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Following four years of increases, the number of aircraft take-offs and landings at 93 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and/or flight service stations decreased by 5.0% in 2009. These 93 airports reported 5.9 million movements in 2009, compared with 6.2 million movements at 95 airports in 2008.
Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) decreased 4.2% (-180,943 movements) in 2009 compared with 2008.
Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) declined 7.1% (-132,219 movements).
Available on CANSIM: tables 401-0023 to 401-0036.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2715.
The publication Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations: Annual Report (TP 577), 2009 (51-209-X, free), is now available from the Key resource module of our website under Publications. This report is a joint publication of Statistics Canada and Transport Canada.
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.
