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Aircraft take-offs and landings at Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations decreased 2.0% in February 2014 from the same month the previous year. These 92 airports reported 358,208 movements in February 2014 compared with 365,679 movements at 93 airports in February 2013.

Itinerant movements (flights from one airport to another) decreased 2.0% (-5,284 movements) in February 2014 from the same month the previous year. These airports reported 259,998 movements compared with 265,282 movements in February 2013. Year-over-year variations ranged from an increase of 1,458 movements (+12.9%) at Edmonton International, Alberta to a drop of 959 movements (-15.4%) at Québec/Jean Lesage International, Quebec. The growth in movements at Edmonton International Airport can be partially explained by the migration of aircraft from Edmonton City Centre Airport which closed on November 30^th, 2013. Fifty-one airports reported year-over-year decreases in the number of itinerant aircraft movements in February 2014.

In February 2014, there were 98,210 local movements (flights that remain in the vicinity of the airport) recorded. This represents a decrease of 2.2% (-2,187 movements) compared with the previous year. Calgary/Springbank, Alberta (6,512 movements) and Boundary Bay, British Columbia (5,520 movements) recorded the largest number of local movements.

Itinerant movements: domestic, transborder and international

There were 209,034 domestic itinerant movements reported by 92 Canadian airports with NAV CANADA air traffic control towers and flight service stations in February 2014, down 3.1% (-6,702 movements) from February 2013. Year-over-year variations ranged from an increase of 1,386 movements (+14.4%) at Edmonton International, Alberta to a drop of 826 movements (-15.4%) at Québec/Jean Lesage International, Quebec. Fifty-seven airports reported year-over-year decreases in the number of domestic movements in February 2014.

Seventy airports recorded 35,783 transborder itinerant movements (between Canada and the United States) in February 2014, decreasing from 37,572 movements the same month in 2013. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario (13,141 movements) reported the greatest number of transborder itinerant movements.

In February 2014, ninety-two airports reported 15,181 other international itinerant movements, up 26.8% from February 2013. Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Ontario, recorded 5,154 other international itinerant movements.