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Aircraft movement statistics: Major airports, March 2018

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Released: 2018-05-30

Aircraft movements, total movements

458,844

March 2018

8.9% increase

(year-over-year change)

There were 458,844 aircraft take-offs and landings at the 91 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations in March, compared with 421,525 movements in March 2017, an increase of 8.9%.

An increase 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 increase in March. Itinerant movements rose 4.9% to 318,899 and local movements were up 19.1% to 139,945.

Domestic itinerant movements (within Canada) increased to 259,627 in March, a 5.0% increase from the same month the previous year. Transborder movements (between Canada and the United States) grew 3.0% to 41,344 movements, while other international traffic rose 7.4% to 17,928 movements.

In March, 10 airports accounted for 40.0% of total activity. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario, the nation's busiest airport, reported 40,807 movements, an increase of 5.4% compared with March 2017. This was followed by Vancouver International, British Columbia, which reported 27,226 movements (+4.1%) and Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, Quebec, with 20,417 movements (+6.5%).

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, March 2018
Total aircraft movements at top 10 Canadian airports, March 2018

  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, March 2018," as part of the service bulletin Aviation (Catalogue number51-004-X).

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