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The Daily


Wednesday, September 20, 2006
August 2006 (preliminary)

Aircraft take-offs and landings at the 42 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers reached 436,204 movements in August, up 5.9% from the same month a year earlier (411,896 movements) and the sixth increase in eight months.

Year-over-year increases in aircraft movements were reported by 29 of the airports. The variations ranged from an increase of 76.4% for Moncton/Greater Moncton International to a decline of 17.9% for Sudbury.

Available on CANSIM: table 401-0005.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2715.

The August 2006 issue of Aircraft Movement Statistics, Vol. 5, no. 8 (51F0001PIE, TP1496, free) is now available from the Publications module of our website.

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

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.