Arriving: Traffic (flights, passengers and cargo) which lands at an airport in Canada.
Cargo: All freight, air express and excess baggage for which any tariff charge is assessed. Air cargo does not include mail and provisions, or passenger baggage for which no charge is assessed.
Charter transportation: The transportation of passengers and/or goods by aircraft where a person other than the air carrier operating the aircraft, or its agent, contracts for a block of seats or a portion of cargo capacity for that person's own use or for resale, in whole or in units, to members of the public. The entire capacity of the aircraft is disposed of in this manner.
Classification in reporting levels (Definitions 2010)
- Level I. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in the calendar year immediately preceding the reporting year, transported at least 2 million revenue passengers or at least 400 thousand tonnes of cargo.
- Level II. This includes every Canadian air carrier that, in the calendar year immediately preceding the reporting year, transported at least 100 thousand, but fewer than 2 million revenue passengers, or at least 50 thousand but less than 400 thousand tonnes of cargo.
- Level III. This includes every Canadian air carrier not classified in reporting level I or II that, in the calendar year immediately preceding the reporting year, realized gross revenues of at least 2 million dollars for the provision of air services for which the air carrier held a licence.
- Level IV. This includes every Canadian air carrier not classified in reporting level I, II or III that, in the calendar year immediately preceding the reporting year, realized gross revenues of less than 2 million dollars for the provision of air services for which the air carrier held a licence.
Departing: Traffic (flights, passengers and cargo) which takes off from an airport in Canada.
Deplaned: Traffic (passengers and cargo) which lands and disembarks at an airport in Canada.
Domestic: Traffic travelling between two airports in Canada.
Enplaned: Traffic (passengers and cargo) which embarks and takes off from an airport in Canada.
MCTOW: The maximum certificated take-off weight for aircraft as shown in the aircraft flight manual referred to in the aircraft's Certificate of Airworthiness issued by the competent Canadian or foreign authority.
Other international: Traffic between an airport in a foreign country (excluding the United States) and an airport in Canada.
Revenue passenger: A person receiving air transportation from an air carrier for which remuneration is received by the air carrier. Air carrier employees or others receiving air transportation against whom token service charges are levied are not considered as revenue passengers. Infants for whom a token fare is charged are not counted as passengers.
Traffic flow format: Data are captured in a traffic flow format; that is, for each departing flight, both enplaned and departing passengers (and cargo) are collected as well as the next stop in the flight itinerary. For arriving flights, deplaned and arriving passengers (and cargo) as well as the last (previous) stop in the flight itinerary are recorded.
Transborder: Traffic between an airport in the United States (including Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico) and an airport in Canada.