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For the 14th consecutive month, aircraft take-offs and landings at Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations increased in year-over-year monthly comparisons. These 96 airports reported 604,936 movements in July compared with 568,465 movements at 97 airports in July 2006, an increase of 6.4% (+36,471 movements).
Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) rose 3.3% (+13,635 movements) in July compared with the same month a year earlier.
Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) increased 15.1% (+22,836 movements) in July compared with July 2006.
Available on CANSIM: tables 401-0007 to 401-0020.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2715.
The July 2007 issue of Aircraft Movement Statistics, Vol. 1, no. 7 (51-007-XWE, free), is now available from the Publications module of our website.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Client Services (toll-free 1-866-500-8400; transportationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division.
