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May 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 remained virtually unchanged (-0.1%) in May 2008 compared to May 2007. These 95 airports reported 591,675 movements in May 2008 compared with 592,439 movements at 95 airports in May 2007.
Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) increased slightly (+0.6%) up 2,304 movements in May 2008 compared with the same month a year earlier.
Local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) decreased by 1.6% (-3,068 movements) in May 2008 compared with May 2007.
| NAV CANADA towers | Change from May 2008/ May 2007 | NAV CANADA Flight Service Stations | Change from May 2008/ May 2007 | Total | Change from May 2008/ May 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Grand total | 467,255 | -0.3 | 124,420 | 0.6 | 591,675 | -0.1 |
| Itinerant movements | ||||||
| Air carriers | 220,799 | 1.6 | 65,479 | 5.9 | 286,278 | 2.5 |
| Other commercial movements | 48,216 | 3.9 | 6,861 | -10.2 | 55,077 | 1.9 |
| Private movements | 34,467 | -9.3 | 12,592 | -15.4 | 47,059 | -11.0 |
| Government civil movements | 5,908 | -3.3 | 2,821 | 1.8 | 8,729 | -1.7 |
| Government military movements | 4,205 | -10.6 | 2,528 | 36.0 | 6,733 | 2.6 |
| Itinerant total | 313,595 | 0.3 | 90,281 | 1.5 | 403,876 | 0.6 |
| Local movements | ||||||
| Civil local movements | 152,508 | -1.3 | 33,159 | -2.8 | 185,667 | -1.6 |
| Military local movements | 1,152 | -28.0 | 980 | 78.2 | 2,132 | -0.9 |
| Local total | 153,660 | -1.6 | 34,139 | -1.5 | 187,799 | -1.6 |
