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

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Distribution of aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by type of operation
  Towers Proportion Flight service stations Proportion Total Proportion
  number percent number percent number percent
Number of airports in survey 42 ... 53 ... 95 ...
Itinerant movements  
Air carrier 2,493,313 50.5 704,633 55.3 3,197,946 51.5
Other commercial 469,376 9.5 71,601 5.6 540,977 8.7
Private 340,623 6.9 117,599 9.2 458,222 7.4
Government  
Civil 57,075 1.2 26,039 2.0 83,114 1.3
Military 48,859 1.0 20,205 1.6 69,064 1.1
Total itinerant movements 3,409,246 69.1 940,077 73.7 4,349,323 70.0
Local movements  
Civil 1,508,884 30.6 330,196 25.9 1,839,080 29.6
Military 15,739 0.3 4,865 0.4 20,604 0.3
Total local movements 1,524,623 30.9 335,061 26.3 1,859,684 30.0
Grand total 4,933,869 100.0 1,275,138 100.0 6,209,007 100.0