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Aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by type of operation

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Aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by type of operation
  Towers Change  2008/2007 Flight service stations Change  2008/2007 Total Change  2008/2007
  number percent number percent number percent
Number of airports in survey 42 ... 53 ... 95 ...
Itinerant movements  
Air carrier 2,493,313 2.6 704,633 5.3 3,197,946 3.2
Other commercial 469,376 8.5 71,601 1.2 540,977 7.5
Private 340,623 -8.2 117,599 -12.2 458,222 -9.3
Government  
Civil 57,075 -2.7 26,039 3.9 83,114 -0.7
Military 48,859 -1.7 20,205 6.6 69,064 0.6
Total itinerant movements 3,409,246 2.0 940,077 2.4 4,349,323 2.1
Local movements  
Civil 1,508,884 1.1 330,196 13.9 1,839,080 3.1
Military 15,739 -16.3 4,865 -9.5 20,604 -14.8
Total local movements 1,524,623 0.8 335,061 13.5 1,859,684 2.9
Grand total 4,933,869 1.6 1,275,138 5.1 6,209,007 2.3