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Aircraft Movement Statistics:NAV
CANADA Towers and Flight Service Stations
May 2007
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Highlights
- For the twelfth 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 593,331 movements in May 2007 compared with 518,505 movements at 97 airports in May 2006, an increase of 14.4% (+74,826 movements).
- Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) increased by 8.8% (+32,409 movements) in May 2007 compared with the same month a year earlier.
- Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) increased by 28.5% (+42,417 movements) in May 2007 compared with May 2006.
| NAV CANADA towers | Change from May 2007/ May 2006 | NAV CANADA Flight Service Stations | Change from May 2007/ May 2006 | Total | Change from May 2007/ May 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Grand total | 468,802 | 17.1 | 124,529 | 5.5 | 593,331 | 14.4 |
| Itinerant movements | ||||||
| Air carriers | 217,372 | 9.5 | 62,116 | -1.0 | 279,488 | 7.0 |
| Other commercial movements | 46,401 | 23.8 | 7,766 | 19.2 | 54,167 | 23.1 |
| Private movements | 38,018 | 10.0 | 15,033 | 11.0 | 53,051 | 10.3 |
| Government civil movements | 6,111 | -3.5 | 2,787 | -8.0 | 8,898 | -5.0 |
| Government military movements | 4,705 | -4.2 | 1,859 | -11.8 | 6,564 | -6.4 |
| Itinerant total | 312,607 | 10.9 | 89,561 | 1.8 | 402,168 | 8.8 |
| Local movements | ||||||
| Civil local movements | 154,594 | 32.0 | 34,418 | 16.8 | 189,012 | 29.0 |
| Military local movements | 1,601 | 5.4 | 550 | -19.4 | 2,151 | -2.3 |
| Local total | 156,195 | 31.7 | 34,968 | 16.0 | 191,163 | 28.5 |
