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April 2008
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Highlights
Aircraft take-offs and landings at Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations increased in April 2008 compared to April 2007. These 95 airports reported 553,855 movements in April 2008 compared with 504,640 movements at 95 airports in April 2007, an increase of 9.8% (+49,215 movements).
Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) increased by 9.4% (+31,913 movements) in April 2008 compared with the same month a year earlier.
Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) increased by 10.5% (+17,302 movements) in April 2008 compared with April 2007.
| NAV CANADA towers | Change from April 2008/ April 2007 | NAV CANADA Flight Service Stations | Change from April 2008/ April 2007 | Total | Change from April 2008/ April 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Grand total | 441,152 | 10.3 | 112,703 | 7.8 | 553,855 | 9.8 |
| Itinerant movements | ||||||
| Air carriers | 211,140 | 7.8 | 58,324 | 11.8 | 269,464 | 8.7 |
| Other commercial movements | 43,283 | 25.2 | 6,291 | 11.2 | 49,574 | 23.3 |
| Private movements | 30,242 | 9.7 | 8,885 | -9.6 | 39,127 | 4.6 |
| Government civil movements | 5,395 | -5.2 | 2,153 | 0.6 | 7,548 | -3.6 |
| Government military movements | 3,573 | 5.0 | 1,307 | -29.6 | 4,880 | -7.2 |
| Itinerant total | 293,633 | 10.0 | 76,960 | 7.4 | 370,593 | 9.4 |
| Local movements | ||||||
| Civil local movements | 145,906 | 11.2 | 34,995 | 8.8 | 180,901 | 10.7 |
| Military local movements | 1,613 | -10.9 | 748 | 4.8 | 2,361 | -6.5 |
| Local total | 147,519 | 10.9 | 35,743 | 8.7 | 183,262 | 10.5 |
