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In September, Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations recorded little change in the number of aircraft take-offs and landings (510,235 movements) from the same month a year earlier (507,078 movements). The September 2006 movements were close to the level recorded in September 2001 (510,311 movements) but still down 9% from September 2000 and 15% lower than the highest September recorded in 1999.
Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) reached 371,511 movements, up 0.3% from September 2005. Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) reached 138,724 movements, up 1.4% from September 2005.
The September 2006 monthly report, Vol. 1 (TP141, free) is available on Transport Canada's website at the following URL (http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/en/Report/tp141e/tp141.htm).
Available on CANSIM: tables 401-0007 to 401-0020.
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.
