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Text table 4
Distribution of itinerant aircraft movements at airports
with NAV CANADA towers and flight service stations, by type of power plant
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| 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Towers | Flight service stations | Total | ||||
| Movements | Proportion | Movements | Proportion | Movements | Proportion | |
| number | percentage | number | percentage | number | percentage | |
| Source of propulsion | ||||||
| Piston | 1,049,995 | 30.8 | 270,182 | 28.7 | 1,320,177 | 30.4 |
| Turboprop | 858,972 | 25.2 | 466,317 | 49.6 | 1,325,289 | 30.5 |
| Jet | 1,308,546 | 38.4 | 59,709 | 6.4 | 1,368,255 | 31.5 |
| Helicopters | 181,596 | 5.3 | 141,486 | 15.1 | 323,082 | 7.4 |
| Gliders | 10,137 | 0.3 | 2,383 | 0.3 | 12,520 | 0.3 |
| Total | 3,409,246 | 100.0 | 940,077 | 100.0 | 4,349,323 | 100.0 |
