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Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, July 2017

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Released: 2017-09-28

Aircraft movements, total movements

596,387

July 2017

8.7% increase

(year-over-year change)

There were 596,387 aircraft take-offs and landings at the 91 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations in July compared with 548,845 movements in July 2016. Overall, air traffic was up 8.7% in July 2017 as 60 airports reported more movements from the same month the previous year.

Growth in both itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) and local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) contributed to the year-over-year gain in July. Itinerant movements rose 8.3% to 427,137 while local movements increased 9.6% to 169,250.

Domestic itinerant movements (within Canada) rose to 366,718 in July, up 9.3% from the same month the previous year. In early July, a series of wildfires began across British Columbia. In response, the province declared a state of emergency, issued evacuation orders and deployed aircraft to several regions to assist in the fire suppression activities. The largest increases in domestic traffic were recorded in British Columbia at Williams Lake (+3,176 movements) and Kamloops (+2,293). Transborder movements (between Canada and the United States) increased 1.4% to 44,601 movements. In addition, other international traffic increased 6.0% to 15,818 movements.

In July, 10 airports accounted for 35.8% of total activity. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario, the nation's busiest airport, reported 43,267 movements, up 1.6% from July 2016. This was followed by Vancouver International, British Columbia, which recorded 33,550 (+1.3%) movements and Boundary Bay, British Columbia with 24,332 (+14.3%) movements.

Chart 1  Chart 1: Total aircraft movements at major airports
Total aircraft movements at major airports

Chart 2  Chart 2: Total aircraft movements at top 10 Canadian airports, July 2017
Total aircraft movements at top 10 Canadian airports, July 2017

  Note to readers

This survey collects data on itinerant and local aircraft movements at major airports in Canada.

Major airports include all airports with either a NAV CANADA Air Traffic Control Tower or a NAV CANADA Flight Service Station.

An aircraft movement is defined as a take-off, a landing, or a simulated approach by an aircraft as defined by NAV CANADA.

Data for the same month in the previous year may have been revised.

Annual estimates are released each year.

The data in this monthly release are not seasonally adjusted.

Products

Additional analytical information is now available in "Monthly Aircraft Movements: Major airports – NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations, July 2017," as part of the service bulletin Aviation (Catalogue number51-004-X).

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