The Daily, Wednesday, February 25, 2004. Aircraft movement statistics

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Aircraft movement statistics

In January, the 42 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers reported 266,383 take-offs and landings, down 13.4% from January 2003 (307,702). This marks the tenth consecutive decline in year-over-year comparisons of monthly movements. Thirty-five airports showed year-over-year decreases in aircraft movements for January compared with 21 airports in December. Seventeen airports showed decreases greater than 20% in January compared to six airports in December.

Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) declined 8.2 % (down 18,020 movements) in January 2004 from January 2003. This represents the largest year-over-year percentage decline since March 2002. Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) dropped 26.8 % (down 23,299 movements) in January, marking the tenth consecutive decline.

The top 10 airports in terms of volumes of itinerant movements in January showed year-over-year variations ranging from 1.7% (259 movements) at Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International to -21.1% (-1,277 movements) at Edmonton City Centre. Nine of the top 10 airports recorded decreases in itinerant movements from January 2003, compared with five airports in December.

The top ten airports in terms of local movements showed year-over-year variations ranging from 38.7% (1,048 movements) at Thunder Bay to -38.2% (-1,530 movements) at London. Eight of the top ten airports recorded decreases in local movements, compared with five airports in December.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2715.

The January issue of Aircraft Movement Statistics (51F0001PIE, TP1496, free) is now available online. From the Our products and services page, under Browse our Internet publications, choose Free, then Transport and warehousing.

Preliminary statistics for the 57 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA flight service stations are also available for January.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Kathie Davidson (613-951-0141; fax: 613-951-0010; aviationstatistics@statcan.gc.ca), Transportation Division.