The Daily, Friday, November 18, 2005. Aircraft movement statistics

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Aircraft movement statistics

The 42 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers reported 371,413 aircraft take-offs and landings in October, up 1.4% compared with October 2004 (366,234 movements). Year-over-year decreases in aircraft movements were reported by 20 of the airports in October 2005. The variations ranged from an increase of 87.5% at Winnipeg/St Andrews to a decline of 47.0% at Montréal/St-Hubert.

Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) increased by 1.6% (+4,121 movements) in October compared with the same month a year earlier. Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) increased by 1.0% (+1,058 movements) in October compared with October 2004.

The top 10 airports in terms of volumes of itinerant movements in October showed year-over-year variations ranging from an 8.0% increase (+629 movements) at Edmonton International to a decline of 8.6% (-675 movements) at Québec/Jean Lesage International. Of the top 10 airports, 5 recorded increases in itinerant movements compared with 7 airports in September 2005.

The top 10 airports in terms of local movements showed year-over-year variations ranging from a 121.1% increase (+2,676 movements) at Winnipeg/St. Andrews to a decline of 21.3% (-1,194 movements) at Thunder Bay. Of the top 10 airports, 5 recorded increases in local movements compared with 3 airports in September 2005.

The October issue of Aircraft Movement Statistics (51F0001PIE, TP1496, free) is now available online. From the Our products and services page, choose Free publications, then Transport and warehousing.

Preliminary statistics for the 56 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA flight service stations are also available for October.

Available on CANSIM: table 401-0005.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2715.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Kathie Davidson (613-951-0141; fax: 613-951-0010; aviationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division.