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Distribution of itinerant aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by domestic, transborder and other international, by type of operation

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Distribution of itinerant aircraft movements at airports with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by domestic, transborder and other international, by type of operation
  2008
Towers Flight service stations Total
Movements Change  2008/2007 Proportion Movements Change  2008/2007 Proportion Movements Change  2008/2007 Proportion
  number percentage number percentage number percentage
Domestic  
Air carrier 1,937,791 3.0 56.8 701,832 5.5 74.7 2,639,623 3.7 60.7
Other commercial 463,913 8.6 13.6 71,262 1.1 7.6 535,175 7.5 12.3
Private 285,012 -8.5 8.4 105,405 -12.8 11.2 390,417 -9.7 9.0
Government  
Civil 56,527 -2.8 1.7 26,003 3.9 2.8 82,530 -0.7 1.9
Military 43,817 -2.2 1.3 19,989 6.7 2.1 63,806 0.5 1.5
Total, domestic 2,787,060 2.4 81.8 924,491 2.7 98.3 3,711,551 2.5 85.3
Transborder  
Air carrier 437,375 0.0 12.8 2,336 -35.1 0.2 439,711 -0.3 10.1
Other commercial 4,244 5.1 0.1 229 11.2 0.0 4,473 5.4 0.1
Private 50,791 -6.6 1.5 11,760 -7.2 1.3 62,551 -6.7 1.4
Government  
Civil 395 -8.8 0.0 33 -15.4 0.0 428 -9.3 0.0
Military 2,725 1.7 0.1 145 2.1 0.0 2,870 1.7 0.1
Total, transborder 495,530 -0.7 14.5 14,503 -13.0 1.5 510,033 -1.1 11.7
Other international  
Air carrier 118,147 5.2 3.5 465 -18.6 0.0 118,612 5.1 2.7
Other commercial 1,219 8.6 0.0 110 17.0 0.0 1,329 9.3 0.0
Private 4,820 -7.4 0.1 434 -5.7 0.0 5,254 -7.2 0.1
Government  
Civil 153 36.6 0.0 3 -40.0 0.0 156 33.3 0.0
Military 2,317 3.9 0.1 71 -6.6 0.0 2,388 3.5 0.1
Total, other international 126,656 4.7 3.7 1,083 -10.2 0.1 127,739 4.6 2.9
Total  
Air carrier 2,493,313 2.6 73.1 704,633 5.3 75.0 3,197,946 3.2 73.5
Other commercial 469,376 8.5 13.8 71,601 1.2 7.6 540,977 7.5 12.4
Private 340,623 -8.2 10.0 117,599 -12.2 12.5 458,222 -9.3 10.5
Government  
Civil 57,075 -2.7 1.7 26,039 3.9 2.8 83,114 -0.7 1.9
Military 48,859 -1.7 1.4 20,205 6.6 2.1 69,064 0.6 1.6
Total, itinerant 3,409,246 2.0 100.0 940,077 2.4 100.0 4,349,323 2.1 100.0