Contributing: Eve Chen, USA TODAY
Zach Wichter is a travel reporter and writes the Cruising Altitude column for USA TODAY. He is based in New York and you can reach him at zwichter@usatoday.com.
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