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Monthly Aircraft Movements: Small airports - Airports without NAV CANADA Towers or Flight Service Stations, March 2015
Monthly Aircraft Movements: Small airports - Airports without NAV CANADA Towers or Flight Service Stations, March 2015
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Analysis
In March 2015, take-offs and landings at 122 Canadian airports without air traffic control towers reached a total of 44,465 movements. Seven airports, each with more than 1,000 movements, accounted for 29% of the month’s activity: Peterborough, Ontario (3,597 movements), Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador (2,542), Comox, British Columbia (1,696), Red Lake, Ontario (1,353), Trois-Rivières, Quebec (1,329), Moosonee, Ontario (1,151) and Pickle Lake, Ontario (1,082).
Total aircraft movements for the 120 airports for which year over year comparisons were possible rose to 44,455 from 43,578 in March 2014. The majority of airports reported increases led by Hay River, Northwest Territories (483 movements), Sherbrooke, Quebec (354), Miramichi, New Brunswick (256) and Tofino, British Columbia (241). A large decrease (-1,334) at the busiest airport, Peterborough, was insufficient to offset the increases reported by most airports.
During March 2015, there were 34,301 itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) reported by 103 airports with Goose Bay (2,542 movements) recording the greatest number.
Thirty-nine airports reported 7,896 local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport). Despite a large decrease (-1,211 movements), Peterborough remained the most active site with 3,346 take-offs and landings. Activity at this airport represented 42% of the total local movements reported.
Factors influencing the data
Aggregate data only are available for the 19 airports reported by the Manitoba Department of Highways and Transportation listed below.
Berens River
Bloodvein River
Brochet
Cross Lake
God’s Lake Narrows
God’s River
Ilford
Lac Brochet
Little Grand Rapids
Oxford House
Pikwitonei
Poplar River
Pukatawagan
Red Sucker Lake
Shamattawa
South Indian Lake
Tadoule Lake
Thicket Portage
York LandingAggregate data only are available for the 12 airports reported by the Kativik Regional Government in Quebec listed below.
Akulivik
Aupaluk
Inukjuak
Ivujivik
Kangiqsualujjuaq
Kangiqsujuaq
Kangirsuk
Puvirnituq
Quaqtaq
Salluit
Tasiujaq
UmiujaqAggregate data only are available for Tillsonburg, Ontario.
When comparing monthly data for current year versus previous year, please note that:
- Data for the following airports were included in the report for March 2014 but were not available for March 2015 at the time of the release of this report.
Déline, Northwest Territories
Fort Liard, Northwest Territories
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut
Grise Fiord, Nunavut
La Romaine, Québec
Prince Rupert/Digby Island, British Columbia
Prince Rupert/Seal Cove, British Columbia
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut
Tulita, Northwest Territories
Wemindji, Quebec
Wrigley, Northwest Territories - Data for the following airports are included in March 2015 but not in March 2014.
Teslin, Northwest Territories
Whale Cove, Nunavut
- Data for the following airports were included in the report for March 2014 but were not available for March 2015 at the time of the release of this report.
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