In February, aircraft movements at Canada's major and select small airports totalled 389,143, up 15.6% from February 2023. Itinerant movements rose 12.3% year over year to 267,374, while local movements climbed 23.7% to 121,769.
At the same time, major Canadian airlines flew 6.7 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in February 2024, with the passenger load factor at 84.5%.
Consult the new Aviation Data Visualization Hub to explore data on aircraft movement statistics and on monthly civil aviation statistics in an interactive format.
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