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Aircraft take-offs and landings at the 42 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers was 1.9% higher in October compared with the same month in 2005. This marks the fifth consecutive increase in year-over-year monthly comparisons.
Take-offs and landings reached 382,239 movements in October compared with 374,974 movements the same month a year earlier. Just over half of the airports reported increases in aircraft movements, the variations ranged from an increase of 35.6% for Moncton/Greater Moncton International to a 28.6% decline for Edmonton/Villeneuve.
The October 2006 issue of Aircraft Movement Statistics, Vol. 5, no. 10 (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 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.
