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Aircraft take-offs and landings at the 93 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations decreased 5.6% in May 2011 from May 2010. These airports reported 509,506 movements in May compared with 539,578 movements in May 2010. Year-over-year decreases were reported by 38 airports. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario (36,210 movements) followed by Vancouver International, British Columbia (25,562 movements) were the most active sites in May 2011.

There were 358,606 itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) reported in May 2011. This represents a 4.7% decrease (-17,589 movements) compared with the same month a year earlier. The year-over-year variations ranged from an increase of 1,513 movements (+8.2%) at Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, Quebec to a drop of 3,381 movements (-51.3%) at Moncton/Greater Moncton International, New Brunswick. Forty-four airports reported year-over-year decreases in the number of itinerant aircraft movements in May 2011.

In May 2011, there were 150,900 local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) recorded. This represents a decrease of 7.6% (-12,483 movements) compared with the previous year. Calgary/Springbank, Alberta (8,132 movements) followed by Boundary Bay, British Columbia (7,948 movements) recorded the largest number of local movements.

Itinerant movements: domestic, transborder and international

There were 306,275 domestic itinerant movements reported by 93 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations in May 2011, down 5.2% (-16,699 movements) from May 2010. Vancouver International, British Columbia (19,294 movements) followed by Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario (16,304 movements) reported the greatest number of domestic itinerant movements.

Seventy-six airports reported 42,174 transborder itinerant movements (between Canada and the United States) in May 2011. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario (15,183 movements) reported the greatest number of transborder itinerant movements. This represents 36.0% of the total transborder itinerant movements.

In May 2011, forty-three airports reported 10,157 other international itinerant movements. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario, recorded 4,635 other international itinerant movements. This represents 45.6% of the total other international itinerant movements reported.