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Aircraft Movement Statistics: NAV CANADA Towers and Flight Service
Stations
June 2007
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Highlights
- For the thirteenth 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 564,370 movements in June 2007 compared with 530,917 movements at 97 airports in June 2006, an increase of 6.3% (+33,453 movements).
- Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) increased by 2.1% (+8,282 movements) in June 2007 compared with the same month a year earlier.
- Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) increased by 18.5% (+25,171 movements) in June 2007 compared with June 2006.
| NAV CANADA towers | Change from June 2007/ June 2006 | NAV CANADA Flight Service Stations | Change from June 2007/ June 2006 | Total | Change from June 2007/ June 2006 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Grand total | 445,786 | 8.9 | 118,584 | -2.5 | 564,370 | 6.3 |
| Itinerant movements | ||||||
| Air carriers | 214,376 | 4.5 | 65,947 | -5.3 | 280,323 | 2.0 |
| Other commercial movements | 42,566 | 9.3 | 7,791 | 11.1 | 50,357 | 9.5 |
| Private movements | 40,376 | -2.5 | 16,022 | 0.3 | 56,398 | -1.7 |
| Government civil movements | 5,644 | -5.0 | 2,851 | -18.5 | 8,495 | -10.0 |
| Government military movements | 5,018 | -0.9 | 2,514 | 11.2 | 7,532 | 2.8 |
| Itinerant total | 307,980 | 3.9 | 95,125 | -3.3 | 403,105 | 2.1 |
| Local movements | ||||||
| Civil local movements | 136,055 | 22.0 | 23,293 | 1.2 | 159,348 | 18.5 |
| Military local movements | 1,751 | 31.3 | 166 | -30.0 | 1,917 | 22.0 |
| Local total | 137,806 | 22.1 | 23,459 | 0.9 | 161,265 | 18.5 |
