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Aircraft Movement Statistics:
NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations
April 2007
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Highlights
- For the eleventh consecutive month, aircraft take-offs and landings at Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations increased in year-over-year monthly comparisons. These 96 airports reported 505,135 movements in April 2007 compared with 484,635 movements at 97 airports in April 2006, an increase of 4.2% (+20,500 movements).
- Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) increased by 1.8% (+6,144 movements) in April 2007 compared with the same month a year earlier.
- Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) increased by 9.5% (+14,356 movements) in April 2007 compared with April 2006.
| NAV CANADA towers | Change from April 2007/ April 2006 | NAV CANADA Flight Service Stations | Change from April 2007/ April 2006 | Total | Change from April 2007/ April 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Grand total | 400,069 | 4.7 | 105,066 | 2.6 | 505,135 | 4.2 |
| Itinerant movements | ||||||
| Air carriers | 195,798 | 7.5 | 52,487 | 0.0 | 248,285 | 5.8 |
| Other commercial movements | 34,560 | -7.1 | 5,682 | -9.0 | 40,242 | -7.4 |
| Private movements | 27,562 | -9.7 | 9,928 | -9.0 | 37,490 | -9.5 |
| Government civil movements | 5,693 | -6.1 | 2,149 | -8.2 | 7,842 | -6.7 |
| Government military movements | 3,404 | -8.1 | 1,856 | 38.6 | 5,260 | 4.3 |
| Itinerant total | 267,017 | 2.8 | 72,102 | -1.7 | 339,119 | 1.8 |
| Local movements | ||||||
| Civil local movements | 131,242 | 8.3 | 32,250 | 13.9 | 163,492 | 9.4 |
| Military local movements | 1,810 | 23.1 | 714 | -1.9 | 2,524 | 14.8 |
| Local total | 133,052 | 8.5 | 32,964 | 13.5 | 166,016 | 9.5 |
