Highlights
In December, there were 298,233 total aircraft movements at Canada's major airports, an increase of 16.5% from December 2020 but 19.7% lower than the same month in 2019.
In the last month of 2021, international movements reached their highest point since the COVVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. While up sharply from December 2020, movements to and from the US and other international destinations were 60.3% and 72.3% of the amounts recorded in December 2019 (respectively).
In December, Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International was Canada's busiest airport, and Montréal/Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau re-entered the top five for the first time since March 2020.
In 2021, there were 4.3 million aircraft movements at Canada's major airports. This was 11.8% higher than in 2020, but 26.8% lower than in 2019.
On an annual basis, Boundary Bay, British Columbia was Canada's busiest airport in 2021 for the second consecutive year.
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